Loblolly Pine is the most commercially important timber tree in the United States and one of the fastest-growing native pines in the Southeast. It dominates vast planted forests across the coastal plain from Texas to Virginia. The name 'loblolly' is an old term for a mudhole or wet area, reflecting its ability to grow in poorly drained bottomlands as well as uplands. Dense stands of young loblollies are used by brown-headed nuthatches, pine warblers, and Bachman's sparrows.
Habitat
Coastal plain flatwoods, bottomlands, old fields, and planted timber stands of the southeastern US.
Diet
Large seed crops consumed by red-cockaded woodpeckers, squirrels, wild turkeys, and pine warblers.
How common
Common
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