"Timber Pines of Southern States." U. S. Forestry Bul. No. 13. (Dr. B. E. Fernow, Chief.)
Shortleaf Pine, Yellow Pine. Pinus echinata Mill. Pinus mitis Michx.
Nomenclature. (Sudworth.)
- Common Yellow Pine, Hard Pine.
- Spruce Pine (Del., Miss., Ark.).
- Bull Pine (Va.).
- Shortshat Pine (Del.).
- Pitch Pine (Mo.).
- Poor Pine (Fla.).
- Shortleaved Yellow Pine (N. C.).
- Rosemary Pine (N. C.).
- Virginia Yellow Pine.
- North Carolina Yellow Pine.
- North Carolina Pine.
- Carolina Pine.
- Slash Pine.
- Old Field Pine.
Locality.
Connecticut to Florida, westward intermittently to Kansas and Texas.
Features of Tree.
Sixty to sometimes ninety feet in height, two to sometimes four feet in diameter. A large erect tree; small cones have minute weak prickles. Leaves usually in twos from long sheaths.
Color, Appearance, or Grain of Wood.
Resembles longleaf pine.