PINACEAE - - Pine Family

Pinus taeda Linnaeus — Loblolly Pine

Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) - Tree becoming 45 m. tall, the dark bark deeply furrowed, very rough, exfoliating in coarse plates; leaves in 3's, glaucous, 15—28 cm. long; cone 10—13 cm. long, broadly conic when closed, ovoid or conic-cylindric when open, the scale appendages thick, projecting little, if at all, beyond the small spine; seed 6—7 mm. long, the wing about 2 cm. long. After the manner of a weed completely foresting abandoned cultivated lands.

Habitat:

Forests, fields, pine plantations, much more abundant and widespread than formerly, occurring farther west than as a native. Native from s. NJ, DE, and e. MD south to n. peninsular FL, west to e. TX and se. OK, primarily on the Coastal Plain, but inland to s. TN; this distribution now expanded by forestry plantation northward.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Pinus taeda (Loblolly 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 taeda (Loblolly 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/.