Pitch Pine ²

Identification
The pitch pine can be identified by the needles. They are in groups of three. It is a medium sized tree. The needles are about 11/2” - 5” long. The branches are often thick.

Niche
The pitch pine is a producer. I know this because it makes its own food. Sprouts and seeds are for deer, cottontail rabbits, and meadow mice. Birds including quail, chickadees and juncos eat pine seeds as mice do also. They can be shelter from rain. It can also provide shade.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) dogtooth77, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53817483@N00/3652080635
2. Adapted by snappingturtle4321 from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_rigida

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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