The city of Clermont gave away 700 free Slash Pine tree seedlings with instructions on how to care for them. Clermont Garden Club members, Gwen Carter and Debra Smidt assisted the city employees, Amy Digman and Diane Sauer by giving out information about the trees and also sharing information about the Clermont Garden Club.
Slash Pine (pinus elliottii) is a type of yellow pine, native of Southeastern United States. Its sturdy, strong wood makes it valuable to the area’s timber industry and reforestation project. It is also known as swamp pine, Cuban pine, yellow slash pine, southern pine, and pitch pine.
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