Red Pine
Pinus resinosa
Summary 5
Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) is a pine native to northeastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to southeast Manitoba, and south to northern Illinois and Pennsylvania, with a small outlying population in the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia. In Vermont, Red Pine naturally occurs mainly on dry mountaintops and ridges and in dry sandy areas, where fires can occasionally occur. It has also been widely planted in plantations.
Red Pine can be distinguished by its platy red bark and its needles in bundles of two.
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- Adapted by Charlie Hohn from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_resinosa
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
Range Map
iNat Map
| Temperature preference | cold mountains & hollows, moderate/central areas, warm valleys/south slopes |
|---|---|
| Leaves | needles |
| Habitat moisture | dry |
