ntil a few years ago, I thought longleaf pine was just a regional nickname for some sort of “real” pine — you know, like Norway or white pine. (For example, in the South, where longleaf hails from, a “coke” can be Mountain Dew, ginger ale or, heaven forbid … a Pepsi.) Then I hooked up with Tim Knight and Rhett Johnson, two foresters who at the time were located
