Pond Pine
Pinus serotina
Pond pine is a fire- and flood-adapted pine of Southeastern pocosins and wet flatwoods, with closed cones that open after fire and sprouts that flush from the trunk. A specialist of saturated, acidic ground.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 40–70 ft
- Spacing
- 20–35 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, rain garden
- Native states
- FL, GA, MD, NC, NJ, SC, VA