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slash pine

A pine tree (Pinus elliottii) of the southeast United States, widely planted for lumber and pulpwood and formerly a source of turpentine and rosin.

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slash′ pine`

1. a pine, Pinuselliotii, found in slashes or swamps in the southeastern U.S. and Central America.

2. the hard, durable wood of this tree.

[1880–85, Amer.]

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Other than that the pond's shoreline is completely wild--cypress, red maple, slash pine, the usual suspects.

FIVE MUST-DO FLORIDA PADDLE FISHING TRIPS: Insider's guide to some of the state's best kayak and canoe adventures

gestroi was frequently associated with dead or dying slash pine trees, Pinus elliottii Engelm.

Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Blattodea [Isoptera]: Rhinotermitidae), a threat to the southeastern Florida urban tree canopy

Samuelson, "Effects of nitrogen on leaf physiology and growth of different families of loblolly and slash pine," New Forests, vol.

Gas Exchange and Productivity in Temperate and Droughty Years of Four Eastern, Elite Loblolly Pine Genotypes Grown in the Western Gulf Region

Caption: Pinova derives Vinsol from longleaf or slash pine tree stumps, shipping the resin in flake form for air-entraining admixture production.

Processor allocates air-entraining Vinsol resin for admixture accounts

In Brazil, multi-laminated plywood is produced with fast growing wood species such as slash pine, eucalyptus and more recently the parica, a tropical species with large planted area in the north of the country (Pinto & Iwakiri, 2013).

Properties of multi-laminated plywood produced with hovenia dulcis thunb. and pinus elliottii wood under different pressing pressures/Propriedades de paineis compensados multilaminados produzidos com madeira de Hovenia dulcis Thunb. e Pinus elliottii, em diferentes pressoes de prensagem

conversion from slower growing longleaf pine to faster growing loblolly pine Pinus taeda and slash pine Pinus elliottii; increase in agricultural practices and urban development) throughout the southeastern United States led to a decline in longleaf pine savannas (Frost 1993, Alavalapati et al.

Survival and cause-specific mortality of female eastern wild turkeys in two frequently-burned longleaf pine savannas

Wildlife corridors wind through sand live oak, sand pine, and slash pine, and support pairs of nesting osprey and American bald eagle, alligator, deer, and healthy shore bird populations.

Lost Key Golf Club Recertified as Signature Sanctuary

Fishing, canoeing and hiking trails are offered amongst the scrub oaks, slash pine, green wetlands, bays and beach.

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For this particular control burn, they had mapped out a parcel around the old growth slash pine tree where the eagle nest had been located.

Fire: protecting Florida's unique habitat

and within it, loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) and slash pine (Pinus elliottii) meant for sawn timber and engineered wood products comprise 39 and 45 percent, respectively (MGAP 2010).

Physical and mechanical properties of loblolly and slash pine wood from Uruguayan plantations

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