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Julie Hovis monitors the growth of a Longleaf Pine tree Oct. 28, 2014, at the Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, Sumter, S.C. The Longleaf Pine is a native tree to the area that has a bud on the top of the tree hidden in the pine needles. Hovis is a 20th Civil Engineer Squadron endangered species biologist. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Diana M. Cossaboom)