The pine is hereby adopted as the official State tree of the State of North Carolina, and the longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is designated as the emblem representing the trees of North Carolina.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 145-3
State tree
1963, c. 41; 2023-63, s. 8.
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