Akuyona nje imbeko ephakamileyo kwimeko, nokuba ngumthi wombuso
Ngomnyaka we-1963, umthi wephayini wawukhethwe njengomthi waseNorth Carolina. Kukho iintlobo ezisibhozo zomthi wepine ezitholakala kwimeko (i-Eastern White, iLoblolly, i-Longleaf, i-Pitch, i-Pond, i-Shortleaf, iNtaba yeTable kunye neVirginia), kodwa akukho nhlobo enye "igosa". Abantu abaninzi bacinga i-Long Leaf Pine iindidi ezisemthethweni zengqungquthela, ngokukodwa ngenxa yokuba iNorth Carolina yeyona nto ihloniphekileyo yokuhlonipha abantu ibizwa ngokuba yi-"Order of the Long Leaf Pine."
Iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zePine
Ngenxa yokuba ikhula ngokukhawuleza kwaye ikhula kakuhle kumhlaba onesihlabathi okanye oomthi (ubuninzi bomhlaba wethu), "i-Pinus palustris" ngumthi oqhelekileyo oqhelekileyo kwilizwe. Ithiwa yi-longleaf ipine kuba iyenayo imfuno ede kakhulu kwiintsapho zepine - iinaliti ezinokukhula zize zibe ngaphezu kweeyentimitha ezili-18 ubude! Lo mthi kulula ukuwufumanisa ngenxa yokuba iinaliti zihlala zikhula kwiindawo ezintathu. I-longleaf pine ingaphila iminyaka emininzi, ikhula ngokukhawuleza iphila ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-300.
I-southern leaf long pine ipine, umthi ohlukeneyo, ngumthi waseburhulumenteni wase-Alabama. Lo mthi wawudume ngokukhawuleza kulo lonke uhlanga, olubandakanya iihektare ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-90 zomhlaba (ukusuka eVirginia ukuya eFlorida ngaselunxwemeni olusempuma, elula ngasentshonalanga eLouanaana naseTexas). Namhlanje nangona kunjalo, iquka kuphela i-3% yaloo ndawo. Kwakucatshangelwa ukuba uncedo olungenamkhawulo kwabahlali bokuqala, kunye namahlathi onke acinywa ukuze asetyenziswe.
Ngenxa yekhwalithi ekhethekileyo, kwakusoloko isetyenziselwa ukwakha iinqanawa kunye nomzila womzila. Esikhundleni sokutyala kwakhona iindidi ze-longleaf pine, amahlathi ahlwayelwe iintlobo ezazikhula ngokukhawuleza. Ziyiluncedo kwaye zihlala zihlala ebomini babo njengemithi ngokunjalo. Ziyakhula ngokukodwa kwiziphepho ezinamandla, ziyakwazi ukunyamezela izikhundla, kunye nokuxhathisa komlilo ngaphezu kweminye eminye imithi, nokususa ukungcola kwekhabhoni emoyeni.
I-Pine mhlawumbi ibaluleke kakhulu ukhuni kwishishini lokwakha, kwaye kude kube ngama-1860s, iNorth Carolina yanikela ininzi yesihlwele sesizwe.
Umyalelo we-Longleaf Pine
Inhlonipho ephakamileyo yoluntu onokuyifumana kwiNorth Carolina ibamba igama lomthi. Ekuqaleni kwakujoliswe kuphela ukutyelela iziphathamandla, kodwa ngoku kwandiswa kwenzelwe abantu abahloniphekileyo. "Umyalelo we-Longleaf Pine" unikezelwa kubantu abanomxholo "wengxelo ebonakalisiweyo yenkonzo engavamile kwilizwe." Abamkeli abaphawulekayo baquka uMaya Angelou, uBilly Graham, noAndy Griffith, uMichael Jordan, u-Oprah Winfrey noDanny Glover. Kwakuqala ukunikezelwa ngo-1964 kwaye kunikwe abantu abangaphezulu kwe-15,000.
Ukusuka kumajikijolo ukuya kwiintaka ukuloba kunye nokunye, jonga ezinye iimpawu zelizwe laseNorth Carolina. Iimpawu zelizwe zaseNyakatho Carolina.