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Also called Virginia pine and Jersey pine. Do not confuse with sister-species jack pine Pinus banksiana which is also sometimes called scrub pine.
Part of 🌲︎ pine genus Pinus in 🌲︎ cedar / fir / hemlock / larch / pine / spruce family Pinaceae.
Native to 🇺🇸 USA 🗻︎ Appalachia, from the Mississippi Valley to the mid-Atlantic. ▭ 🌎︎ Map (scroll down), ▭ 🌎︎ map (North America, Central America).
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 speciesof 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.
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🏠︎ 🌲︎ pine genus Pinus jack pine Pinus banksiana
🐝︎ spotted lanternfly (SLF) Lycorma delicatula