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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 22 taxa in the family Pinaceae, Pine family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Eastern White Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus strobus FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus strobus FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus strobus 016-01-001 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in moist to dry forests, bottomlands, dry, rocky ridges in humid gorges
Common (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Longleaf Pine, Georgia Pine, Southern Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus palustris FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus palustris FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus palustris 016-01-002 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it formerly throughout the Coastal Plain, Sandhills & lower Piedmont, on a wide variety of soils (sandy, loamy, clayey, or peaty) from very dry to very wet conditions, in savannas, woodlands, & forests affected by relatively frequent natural (lightning-caused) fires (likely augmented by native Americans), now reduced to less than a tenth of its former abundance by a variety of forces, including turpentining, timbering, free-range hogs, fire suppression, and "site conversion" by foresters to other trees
Formerly widespread, now rare (but common locally), endemic to SE Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Slash Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus elliottii var. elliottii FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus elliottii var. elliottii FAMILY: Pinaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus elliottii 016-01-003 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it . It is native in wet pine flatwoods and maritime forests of GA & SC, and extensively planted in GA, SC & NC in silvicultural plantations on a wide variety of soils, many of them unsuitable for its successful growth
Common
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Loblolly Pine, Old Field Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus taeda FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus taeda FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus taeda 016-01-004 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in forests, fields, pine plantations
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus serotina FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus serotina FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus serotina 016-01-005 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in peaty soils of pocosins, swamps of small blackwater streams
Common (rare in Piedmont), endemic to the Southeastern Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pitch Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus rigida FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus rigida FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus rigida 016-01-006 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it primarily on dry ridges, more or less requiring fire for its reproduction, less commonly in peat soils of mountain bogs (and then often at elevations of 800-1000m) and also scattered through a variety of forest types
Common in NC Mountains, rare in Coastal Plain, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Table Mountain Pine, Burr Pine, Hickory Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus pungens FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus pungens FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus pungens 016-01-007 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it on dry ridges, cliffs, shale barrens, occurring at least up to 1550m. Usually requiring fire for its reproduction
Common (rare in Piedmont), endemic to the Central & Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shortleaf Pine, Yellow Pine, Rosemary Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus echinata FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus echinata FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus echinata 016-01-008 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it on dry rocky ridges & slopes, sandhills, old fields, forests, generally in rather xeric sites, but also occurring in mesic to even wet sites
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Spruce Pine, Walter's Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus glabra FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus glabra FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus glabra 016-01-009 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in bottomland forests, rich moist soils
Common (uncommon in SC, rare in Piedmont)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Virginia Pine, Scrub Pine, Jersey Pine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Pinus virginiana FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus virginiana FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Pinus virginiana 016-01-010 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in dry forests & woodlands, esp on slopes & ridges, also common in certain areas as a weedy successional tree on nearly any kind of site
Common (rare in Coastal Plain), endemic to Central & Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name:
Sand Pine
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Pinus clausa FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus clausa FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in Florida scrub, and dry sands where planted outside of its native range, for instance widely planted in pulp plantations in FL and s. GA, experimentally planted as far north as NC (and persisting and naturalizing)
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas. Experimentally planted as far north as NC
Native: Florida
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Common Name:
Red Pine
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Pinus resinosa FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Pinus resinosa FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in high elevation forests, in pine plantations, and persisting after silvicultural planting
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Red Spruce, He Balsam
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Picea rubens FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Picea rubens FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Picea rubens 016-02-001 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it . It is common to dominant in spruce and spruce-fir forests at high elevations, scattered in northern hardwood forests, heath balds, boulderfield forests, ridges, and rarely coves, also in bogs or swampy forests at lower elevations (down to about 1000m), ranging in moisture tolerance from dry ridges (though these are often fog-bathed) to saturated peats. Also sometimes planted and naturalized
Uncommon
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Norway Spruce
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Picea abies FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Picea abies FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it to be persisting and escaping from forestry plantations at moderate or high elevations
Rare
Non-native: northern Europe
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Common Name:
Eastern Hemlock, Canada Hemlock
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Tsuga canadensis FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tsuga canadensis FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tsuga canadensis 016-03-001 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in a wide variety of habitats in the mountains, most typically & abundantly in moist sites in ravines or coves along streams, but likely to be found in all but the driest habitats between 300 & 1500m
Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Hemlock
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Tsuga caroliniana FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Tsuga caroliniana FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Tsuga caroliniana 016-03-002 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it primarily in open forests on ridge tops, rocky bluffs, or gorge walls, generally in drier and rockier sites than T. canadensis, but the two sometimes grow in close proximity or even intermixed in humid gorges
Rare, endemic to a narrow area of the Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fraser Fir, She Balsam, Southern Balsam
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Abies fraseri FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Abies fraseri FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Abies fraseri 016-04-001 FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in high elevation forests, from about 1500-2037m
Rare (a Southern Appalachian endemic)
Native to North Carolina, naturalized in Georgia
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Common Name:
Balsam Fir, Northern Balsam, Canada Balsam
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Abies balsamea FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Abies balsamea FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in high elevation forests and cliffs
Native: north of the Carolinas
Common Name: European Fir, Silver Fir
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Abies alba FAMILY: Pinaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Abies alba FAMILY: Pinaceae
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Eastern Tamarack, Eastern Larch
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Larix laricina FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Larix laricina FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in bogs and swamps
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Deodar cedar
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Cedrus deodara FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cedrus deodara FAMILY: Pinaceae
Waifs (frequently planted & rarely escaped to suburban woodlands)
Non-native: Asia
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Common Name:
European Larch
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Larix decidua FAMILY: Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Larix decidua FAMILY: Pinaceae
Look for it in forests. Planted as an ornamental and experimentally as a forest tree, persisting and sometimes escaping in the high mountains of NC
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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