Loblolly Pine

One of my new favorite trees! Very common throughout the State Parks where we camped in southeastern Maryland - Janes Island and Pocomoke River. Provided such beautiful shade. :-) They grow to around 30 - 35 meters tall. Needles (Pics #3 and 4) are in bundles of threes. "The word loblolly is a combination of lob, referring to thick heavy bubbling of cooking porridge, and lolly, an old British dialect word for broth, soup, or any other food boiled in a pot. In the southern United States, the word is used to mean "a mudhole; a mire," a sense derived from an allusion to the consistency of porridge. Hence the pine is named as it is generally (but not exclusively) found in lowlands and swampy areas." ~wiki