PINUS RIGIDA
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Top Photo credit Pitch pine Close up Robert H. Mohlenbrock, hosted by the USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Pinus rigida |
| Common name: | pitch pine |
| Group: | gymnosperm |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Growth type: | tree |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 20 - 98’ |
| Foliage: | needles in bundles of 3, cones |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | The most common pine species of the N.J. Pine Barrens, readily distinguished from shortleaf pine (P. echinata) and Virginia pine (P. virginiana) by its longer needles (3 in bundle) and larger cones. Growth rapid, about one foot a year for first 50-60 years. |
| Credit: USDA United States Dept. of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service data base |
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