Talk:Longleaf Pine
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I'm surprised at MPF's edit, since he is normally a very good editor. But in deleting a needed addition, he was POV and discourteous. This tree is an American tree and should have American units of measurement. I noticed they were absent and added them, but also kept the metric. I am pro-metric, and hope the US will someday accept the system for all measurement, but not by ramming it down people's throats. Showing both units of measurement is NPOV; showing only metric, especially for an American species is not. Edit away, Mike; you usually are very level headed; but don't REQUIRE everyone to use your system, and ONLY your system. Pollinator 22:05, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)
- In editing, I changed quite a few of the figures to accord with the references I added (both American, both metric!) and added some new data as well. That would have left over half of the measures with no imperial, a few with, which looks silly, so I tidied the others out. I can add the imperial stuff if you think it is necessary, though it is tedious to do all the calculations. An American tree yes, but it is first and foremost a science article, so should have scientific measures in first place. - MPF 22:54, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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- Done; I think it makes the page very cluttered and difficult to read though. - MPF 23:05, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Longleaf found further south
The Longleaf pine can be found as far south as northern Florida. Thus the correction. See sources at article bottom. Noles1984 20:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Melting point of southern yellow pine resin?
Wozniak says that the resin/sap of the southern yellow pine has a unique property that could lead to efficient heating/cooling. Does anyone have info on this? See [1] 216.160.20.207