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§1 Plant
Pinus elliottii Engelm.
vernacular slash pine — species · Pinaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Gymnosperm
- Family
- Pinaceae Spreng. ex Rudolphi
- Genus
- Pinus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 161 counties across 7 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 250 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–80 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–6.4
- Root depth
- 40 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 100 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 60 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Winter
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 14,480
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Low
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 161 counties across 7 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIEL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5285777 ↗Record version
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