Short-Leaf Pine

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

NY South to GA, TX and OK

Location

Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Pinetum

Source of plant

NJ Department of Forestry

Description

Pyramidal tree in youth, developing a well-formed trunk and a small, pyramidal crown that opens with age; 80' to 100' in height, less under landscape conditions, perhaps 50' to 60'. Needles in fascicles of 2, but also in 3's on the same tree, occasionally the latter number predominates, 3" to 5" long, dark bluish-green, slender, finely toothed, flexible, persistent the 2nd through the 4th season, resin ducts 1 to 4, medial. Cones ovoid-oblong to conical, nearly sessile, 1 1/2" to 2 1/2" long, usually persistent for several years; umbo dorsal and armed with a small, sharp, straight or curved, sometimes deciduous prickle.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

winter interest