Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Pinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Pinus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinus resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pinus resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Pinus resinosa
COMMON NAME:
Red Pine
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux dcp34_p04
This is what the old lumberjacks of the North Woods meant by “Hard Pine”, per Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934).
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_054
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pire_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_pinus_resinosa1
June Itasca County MN
Needles break cleanly when nearly doubled between fingers, 2 per bundle, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_pinus_resinosa3
June Itasca County MN
Bark scaly or with scaly plates, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinus resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pinus resinosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Pinus resinosa
1090
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: High elevation forests, in pine plantations, and persisting after silvicultural planting, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Waif(s)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Needles 4-6" long
Needles 2 per bundle
"FLOWER":
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Cone
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p340
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p177
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p035
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p01
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p239
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