North Carolina Trees
We live in the coastal plain of North Carolina. Although we are located in the deciduous forest biome, many of our trees are either evergreen or coniferous. This picture of our playground was taken in early February.
Loblolly pines dominate the woods around our school.
Common deciduous trees in eastern North Carolina include: sweet gum, sassafras, dogwood, yellow poplar, red maple, birches, bald cypress, elms, and many types of oaks.
Evergreens include: the sweet bay, loblolly bay, southern magnolia, live oak, American holly, and many conifers. Conifers include: loblolly pine, longleaf pine, pond pine, Atlantic white cedar, and bald cypress.
This native tree has great economic importance in
the eastern part of our state. The Croatan National Forest supplies
loblolly pines for lumber and paper mills. Loblolly pines are very
common outside the national forest, too. Loblollies thrive in our
sandy soil and hot, humid summers. They are very tall but their
branches are relatively short and grow only near the top of the tree.
This shape offers little resistance to the wind. They can grow to 110
feet in about 40 years. Most are then harvested commercially. They
produce needles that grow in clumps of three. This makes it easy to
distinguish from the other pines in this area. Like all conifers,
they produce cones. In the spring everything is covered with
greenish-yellow pine pollen! The bark often shows holes left by
native woodpeckers. Loblolly pines are found along the southeast
coast of the United States.
About Our School
Parrott Academy is located in eastern North Carolina, about 65 miles from the coast. We have about 610 students from pre-K to 12th grade. This is a picture of our newest building. Arendell Parrott Academy upholds a tradition of fostering each student's intellectual, creative, social, physical and moral development in a positive and challenging educational community.
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