Pinus echinata

shortleaf pine, shortstraw pine, southern yellow pine

Photograph(s) by*: BUG RFW

Characteristics

Height: 100-100'
Flowers:
Fruit: reddish brown; cone/cone-like
Fall color: evergreen

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Dry Moist
Soil pH: 4.6-6
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy

Habitat

dry rocky mountain ridges, old fields, floodplains

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD

Wildlife

*

Notes

best used for naturalizing

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1242.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004