shortleaf pine (Pinus
echinata)
Family: Pinaceae
Form: Medium sized, 50 - 100 ft. in height and 2 - 3 ft. in dbh.
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Needles:
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Bark: large, scaly, plates: small resin holes or pockets when mature
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Cones: red-brown in color with an armed umbo, about the size of a hen egg
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Distinguishing characteristics: Found on dry sites, fire species, capable of resprouting
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Range: Southern New York south to northern Florida west to eastern Texas and north to southern Ohio.
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Silvics: intolerant; dry to mesic uplands
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Ecological and cultural importance: most widely distributed southern yellow pine. Second to loblolly pine in harvesting, used for lumber, pulpwood, and plywood. Seeds are eaten by birds and mammals. Also provide cover for wild turkeys.
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