Pitch Pine

Basisdaten

pitch pine (Pinus rigida) needle
pitch pine (Pinus rigida) needle
  • pitch pine (Pinus rigida) needle
  • pitch pine (Pinus rigida) cones
  • pitch pine (Pinus rigida) cone
  • pitch pine (Pinus rigida) trunk/ bark
description: 

The pitch pine is widely distributed in eastern North America. Striking are the short shoots with needles on the trunk.

Tree profile

name botanical: 
Pinus rigida
family: 
Pinaceae
species: 
conifer
height: 
up to 20 m (66 ft)
needle: 

Three needles on a needle base. The individual needles are green, about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and slightly rotated.

fruit: 

The pins are first green, brown in autumn, thick ovate to 7 cm (2.8 in) long. They adhere with short stalk individually or in groups on the branch.

bark: 
The red-brown bark is cracked up scaly. At the trunk there are often short shoots with needle tufts.
root: 
taprooted
location: 
sun
soil: 
permeable soils
ph value: 
acidic to neutral
usage: 

Forest tree

stature: 

The Pinus rigida has a straight trunk with a permeable tree crown.