is this just a very dark southern pine or a black X southern...
found in santa rosa co Florida just east of escambia co.

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is this just a very dark southern pine or a black X southern...
found in santa rosa co Florida just east of escambia co.

here are more typical pine from neighboring counties to the east
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My guess would be yes, it does have some lodingi gene flow. I've seen intergrades from Escambia County, which tend to look like a black pine, only chocolate brown in color rather than black.
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