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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Pinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinus echinata   FAMILY Pinaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus echinata   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pinus echinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pinus echinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Pinus echinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-008:

Pinus echinata   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pinus echinata

 

COMMON NAME:
Shortleaf Pine, Yellow Pine, Rosemary Pine


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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p06

        

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JK Marlow    jkm191222_2365_p_echinata

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_058

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_piec2_001_lvd

        

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_1214875099447734

January        

Such a noble and beautiful Southeastern "fire pine". — Alan Weakley

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JK Marlow    jkm130128_181

January    Spartanburg County    SC

Mature bark: irregular flat-topped plates scaling off in thin layers, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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Keith Bradley    kab_pinus_echinata_0264

January    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm0402d_26

February    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

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JK Marlow    jkm130330_523

March    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm130330_525

March    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm130330_527b

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Cones ovoid, 1.5-2.5" long, opening at maturity but remaining on tree, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm130407_974

April    Columbia County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm200428_4363

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    jkm200428_4365

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

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JK Marlow    s050416_d

April    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Needles usually 2 (sometimes 3) per bundle, 2.5-4" long, usually straight, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_echinata_3

July        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_echinata_4

July        

Mature seed cones almost stalkless; the prickles often deciduous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_echinata_5

July        

A rounded treetop of lateral to upward-facing branches holding thick upturned clumps of needles, per Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_echinata_51

July        

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JK Marlow    jkm170826_785

August    Spartanburg County    SC

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Gill Newberry    gn09_pinus_echinata

September        

A tree to 70-100' tall and 2-3' in diameter, long-lived (to 400 years old), per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_echinata

October        

Flat irregular plates often have numerous, small, conspicuous resin pockets, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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Gill Newberry    gn11_p_echinata_cone_and_

November        

Sometimes confused with P. virginiana because both have short needles and small persistent cones, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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JK Marlow    jkm071101_026

November    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Bark is red-brown, with broad plates, resin pockets between the bark layers, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    jkm071101_028

November    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Note the resin ducts in the bark. — Patrick McMillan

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JK Marlow    jkm071101_031

November    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

The bole is frequently long and clear of branches, the crown rather small, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_echinata_2

November        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinus echinata   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus echinata   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinus echinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pinus echinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Pinus echinata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-008:
Pinus echinata   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinus echinata

 

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1086

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic upland forests and woodlands, rocky ridges and slopes, glades, bluffs, Coastal Plain sandhills, old fields, riparian forests, generally in rather xeric sites and on acid soils, but also occurring in mesic to even wet sites and on mafic or subcalcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Needles 2.5-4" long
Needles usually 2 (sometimes 3) per bundle

"FLOWER":
Spring
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cone

 

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