OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Pinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinus serotina   FAMILY Pinaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus serotina   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Pinus serotina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-005:

Pinus serotina   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pinus serotina

(?) -

Pinus rigida ssp. serotina

 

COMMON NAME:
Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine


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image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_050

        

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pise_001_lvd

        

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Will Stuart    wil_9854071705

September        NC

Pocosin Lakes NWR

P. serotina is clearly a southern relative of P. rigida, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

JK Marlow    jkm161001_772

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Mature seed cones nearly round to oval; scales w a weak deciduous prickle, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Keith Bradley    kab_pinus_serotina_9552

December    Marion County    SC

Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Keith Bradley    kab_pinus_serotina_9555

December    Marion County    SC

Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve

Remarkably, can resprout needles from branches, trunk or roots following fire, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Keith Bradley    kab_pinus_serotina_9562

December    Marion County    SC

Little Pee Dee Heritage Preserve

Cones may remain closed w viable seeds for years, not opening until a fire, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Sharleen Johnson    shj_1531134894055577

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Sharleen Johnson    shj_2557400217741375

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Sharleen Johnson    shj_538321014841133

December    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Will Stuart    wil_6534318559_d56eb0b5b2

December    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Thrives in soils with a high water table and can tolerate wide fluctuations, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Pinus serotina, Pond Pine, Pocosin Pine, Marsh Pine

Will Stuart    wil_6534391581_51fd7d58bf

December    Chesterfield County    SC

Needles are mostly in 3s, 6-8" long, and persistent for 3-4 years, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinus serotina   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus serotina   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pinus serotina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-005:
Pinus serotina   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinus serotina

(?) -
Pinus rigida ssp. serotina

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1092

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Peaty soils of pocosins, swamps of small blackwater streams, sometimes a component of very wet pine savannas over an herbaceous groundlayer, but usually associated with dense pocosin shrubs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Needles 5-8" long
Needles 3-4 per bundle

"FLOWER":
Spring
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Cone

 

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