TERMINOLOGY TUESDAY 🌿 w/ the Florida Native Plant Society! Meet the Loblolly Pine! Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda Family: Pinaceae This is one of the largest and fastest-growing of our native pines, easily reaching 90-100ft tall. It’s also very adaptable to various habitats, growing in moist bottomland floodplains to dry sandy uplands. These characteristics have made it the top choice for the timber industry, which often markets its wood as “southern yellow pine.” Fast-growing Loblolly is the most c