Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda L.

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Loblolly Pine is the most important and widely cultivated timber species in the southern United States. Because it grows rapidly on a wide range of sites, it is extensively planted for lumber and pulpwood. This tree is dominant on 11.7 million hectares (29 million acres) and comprises over half of the standing pine volume in the south. A medium lived tree, loblolly matures in about 150 years, with select trees reaching 300 years in age. Sonderegger pine (Pinus × sondereggeri H.H. Chapm.) is a natural hybrid between loblolly pine and longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.), and occurs throughout the southeast.

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