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§1 Plant
Pinus palustris Mill.
vernacular longleaf 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
· 234 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 250 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7
- Root depth
- 40 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 120 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Brown
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Winter
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Winter
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 4,240
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 234 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Chambers 01017
- Chilton 01021
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Coffee 01031
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Geneva 01061
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Perry 01105
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- 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
- 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
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Bibb 13021
- Bleckley 13023
- Carroll 13045
- Charlton 13049
- Chattooga 13055
- Columbia 13073
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Floyd 13115
- Glynn 13127
- Haralson 13143
- Harris 13145
- Heard 13149
- Henry 13151
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lanier 13173
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lincoln 13181
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Paulding 13223
- Pike 13231
- Randolph 13243
- Seminole 13253
- Stewart 13259
- Tattnall 13267
- Toombs 13279
- Upson 13293
- Ware 13299
- Wheeler 13309
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wayne 37191
South Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIPA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5285816 ↗Record version
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