Shortleaf Pine is an evergreen tree that may grow 80 to 100 feet tall. The tree has 3- to 5-inch slender and flexible needles in clusters of 2 or 3. The fascicle sheath is persistent. The bark is …

Leaves 2 (–3) per fascicle, spreading-ascending, persistent 3–5 years, (5–)7–11 (–13)cm × ca. 1mm, straight, slightly twisted, gray- to yellow-green, all surfaces with fine stomatal lines, …

From a distance, Pinus echinata has a "fuzzy" look, with a rounded crown, lacking the slender "spiky" branches of P. virginiana projecting at angles upwards from the crown, instead having …

shortleaf pine Pinaceae Pinus echinata Mill. symbol: PIEC2 Leaf: Evergreen needles, 3 to 5 inches long, two or three (on the same branch), slender and flexible needles per fascicle, dark …

Fascicle sheath mostly over 1.5 cm, its base persistent and falling with fascicle; seed cones sessile or nearly sessile, of various lengths, symmetry, and umbo form; leaves mostly over 1 …

Has 2 and 3 needles per fascicle. This somewhat fire tolerant tree, usually growing on dry sites, is an important timber species. Tiny resin blisters in bark makes it easy to identify. To 100 feet …

needles mainly 2 per fascicle, to 4” long and straight (twisty in P. glabra) seed cones less than 3 inches long and persistent on trees for several years; cinnamon-colored bark with resin ducts; …

producing a short shoot in the axil of scale leaf (sylleptic development) = a “fascicle” of 2−3 photosynthetic leaves (needles) held together by several tightly wrapped papery (scarious) …

Description of Pinus echinata P. Mill. (Shortleaf pine), generated from a DELTA database.

Although Pinus echinata is highly valued for timber and pulpwood, it is afflicted by root rot. It hybridizes with P . taeda , the pine most commonly associated with it.