Red Pine
Pinus resinosa
Red pine is a clean, straight-trunked northern pine with reddish plated bark and long paired needles. Cold-hardy and tolerant of dry, sandy soils across the upper Midwest and Northeast.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–80 ft
- Spacing
- 20–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- red, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CT, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
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- Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)