Common Names
Slash pine (1).Taxonomic notes
Description
"Seedlings essentially without grass stage, height growth uniform after seed germination, buds scattered upstem. Leaves mostly in 3s, sometimes in 2s on same shoot, resin canals per leaf 3-5, hypodermis 2-3 cell-layers thick. Seed-cone base ± truncate when open. 2n=24." (1).Range
USA: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia & South Carolina at 0-150 m in lowland to upland forests, old fields, and fine white sands, mostly in long-hydroperiod soils (1).Big Tree
Diameter 105 cm, height 42 m, crown spread 17 m, located in Jacksonville, Florida (American Forests 1996).Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
It is the fastest growing of the southern yellow pines, much planted in the United States outside its native range. It is very susceptible to ice damage and fusiform gall inland. This is a naval stores pine, but it is considered increasingly important in plantations as a lumber and pulpwood pine. It is much planted in subtropical and warm temperate climates worldwide, particularly in Brazil (1).Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Kral in the Flora of North America online.[Pinus] [Pinaceae] [home]
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 21-Dec-98