![]() ![]() Identifying Features: Loblolly Pine is a tall self-pruning tree with square or rectangular plated red-brown bark that has no resin pockets in it, a conical to rounded crown high above the ground level, two or three 4 – 9” long deep yellow-green leaves per fascicle that are pliant and have stomatal lines on all surfaces, and 2.4 – 4.7” long seed cones with scales with triangular spines and no dark borders on their outer and upper surfaces. Other Common Names: Oldfield Pine, Rosemary Pine, Bull Pine, North Carolina Pine Naturally, it often grows in swampy areas, making it a suitable landscape specimen for damp to wet soils. Seed cones are narrowly egg-shaped, 2.4 – 4.7” long, dull yellow-brown, sessile (or nearly so), not persistent, solitary or in small clusters, and have short, stout triangular spines. The sheath is 0.4 – 1” long with a persistent base. ![]() There are 2-3 ascending to spreading 4 – 9” long pliant deep yellow-green leaves per fascicle, and all surfaces have narrow stomatal lines. The slightly resinous, pale red-brown, 0.4” buds are very narrowly egg-shaped (lanceolate) to cylindrical. Twigs are somewhat slender (0.4”) and orangish to yellow-brown, aging to rough dark brown. Its colorful red-brown bark forms square or rectangular scaly plates. It self-prunes as it matures, losing its lower branches, so the conical to rounded crown is far overhead. Loblolly Pine is a fast-growing tall tree with a very straight trunk. Native Area: Western North America from British Columbia, Canada, south through western USA east to North & South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, mountainous areas of northern MexicoĪverage Size at Maturity: 60 – 100 ft (to 236 ft) tall, 25 – 30 ft spread The bright green leaves will distinguish it from the similar Jeffrey Pine with its usually grayish-green leaves. ![]() While its leaves are often in fascicles of three, this varies with botanical varieties and cultivars, so other factors are usually needed, such as the leaves being both pliant and having a persistent sheath base, abundant (nearly) stalk-less egg-shaped 3 – 5” seed cones, and very resinous egg-shaped red-brown winter buds with white-fringed scale margins. Identifying Features: The distinctive thick reddish-brown to yellow-brown bark of Ponderosa Pine with its blackened grooves combined with its usually long bright green leaves will help you identify this species. Other Common Names: Western Yellow Pine, Bull Pine, Black Jack, Western Red Pine, Western Longleaf Pine, Filipinus Pine Scales have small sharp triangular points.Ĭommercially it’s prized for its lumber and ornamentally for its distinctive bark and long green leaves. It produces abundant solitary (occasionally paired), usually reddish-brown stalk-less (or almost) egg-shaped seed cones 3 – 5” long. They’re pliant, tufted at the tips of stout (¾”) twigs, all surfaces have noticeable stomatal lines, and their 0.6 – 1.2” long leaf sheath has a persistent base. For instance, a common misconception is that they have three long leaves per fascicle when they actually have 2 – 5 leaves from 2 ¾ to 11 ¾ inches long. Its numerous botanical varieties vary considerably. This tall pine has a broadly conical to rounded crown, thick trunk, and distinctive blackish-brown bark that ages reddish to yellowish-brown with irregular blackish grooves and cross-checked into broad rectangular plates. ![]() Ponderosa Pine is an impressive pine, an iconic species of western North America. Images by Lyrae Willis (Own Work) for Tree Vitalize ![]()
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