NAME:
COMMON – Shortleaf Pine
BOTANICAL – Pinus echinata
FAMILY – Pinaceae

DERIVATION:
Southeastern NY west to eastern OK south to southern TX east to northern FL

GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS:
Can grow 80 to 100 feet tall

LOCATION:
Grows best in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun.  It will tolerate some light shade.  It will also tolerate a wide range of soils but prefers sandy loams.

ATTRIBUTES, VALUE, UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS:
It is an important timber tree in the deep South where it is harvested for a variety of purposes, including lumber, plywood and wood pulp (for paper). The wood is heavy and hard, fine-grained with a yellow-brown or orange color, containing less resin than other pines economically important to the South. Oleoresins are extracted to make turpentine.

This plant has a high flammability rating and should not be planted within the defensible space of your home.

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