I can see loblolly pine Pinus taeda

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In the southern 🇺🇸 USA, also called ◼︎ yellow pine.  Although do not confuse with sister-species also sometimes called that:

• shortleaf pine  Pinus echinata (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• slash pine  Pinus elliottii          (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• longleaf pine  Pinus palustris  (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• loblolly pine  Pinus taeda (this plant!) (in southern 🇺🇸 USA) (where wood marketed as ◼︎ southern yellow pine SYP),
• Jeffrey pine  Pinus jeffreyi             (in western 🇺🇸 USA) (where also called ◼︎ western yellow pine),
• ponderosa pine  Pinus ponderosa (in western 🇺🇸 USA) (where also called ◼︎ western yellow pine),
• ◼︎ eastern white pine  Pinus strobus (in 🇬🇧 UK), and
• Scots pine  Pinus sylvestris              (in 🇬🇧 UK).

Part of 🌲︎ pine  genus Pinus in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce  family Pinaceae in 🌲︎ conifer  order Pinales.

Native to 🇺🇸 USA Southeast.

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🏛🌲︎ State tree of Arkansas.

In this area (particularly 🇨🇦 Canada AB BC SK, and 🇺🇸 USA AZ CA CO ID MO MT NV NM OR SD UT WA WI WY):

• do not move pine logs, stumps, branches, firewood nor untreated lumber

due to possible infestation by the insect mountain pine beetle (MPB)  Dendroctonus ponderosae, which carries various species of 🍄︎ fungus / mushroom  kingdom Fungi.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)   Loblolly pine was a major source of turpentine, and waterproofing resins for ⛵︎ boats. ^[1]   The Virginia Department of Forestry grows 23 million loblolly pine 🌱︎ seedlings each year (presumably for replanting of forests), as of 2010. ^[2]

Pinus hosts caterpillars of 247 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.   This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive) 🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF)  Lycorma delicatula.

References

^[1]  "Assessment of flux through oleoresin biosynthesis in epithelial cells of loblolly pine resin ducts."  Journal of Experimental Botany.  2018.

^[2]  MacCleery, Doug.  "A Brief History of Virginia's Forests."  Lecture, George Mason University GMU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute OLLI, Fairfax, VA.  April 27, 2020.  Presentation accessed September 8, 2020.

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