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Sand Pine
Pinus clausa
36.1024, -79.8092
Field Notes
Description:
The needles are bright to dark green, 3 inches long, and have a dense, bushy appearance. Slender, flexible, and stiff, they are 2 bundled and can be straight or slightly twisted. Nestled within the needles, cones grow in whorls and sand pines are capable of producing 2 to 3 whorls of cones per year. Female cones are yellowish-brown, 2 to 3.5 inches long, and have a sharp prickle on each scale. They mature in 2 years but may persist (stay on tree) for up to 10 years. The rough outer bark surface has thin, flaky, grayish brown, irregular plates.
Habitat:
Interestingly, sites where Sand pines grow are believed to be the remnants of sand dunes and coastlines from the Pleistocene epoch. They are sandy, have an pH range of 4.2 to 5.5, and are usually well draining to extremely well draining. Generally, sites have poor, nutrient deficient soils that are coarse textured
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