Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Pinales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinus elliottii
FAMILY
Pinaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check The Pines of South Carolina
Learn more about Slash Pine from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Superficially, P. elliottii resembles both P. palustris and P. taeda, with cone size and needle length intermediate. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii
FAMILY
Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-003:
Pinus elliottii FAMILY Pinaceae
COMMON NAME:
Slash Pine
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Sam Pratt sbp_030822_1278
March Spartanburg County SC
Young pollen cones purplish-brown, 1/2-2" long, in dense clusters at base of terminal buds, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Sam Pratt sbp_030822_1312
March Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_030822_1318
March Spartanburg County SC
Needles 7-12" long, 2-3 per fascicle, stout, stiff, not twisted, shiny dark green, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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Sam Pratt sbp_030822_1319
March Spartanburg County SC
Bark red-brown, in broad scaly plates, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Sam Pratt sbp_030822_1322
March Spartanburg County SC
Cones mostly 10-18cm, with a stalk 2 or 3cm long; scales glossy brown, with a short prickle, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_632270298737871
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm0304g_09
April Beaufort County SC
Hunting Island State Park
A medium to large-sized tree as tall as 60-100' and 18-30" in diameter, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinus elliottii
FAMILY
Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii
FAMILY
Pinaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Pinus elliottii var. elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-003:
Pinus elliottii
FAMILY
Pinaceae
2045
Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Native in wet pine flatwoods and maritime forests, also extensively planted (over a broader distribution than the natural one, as in GA, SC, and NC) in silvicultural plantations on a wide variety of soils, many of them unsuitable for its successful growth, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Needles 7-12" long
Needles 2-3 per bundle
"FLOWER":
Winter/Spring
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Cone
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p355
- Identifying Trees: An All-Season Guide to Eastern North America (Williams, 2007) p344
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p266
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p030
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p241
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