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
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, mammals, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AL, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, NJ, SC, VA
Related native plants
More Pinus species
- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)
- Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
- Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)