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Needles are fascicled, in groups of 2 sometimes 3, about 9 inches long, evergreen and flexible. Twigs are orange-brown and scaly with red-brown buds. Bark is brown with white-flecked or tan-flecked plates. Cones are about 7 inches long, chocolate brown and shiny, and weakly armed. Slash pine is found on damp to well-drained soils in the southeastern Coastal Plain and is intolerant of shade.  The commercially important wood is used for pulpwood, plywood and construction lumber.  This tree is also a source of turpentine.

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