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PINACEAE - - Pine Family
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Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata) - Tree to 40 m. tall, the bark splitting into angular plates; leaves in 2's or occasionally in 3's, deep-green, 8—12 cm. long, slender; sheath 10—15 mm. long; cone 3.5—6.5 cm. long, conic when closed, ovoid when open, each appendage with a slender spine; seed 4—5 mm. long, the wing 1.5—2 cm. long. This wide-ranging species may be distinguished from its associates by its slender leaves.
Dry rocky ridges and slopes, sandhills, old fields, forests, generally in rather xeric sites, but also occurring in mesic to even wet sites.
Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.
The range of Pinus echinata (Shortleaf Pine)
Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].
The Georgia range of Pinus echinata (Shortleaf Pine)
Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.
Guide to the Trees of North Georgia and Adjacent States
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