Form: Medium sized, 50 - 100 ft. in height and 2 - 3 ft. in dbh.

Needles:
             

Arrangement: 2-3 per fascicle

Length: 3-5" long

Shape: acicular

Other: yellow-green; persistent sheath

 

Bark: large, scaly, plates: small resin holes or pockets when mature

Cones: red-brown in color with an armed umbo, about the size of a hen egg

Distinguishing characteristics: Found on dry sites, fire species, capable of resprouting

Range: Southern New York south to northern Florida west to eastern Texas and north to southern Ohio.

Silvics: intolerant; dry to mesic uplands

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.