as the winter is "generally" their "dry season" and the summer is the "rainy season" (which made it a perfect winter haven). And to prove it, the longleaf pine evolved and adapted to the periodic/seasonal wildfires as a tree native to the SE U.S.(which are red states) including NC, FL & TX where there are some surviving stands of them.
I ended up learning about them because when my sister moved into her suburban Philly house almost 25 years ago, the previous owner had actually planted one in the front yard as sort of an ornamental addition - way the hell out of its natural range. And it is STILL there thanks to climate change. It was fascinating because those trees start out as what looks like a tuft of grass for about the first 7 - 10 years before sending up a trunk (hers was already grown and maybe about 15' tall when she moved in and it's now double the height - tall and skinny)!
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