A natural pocket or depression

"Down in eastern North Carolina a loblolly is a natural pocket or depression, and in such situations grows the Loblolly Pine. But it is not confined to such areas. It takes over abandoned, worked-out, cut-over, or burned fields on the costal plain, whence its name of Old-field Pine." D.C. Peattie

Dead pines tend to show up in winter as the heavily wooded areas of Chapel Hill tend to obscure these towering old souls. Our role at The Treeist is to step in an reduce the the height or remove the dead pines entirely should they be within striking distance of a structure or valued property.