pitch pine - Pinaceae Pinus rigida

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Taxonomy

Family	Pinaceae
Genus	Pinus
Species	rigida
Common Name	pitch pine
iTree Code	PIRI

Plant Form

Form	Tree
Height	80 feet
Spread	30 feet
Deciduous	No

Identification Description

Foliage	three needled, twisted, often in tufts with a coarse texture	Leaf Type	Needle
		Needles	3
Bark	shallow furrows with wide flat scaly plates, reddish brown inner bark nearly black outer bark
Bud	sharp pointed, resinous, loose brown scales	Bud Arrangement	None
Twig	cluster on tree trunk, extremely rigid, orange-brown in color
Flower	Cone, clustered, male flowers are yellow while female flowers are red-purple
Fruit	oval-cone, clusters of three to five with rigid sharp prickles
Fall Color	dark yellow-green

Site Characteristics

USDA Zones		pH Levels		Salt Tolerance
Min	2a	Min	3.5	Soil	Intolerant
Max	7b	Max	5.0	Spray	Intolerant

Shade Tolerance	Drought Tolerance	Allelopathy
Intolerant	Moderate	No

Species Status

Nebraska Native
U.S. Native
Region of Origin	United States
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