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Longleaf pine (Pinus Palustris):  Longleaf pine is one the easiest of pines to identify in part because of long needles, its tufted appearance and lustrous buds called "candles".
Longleaf pine in the "grass stage"

Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris):  Longleaf pine is one the easiest of pines to identify in part because of long needles, its tufted appearance and lustrous buds called "candles".   Some individual pines stay in this grass stage for years.
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