Pinus serotina
pond pine
Pinaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
tree
Size:
To 70 ft
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
brown
Phenology:
evergreen
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Shade tree for moist sites. Forest tree.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A
Ecology
Wildlife:
Birds, Mammals
Birds, squirrels and other animals eat the seeds.
Native Habitats:
Moist-wet sites. Hydric to mesic seep slopes, fringes of cypress and mixed hardwood swamps, wet flatwoods, mesic flatwoods.
