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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 70 feet to 80 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flower Color: Brown
Other: Brown
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Useful for timber production
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Slash Pine
  • American Pitch Pine
  • Swamp Pine
  • Southern Yellow Pine

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2017-04-24

Date: 2012-11-10
Credit Brandon Trentler
Location: Southern Alabama 
Date: Early February 
The male cones.
Location: Sarasota Jungle Gardens

Date: c. 1878
illustration by Paulus Roetter in "Revision of the Genus PINUS, a

Date: 2015-04-03
Credit Brandon Trentler
Location: South Alabama 
Date: Early February 
Male cones

Date: 2014-03-27
Credit Brandon Trentler

Date: 2015-04-03
Credit Brandon Trentler

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Actually it's Pinus elliottii by MunSung1075 Jul 8, 2018 4:15 PM 0

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