FNPS Plant Database

Pinus serotina

pond pine

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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

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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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.

Citations:

Wikipedia.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_taeda#:~:text=Loblolly pine can reach a,largest of the southern pines.



https://secure.caes.uga.edu/extension/publications/files/pdf/B 1477_1.PDF



Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.



Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/).  Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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