Do not confuse with sister-species
◼︎ eastern white pine Pinus strobus,
which has a similar common name.
In the southern 🇺🇸 USA, also called ◼︎ yellow pine. Although do not confuse with sister-species also sometimes called that:
Part of
🌲︎ pine genus Pinus
in
🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae
in
🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA Southeast.
🗺 Map (scroll down),
🗺 map (North America, Central America),
🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).
🏛🌲︎ State tree of Alabama.
In this area (particularly 🇨🇦 Canada AB BC SK, and 🇺🇸 USA AZ CA CO ID MO MT NV NM OR SD UT WA WI WY):
- do not move pine logs, stumps, branches, firewood nor untreated lumber
due to possible infestation by the insect
mountain pine beetle (MPB) Dendroctonus ponderosae,
which carries various species of
🍄︎ fungus / mushroom kingdom Fungi.
Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)
Pinus hosts caterpillars of 247 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.
This plant is also known to be a host for (in areas where invasive)
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula.
As a 🌱︎ seedling, this pine has a 🌾︎ grass stage, where its needles all emerge from a common center near the ground, causing it to look like a bunchgrass, while also developing a long taproot. This stage might last one to seven years, or even 20. Only after our plant detects a large increase in available light (perhaps caused by a storm or 🔥︎ low-intensity fire that opened up the forest canopy), our seedling starts to bolt (suddenly grow tall). Also sharing this strategy are several sister-species of pine, mostly tropical.
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The only species likely to be covered in ICSN soon is
slash pine Pinus elliottii.
Thus, longleaf pine's growth is improved by 🔥︎ low-intensity wildfire. And made worse by 🐖︎ feral pigs.
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