Nestled between towering longleaf pines and live oaks, Tony Harris’ tree farm is home to another native species with a less imposing presence: The bushy, stout Florida sand pine. Out in the wild ...

Longleaf pine conservation is considered a key part of climate resilience for Florida and the Southeast. But when it comes to climate change, longleaf pines are not out of the woods.

With a fraction of their 90-million-acre historic range remaining across the Southeast, old-growth longleaf pine forests are rare, precious and vital.

Florida residents can purchase large quantities of pine tree seedlings to help reforestation efforts.

The annual Tree Fest raises money for the organization to plant longleaf pine trees every year at the Little Orange Creek Preserve in Hawthorne, Florida.

Longleaf pine was the dominant tree species in the Southeast when Europeans arrived in the New World. Its range covered more than 90 million acres from Virginia to Florida and then west to Texas.

UF’s first resident wasn’t a person, but a tree. Sprouting before the university was founded, a longleaf pine near Keene-Flint Hall has watched UF grow into what it is today. In April, the ...

Currently, the longleaf pine is the most long-lived of Florida’s pines, some living 300 to 400 years. It is also the most endangered.

Longleaf pine forests once covered an estimated 90 million acres of the southeastern United States, but the trees were considered a perfect timber product for use in home construction.

As one of the major role players in longleaf pine restoration, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians is bringing fire back to Alabama forests.

Wild Georgia columnist Charles Seabrook explains the history of longleaf pine forests and why their future matters.