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- adjective in the names of plants Having
short leaves .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The region contains more loblolly pine compared to the Virginia pine and shortleaf pine found in the Piedmont to the west, but it also contains local concentrations of mountain disjunct plant species.
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Pine (mostly loblolly and shortleaf) dominates on old field sites and pine plantations, while mixed oak forest is found in less heavily altered areas.
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Once covered by oak-hickory-pine forests, most of this region is now in loblolly and shortleaf pine.
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In Arkansas, loblolly pine is more common on the terraces than shortleaf pine.
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Once blanketed by a mix of pine and hardwood forests, much of the region is now in loblolly and shortleaf pine plantations.
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Locally termed the “piney woods”, this region of mostly irregular plains was once blanketed by oak-hickory-pine forests, but is now predominantly in loblolly and shortleaf pine.
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The mixed mesophytic forest is restricted mostly to the deeper ravines and escarpment slopes, and the upland forests are dominated by mixed oaks with shortleaf pine.
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Forest cover in the region, once dominated by longleaf pine in the Carolinas, is now mostly loblolly and some shortleaf pine, with patches of oak, gum, and cypress near major streams, as compared to the mainly longleaf-slash pine forests of the warmer Southern Coastal Plain (75).
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Red oak, white oak, and hickory remain the dominant vegetation types in this region, although shortleaf pine and eastern red cedar are found in many of the lower areas and on some south - and west-facing slopes.
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At least 50 percent of the stands are made up of loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, and other southern yellow pine species, singly or in combination.
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