Tag: longleaf pine
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Green Shelters
The distinctive roar of the longleaf was the sound the evening breeze made, and the odor of pine resin was the smell of the countryside…It was so much a part of their lives, so wound up with everything it meant to be southern, that it was as impossible to discern its influence as it was Read more…
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Longleaf Lost
The power of the ocean in what does it lie? In the endless, timeless roar of the surf? In the immense vistas – the view to the end of the world? In the glowing spray as it diffuses the light of the rising sun? In the power and mystery of its dark depths? No matter— Read more…
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Grass, Bottlebrush, Candelabra, Pine?
Here’s to the land of the longleaf pine, The summer land where the sun doth shine, Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great, Here’s to “Down Home,” the Old North State. ~North Carolina State Toast In my last post, I talked about some of the amazing, small plants that grow beneath the Read more…
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Roads End Naturalist 