As crazy as it might sound, a South Florida ecosystem needs to be burned constantly in order to thrive. The Pine Rocklands ...

In southern China, the genetically improved slash pine (Pinus elliottii) plays a crucial role in timber and resin production, with new shoot density being a key growth trait. Current manual counting ...

“The air was now cool and salubrious, and riding seven or eight miles, through a pine forest, I came toSapello bridge, to which the salt tide flows. I here stopped…” — William Bartram, 1741, “Travels” ...

It was introduced into Queensland in the late 1920s. Slash pine (Pinus elliottii) is grown in plantations in the coastal regions of northern New South Wales to Rockhampton. Unfortunately, slash pines ...

A habitat in southern Florida is home to a small grove of rare slash pines -- a keystone species of the pine rocklands, one of the most endangered... Rushing to Save South Florida's Slash Pine A small ...

Last Saturday I brushed a low pine branch and a poof of golden pollen wafted away. If you live in Sarasota, that’s a sign of spring. You’ve seen this pollen — a film on the hood of your car or yellow ...

A: There are seven pine trees that are native to Florida. Slash pine is found throughout Florida of which there are two types. Pinus elliottii var. 'Densa' naturally occurs south of Tampa and Orlando ...

Many South Florida slash pines have stood for a century, providing shade, oxygen and wildlife habitat, as cities rose around them. Now they face a mortal threat from swarms of tiny, wood-eating ...

Having grown up in Tallahassee, I love the majestic towering pines that are common to the region. Today the most prevalent species of pines are slash, loblolly and shortleaf. These species have come ...

A small habitat in southern Florida protects one of the most endangered forest types in the world -- the pine rocklands, home of the rare slash pine. In a huge stroke of luck, the fragile habitat ...