Sand Pine
Pinus clausa
Sand pine thrives on the deepest, driest white sands of Florida scrub where almost nothing else grows. A fast, short-lived pine central to the rare and fire-shaped scrub ecosystem.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–40 ft
- Spacing
- 10–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- February, March
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, FL