Shortleaf Pine

Pinus echinata

Summary 7

Pinus echinata (Shortleaf Pine) is a species of pine native to the eastern United States from southern New York south to northern Florida, west to the extreme southeast of Kansas, and southwest to eastern Texas. The tree is variable in form, sometimes straight, sometimes crooked, with an irregular crown. This tree reaches heights of 20–30 metres (66–98 ft) with a trunk diameter of 0.5–0.9 metre (1 ft 8 in–2 ft 10 in).

Occurrence in north america 8

AL AR DE FL GA HI IL KY LA MD
MS MO NJ NY NC OH OK PA SC TN
TX VA WV

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  2. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/16586
  3. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/16601
  4. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/16635
  5. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/34176
  6. (c) Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Pinus_echinata_with_Phytophthora.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_echinata
  8. Public Domain, http://eol.org/data_objects/23072861

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