General Description | A pine tree with short needles and small cones and a scrubby growth form only found in sandy Florida habitats. |
ID Characteristic | Crookedness of the main trunk. May have lots of dead branches with a rounded or irregular crown. |
Shape | Rounded or irregular. |
Landscape | Commercial plantings in the paper industry. |
Propagation | Propagation by seed. |
Cultivation | Grows well in excessively well drained, high acidic sandy soils in full sun. |
Pests | Bark beetles and sawfly and mushroom rot. |
Bark/Stem Description | Young bark is smooth while mature bark hardens and breaks into plates. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | 0.01 mm in length. |
Leaf Description | 0.06 - 0.09 cm long and 0.001 mm wide in fascicles of 2. |
Flower Description | Male blooms grow in terminal clusters while females grow singly. |
Fruit Description | Serotinous cones in whorls of 1 - 3. Symmetric 0.03 - 0.08 cm long scales tapering to a sharp tip with a weak, easily broken prickle. |
Colour Description | Foliage is green with male flowers showing yellow-orange. Female flowers are yellowish-green. The bark becomes reddish-brown as it ages. |
Texture Description | Rough. |