Record #:

9141

Author(s):

Saxon, John L.

Abstract:

The largest longleaf pine in the state is on Boyd Estate just outside Southern Pines. Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve's Jay Carter discovered the tree last summer and believes it to be 285 years old. Although virgin longleaf pines covered the southeastern Coastal Plain at one point, they are now rare.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 4, Sept 1976, p15, 39, il

Subject(s):

Historic trees--Southern Pines; Longleaf pine--Southern Pines