Native
Habitat: scrub, sandhills, deep sandy soils
Range: Mississippi -> Georgia -> Florida, Central Florida
TREE TRUNK
Size: 75 years, 60 feet
Bark: stem smooths out at top, grows crooked (like a hardwood), stems are very weak, grow twisted adn do not self-prune. Thin, flaky bark
Scientific Name: Pinus elliottii
Family: Pinaceae
Common: slash pine
HABITAT
Native
Habitat: Flatwoods, hammocks, edges of swamps, moist
Range: Texas -> North Carolina -> Florida Keys
TREE TRUNK
Size: Up to 100ft tall
Bark: Thick
Twigs: Thin, no big terminal bud
LEAVES
Composition: simple
Arrangement: alternate
Shape: Needles in fasicles of 2’s and 3’s
Other: 8-12 inches long
REPRODUCTION
Flowers: –
Fruit: Cones are much smaller than long leaf, but much more regularly
USES
Wildlife – seeds eaten by birds, squirrels, small mammals
Commercial – Pulp wood and timber production
Cultural/Historical – Naval with resin (not as productive as longleaf)
TOLERANCES
Fire – mature trees are tolerant
Salt –
Drought – moderate
Flood – moderate
Shade – tolerant
Scientific Name: Pinus palustris
Family: Pinaceae
Common: longleaf pine
HABITAT
Native
Habitat: sandhills, flatwoods
Range: Virginia -> Central Florida -> Texas
TREE TRUNK
Size: Up to 100ft tall, lifespan approx 500 years
Bark: Evergreen, thick and flaky, brown, but looks like a pine, evolved in fire-prone system
Twigs: thick twigs at ends (stout)–it’s a large terminal bud (silver), holds moisture
LEAVES
Composition: simple
Shape: needles bunched in a fascicle (3)
REPRODUCTION
Flowers: gymnosperm
Fruit: large cones (male and female)–regular seeder, large winged seeds germinate in fall with mineral-filled soils
USES
Wildlife – squirrels eat cones, woodpecker nests
Commercial – boards vs. telephone poles
Cultural/Historical: Used to be dominant, used to be 80, now only 4
Others: insect resistance (resin), commercial rosin (historically)
TOLERANCES
Fire – adapts
Salt –
Drought – moderate
Flood – moderate
Other: disease/insect resistance
Other: Slow growing next to other pines (has a gross stage). Can stay almost 20 years before it grows upright when it starts its fast growth timing but will elongate (candlesticking)
Size: Up to 100ft tall, grows very straight and prunes well
Bark: Flaky and thin, reddish brown in color. When you peel back bark you can see the resin ducts (pictured above)
Twigs: thin, brown or green
LEAVES
Leaf arrangement: alternate or spiral
Leaf type: simple
Leaf margin: entire
Leaf shape: needle-like
Leaf blade length: 2 to 4 inches long
Leaf venation: parallel
Leaf color: green
Leaf persistence: evergreen
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