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− | ''P. elliottii'' is a perennial tree of the ''Pinaceae'' family native to North America. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIEL https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIEL] </ref>Tall, think trunked with open groups of needles.<ref>Moyroud R. 1996 South Florida Slash Pine ''Pinus ellioti'' variety ''densa'' Palmetto 16(4):11-12 | + | ''P. elliottii'' is a perennial tree of the ''Pinaceae'' family native to North America. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIEL https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIEL] </ref>Tall, think trunked with open groups of needles.<ref>Moyroud R. 1996 South Florida Slash Pine ''Pinus ellioti'' variety ''densa'' Palmetto 16(4):11-12</ref> |
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Common name: slash pine [1]
Pinus elliottii | |
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Photo by John B hosted at Bluemelon.com/poaceae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Pinus |
Species: | P. elliottii |
Binomial name | |
Pinus elliottii Engelm. | |
Natural range of Pinus elliottii from USDA NRCS Plants Database. |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: P. elliottii var. elliottii; P. heterophylla
Varieties: none
Description
P. elliottii is a perennial tree of the Pinaceae family native to North America. [2]Tall, think trunked with open groups of needles.[3]
Distribution
P. elliottii is found along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to North Carolina. [2]
Ecology
Habitat
P. elliottii proliferates in wet pine flatwoods and maritime forests. [1] Specimens have been collected from sandy soils with virgin slash pine flatwoods, hollows between stable sand dunes, on bay shore of island, mixed hardwood swamp, pine plantation, open grassy field, in dry loamy sand of sandhill flat, longleaf pine community, and pine-oak-sweet gum woods. [4]
Seed dispersal
This species is thought to be dispersed by wind. [5]
Fire ecology
P. elliottii is fire resistant, but has a low fire tolerance. [2] P. elliottii var. densa has thick bark as an adult and a 'grass' stage as a juvenile that offer resistance to fire damage. [6]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIEL
- ↑ Moyroud R. 1996 South Florida Slash Pine Pinus ellioti variety densa Palmetto 16(4):11-12
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Andre F. Clewell, E.A. Hebb, Elbert L. Little Jr., R.K. Godfrey, Cecil Slaughter, D.B. Ward, Poppleton, A.G. Shuey, Robert Kral, Patricia Elliot, Gwynn W. Ramsey, H. Larry E. Stripling, Loran Anderson, Bruce Hansen, T. Myint, R.R> Smith, F.C. Craighead, R. Komarek. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Hendry, Franklin, Leon, Flagler, lake, Monroe, Martin, Liberty, Madison, Gadsden, Lee, Highlands, Dade, Osceola) Georgia (Grady)
- ↑ Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
- ↑ Abrahamson, W. G. and C. R. Abrahamson (1996). "Effects of Fire on Long-Unburned Florida Uplands." Journal of Vegetation Science 7(4): 565-574.