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§1 Plant
Pinus serotina Michx.
vernacular pond 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
· 121 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 190 min.
- Precipitation
- 40–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–6.8
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 80 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 54,400
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 121 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hernando 12053
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Putnam 12107
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Colquitt 13071
- Decatur 13087
- Echols 13101
- Glynn 13127
- Jackson 13157
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Pulaski 13235
- Sumter 13261
- Talbot 13263
- Tift 13277
- Turner 13287
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Columbus 37047
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
South Carolina view state ↗ 18 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PISE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5285602 ↗Record version
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