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§1 Plant
Pinus resinosa Aiton
vernacular red 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 248 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 15–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–6
- 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
- 80 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Yellow-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Brown
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 52,160
- 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
- Yes
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 248 counties across 16 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Oscoda 26135
- Otsego 26137
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Saginaw 26145
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Roseau 27135
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
Missouri view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Broome 36007
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Orange 36071
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Ozaukee 55089
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Richland 55103
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PIRE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5285067 ↗Record version
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