Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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1090

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare, more common as a plantation tree than as a native

Look for it in high elevation forests, in pine plantations, and persisting after silvicultural planting, per Weakley's Flora

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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!



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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Pinus resinosa   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Pinus resinosa   FAMILY Pinaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Red Pine

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image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pire_001_lvd

        

image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

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.

image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

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.