Shortleaf Pine
Pinus echinata
Shortleaf pine is the most widespread Southern yellow pine, valued for timber and able to resprout after fire. A fast, adaptable evergreen for dry upland soils across the Southeast.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–90 ft
- Spacing
- 25–35 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV