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loblolly pine
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loblolly pine, common name for the pine ponderosa pine or

western yellow pine (P. ponderosa), is a hard pine second only to the Douglas fir as a commercial timber tree in North America. The

white pine (P.
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 species Pinus taeda, found in the SE United States.
loblolly pine [′läb‚läl·ē ′pīn]
(botany)
Pinus taeda. A hard yellow pine of the central and southeastern United States having a reddish-brown fissured bark, needles in groups of three, and a full bushy top.


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By the time the made-over Charger appeared last January on the TLC series ``Rides,'' the ``Xtreme Lee'' turned out 585 horsepower with enough torque - 615 foot-pounds - to topple a Georgia loblolly pine.
The river itself hosts giant silt plumes, which Camuto traces to the river's uneasy neighbors--giant corporate-owned loblolly pine plantations totally lacking in the biodiversity that enriches the Great Smoky Mountains.
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