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Pinus serotina

Pocosin Pine, Pond Pine

Pronunciation
PI-nus SER-ah-tee-nah
Family
Genus
Nativity

Coastal plains and southeastern US

Growth Habit

Grows 30 to 50 feet tall under cultivation.

Hardiness
7
Culture

Wet soils and full sun, needs large amounts of water, often found growing out of lakes.

Facultative Status
Obligate
Landscape Use

Nice tree to use around lakes and ponds, grows to a full height.

Foliage

Needles are clumped in threes connected to a fascicle, needles are 3 to 5 inches long.

Buds

Buds are waxy in appearance often many in one area.

Bark

Rough and scaly; reddish gray in color and extremely flaky.

Flower

Non-showy yellow flowers.

Fruit

Cones are conic-ovoid and persistent; each scale has an incurved prickle. Relatively short.

Propagation

Seed

Pests
Root rot, dieback, and stem blister rust

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