400+ Year Old Longleaf Pine Tree | Florida Environmental Education | Wild Wander
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This is a Florida pine tree of epic proportions. Longleaf pine forests were once found across 90 million acres of the United States, but after the ecosystem was mostly destroyed for its timber and sap, sights like this big guy have become quite rare. In segment of Wild Wander: The Fire Forest, we'll learn about the adaptation that makes this species so fire resistant.
The oldest known longleaf pine in existence (not this one) is 470 years old and is located in North Carolina.
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Cool video! Learned something new about my birth state's ecostystem !
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Wish I could live long enough to see my pine trees get that big
That tree could be twice as old as The United States of America, let that sink in for a moment.
Lately I’ve been checking out pine trees. Weird, but I’ve been obsessively noticing them for about the past six months.
Sadly I live in northern illinois, so I don’t even get loblolly’s, longleaf’s, or Shortleaf.
Excellent info and thanks for telling the story of this longleaf pine!
Thank you for sharing!
Dude thats the coolest tree ive ever seen! Its my favorite tree and I have never seen one close to that big!
Great video. Thanks for making it. It's great to see stuff about N. Florida.
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I have a long leaf pine in my back yard. It stands about 100 ft tall and sheds bark. I thought it was dieing. This film was good information to share. I have lived here for 19 years and has seen this pine twist, turn, and bend with severe hurricanes.
Question: What happens if a root from tree is cut? Can it be trimmed down for new growth?
Hi Robin! It should still survive if it's just one root, but cutting multiple roots will kill the tree. As far as trimming branches, I've seen longleafs with multiple branches cut for power line easements growing just fine....from one side. So they can definitely be pruned if needed!
very cool!
Woah! That's so old. Sorry for asking but do you think you'll do any more sarracenia videos? Thanks!
It won’t be for a while since we have a lot of other ground to cover for the rest of the season, but carnivorous plants are something Peter is obsessed with, so you can bet more are on the horizon. 😉
@@WildWanderShow Thanks for replying!
I have a goal to make a video for every Sarracenia species! Wouldn't that be something? Three down!
a friend from north Florida told me that trees 700 years old were clear cut about 120 to 130 years ago and rafted down the Suwannee river. some sank and have been on the bottom of the river for over a century. now the logs are incredibly expensive. I have also heard it is now illegal to dredge them up. what do you know about that?
Your friend is referring to bald cypress trees. These once dominated the lowlands of Florida but the virgin cypress swamps were heavily cut between in the early 1900's through the 1950's. People still dredge sunken logs from the bottom of the major rivers in North Florida, but a permit from the state is required to do this. What is especially crazy is that many of the trees cut were probably far older than 700!
@@peterkleinhenz no these are old growth long leaf pine I was born in Apalachicola. we owned a springs on the swanee river. He sent photos. I know about the cypress these are not that
@@billyblackmon4796 Pine rots much faster than cypress, so I'd be shocked if trees stayed intact beneath the surface for 120 years. Plus, pines were moved overland more often than cypress were. But you asked and I answered. If you can find any info on deadhead logging of submerged longleaf pine, I'd love to hear more about it.
@@peterkleinhenz I just talked with my friend these are pine. confirmed by Goodwin of Micannopy a company specializing in this wood since 1970s.. the boards my friend has are rare, one of 300 or so has the bizarre swirls. If there was a non public way to communicate i could send you photos. BTW we are from Mayo Florida. My original family home was the court house bought and moved across the street in 1900. its now called Chateau Layfette Mayo Florida. I am sure its built from the old pine. My family owned convict springs on the Swannee river for many years. Now called rendevous or something like that. Find a way to get me an email for you and I will send photos.
@@billyblackmon4796 pnkleinhenz@gmail.com
I've got a white oak in my back yard that size. Forestry commison said they couldn't tell after 150 years
See this guy gets it
beautiful
Thank you!
Only 5% longleaf pine is left. Most were killed by humans.
It is definitely an ecosystem that has seen some struggles. The encouraging news is that there is more longleaf pine around today than there was twenty or thirty years ago, due to more regeneration from the implementation of prescribed fire and restoration plantings throughout its historic range!
All the big trees in florida will benefit from much needed natural fire
Amen!
How tall is it?
You’re asking a great question, but I have a bad answer: I don’t know, but very tall!
@@WildWanderShow I live in Florida, and I would like to see this tree. Where is it?
This tree is probably pushing 70 or 80 feet if I had to guess. For a longleaf, that's tall. This tree is located outside of Thomasville, Georgia actually! If you drive some of the rural roads around there, you'll find it. I'd be more specific but where's the adventure in that? Good luck and let us know if you can't find it.
@@peterkleinhenz no lie I have been searching for this old growth longleaf pine forest for over a year to no avail. Would this happen to be on the greenwood plantation? Is there a specific name road this is on?
@@matthewhernandez4715 I'm not going to disclose where this was, out of interest for the tree and for the private land that it's associated with. But I will say that this was filmed along a public road. Sorry that I can't be of more help!
My god that thing is massive. I bet it would be worth a small fortune. I would love to log that stand of trees.
Ok cool. 👍
theres no way that tree is burned every 2-5 years for 300-400 years
yes they do.....a Longleaf pineforest burns on the average every 3 to 5 years. either by foresters burning it or natural fires. if it doesnt the longleaf pine forest will be taken over by other tpes of trees. The Longleaf ecosystem depends on fire happening every 3- 5 years. That tree has seen many fires. The Oldest known are in NC aand they have seen many many fires.
Cores of old-growth longleaf pine trees clearly show the fire-return interval over the span of hundreds of years. The research of Jean Huffman is a great place to start.
According to the book of Revelation chapter 8, a monumental event concerning forest fires is coming on earth. It says: "The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up." If you want to preserve the environment, turn from sin.
Ok. Cool.