Pitch Pine, Northern Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)

Pitch Pine Pinus rigida

by claypa Jul 24, 2007 4:45 AM

Pitch Pine cones, about two and a half inches / 6.5 cm long

by claypa Jul 24, 2007 4:51 AM

Needles 5-7" / 12-18 cm long, possibly hybridized with Pond Pine Pinus serotina

by claypa Jul 24, 2007 4:58 AM

Pitch Pines about 60 feet/18 meters tall. Growing in sandy loam among Sour Gum trees, Hollies, and Oaks. There's a good possibility these trees are hybrids with Pond Pine, Pinus serotina

by claypa Jul 24, 2007 5:10 AM

The cones have stiff, sharp prickles. Something's been eating these cones; they usually stay in the tree, but there is a drought where this picture was taken.

by claypa Jul 25, 2007 4:26 AM

Epicormic shoots on the trunk. Of the pine trees, only Pitch Pine and Pond Pine trees do this.

by claypa Aug 7, 2007 8:54 PM

Young Pitch Pine

by famartin Aug 25, 2007 3:12 PM

by claypa Oct 21, 2007 5:47 AM

South Cape Beach Mashpee, MA October 5, 2007

by baccharis May 30, 2008 5:21 PM

South Cape Beach Mashpee, MA June 14, 2003

by baccharis May 30, 2008 5:21 PM

I visited Nottingham Park in se PA with serpentine soil in Sept 2010 and shot these pines

by Rickwebb Dec 9, 2013 11:00 AM

A Pitch Pine grove in Nottingham Park in se PA in September 2010

by Rickwebb Dec 9, 2013 11:00 AM

Pines near Mick's Canoe Rentals in the barrens of southern NJ in August 2013

by Rickwebb Dec 9, 2013 11:00 AM

A specimen planted in a residential yard in se PA, March 2010

by Rickwebb Dec 9, 2013 11:00 AM

Needled sprouts on the trunk is common and the tree can re-sprout after a fire

by Rickwebb Dec 9, 2013 11:00 AM

Needles are in 3's, about 5" long, and sort of soft, not real prickly

by Rickwebb Dec 9, 2013 11:00 AM

Cones are 2 to 3.5" long and have prickles on the tips of the scales

by Rickwebb Dec 9, 2013 11:00 AM

Pitch Pines around the bus to pick up canoers from the creek in southern NJ in Aug 2013

by Rickwebb Sep 19, 2014 7:05 PM

The cones

by scirpidiella Feb 17, 2015 2:03 PM

wild trees at Bushkill Falls in northeast Pennsylvania in summer of 2018

by Rickwebb Jul 11, 2019 12:19 PM

looking up a trunk at Bushkill Falls in northeast Pennsylvania

by Rickwebb Jul 11, 2019 12:19 PM

branch with needles and cones at Bushkill Falls in northeast PA

by Rickwebb Jul 11, 2019 12:19 PM