OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Pinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinus resinosa   FAMILY Pinaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus resinosa   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pinus resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pinus resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Pinus resinosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Red Pine


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image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

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).

image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_054

        

image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pire_001_lvd

        

image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

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).

image of Pinus resinosa, Red Pine

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 (4/14/23):
Pinus resinosa   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus resinosa   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinus resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pinus resinosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Pinus resinosa

 

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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

Waif(s)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Needles 4-6" long
Needles 2 per bundle

"FLOWER":
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Cone

 

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