Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Pinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Pinus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
COMMON NAME:
Red Pine
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux dcp34_p04
This is what the old lumberjacks of the North Woods meant by “Hard Pine”, per Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934).
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_054
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pire_001_lvd
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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 (Lance, 2004).
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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 (Lance, 2004).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus resinosa
FAMILY
Pinaceae
1090
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: High elevation forests, in pine plantations, and persisting after silvicultural planting, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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!
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p340
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p177
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p035
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p01
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p239