Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

pond pine

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Pinus serotina

Family:

Pinaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

To 70 ft

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

NA

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

evergreen

Noted For:

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Shade tree for moist sites. Forest tree.

Considerations:

Availability:

Propagation:

Seed.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation ---to--- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A

Ecology

Wildlife:

Birds, Mammals

Birds, squirrels and other animals eat the seeds.

Native Habitats:

Moist-wet sites. Hydric to mesic seep slopes, fringes of cypress and mixed hardwood swamps, wet flatwoods, mesic flatwoods.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Rarely grown.  This tree occurs predominantly in the coastal plain (withoutliers) from eastern Alabama north to southern New Jersey.