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Stately Forests in the Sandhills of North Carolina

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
General Info: Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve includes some of the last stands of the original longleaf pine forests that once covered North Carolina with tall trees. By 1900, however, most of the original growth had been harvested for use by the naval stores and logging/lumber industries. In addition to collecting rosin, turpentine, tar and [...]


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