| Picture | Title | Caption | Copyright |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tree stand | Typical mature fire-maintained longleaf pine forest scene (80+ years of age). | The Longleaf Alliance | |
| Tree | Grass-stage longleaf pine seedling prior to initiating stem elongation (2 years of age). | The Longleaf Alliance | |
| Diseased seedling | Longleaf pine seedling with brown spot needle blight, a fungal disease of the foliage. | The Longleaf Alliance | |
| Fire damage | Longleaf pine grass-stage seedling immediately after low-intensity fire. | The Longleaf Alliance | |
| Regeneration | Longleaf pine grass-stage seedling several weeks after low-intensity fire. | The Longleaf Alliance |
Datasheet
Pinus palustris (longleaf pine)
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Top of pageIdentity
Top of pagePreferred Scientific Name
- Pinus palustris Mill.
Preferred Common Name
- longleaf pine
Other Scientific Names
- Pinus australis Michx.
- Pinus longifolia Salisb.
International Common Names
- English: Southern pitch pine
- Spanish: pino de hoja larga
- French: pichepin; pin des marais
Local Common Names
- Germany: Sumpf-Kiefer
- Italy: pino palustre
- USA: broom pine; brown pine; fat pine; longleaved pine; longstraw pine; orchard pine; rosemary pine; turpentine pine
EPPO code
- PIUPA (Pinus palustris)
Trade name
- fatwood
- Georgia fatwood
- hard pine
- heart pine
- lighterwood
- pitch pine
- southern pine
- yellow pine
Taxonomic Tree
Top of page- Domain: Eukaryota
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Spermatophyta
- Subphylum: Gymnospermae
- Class: Pinopsida
- Family: Pinaceae
- Genus: Pinus
- Species: Pinus palustris
List of Pests
Top of pageMajor host of:
Dendroctonus frontalis (southern pine beetle); Eulachnus rileyi (pine needle aphid); Gibberella circinata (pitch canker); Ips grandicollis (five-spined bark beetle); Mycosphaerella dearnessii (brown spot needle blight); Oracella acuta (loblolly pine mealybug); Pissodes nemorensis (northern pine weevil); Sirex noctilio (woodwasp)Minor host of:
Belonolaimus longicaudatus (sting nematode); Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (pine wilt nematode); Coleosporium asterum (needle cast: red pine); Cronartium fusiforme (southern fusiform rust); Leptographium procerum (white pine root decline); Monochamus alternatus (Japanese pine sawyer); Pineus boerneri (pine woolly aphid); Pratylenchus brachyurus (root-lesion nematode); Sphaeropsis sapinea (Sphaeropsis blight); Tylenchorhynchus claytoni (stunt nematode)Wild host of:
Paspalum notatum (Bahia grass)Host of (source - data mining):
Armillaria limonea; Armillaria mellea (armillaria root rot); Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (tomato spotted wilt)Uses List
Top of pageEnvironmental
- Erosion control or dune stabilization
- Revegetation
Fuels
- Charcoal
Human food and beverage
- Spices and culinary herbs
Materials
- Essential oils
- Fibre
- Gum/resin
- Miscellaneous materials
- Wood/timber
Medicinal, pharmaceutical
- Traditional/folklore
Wood Products
Top of pageBoats
Charcoal
Containers
- Boxes
- Cases
- Cooperage
- Crates
- Pallets
- Tanks
- Vats
Furniture
Pulp
- Long-fibre pulp
Railway sleepers
Roundwood
- Building poles
- Piles
- Posts
- Roundwood structures
- Transmission poles
Sawn or hewn building timbers
- Beams
- Bridges
- Carpentry/joinery (exterior/interior)
- Engineering structures
- Exterior fittings
- Flooring
- For heavy construction
- For light construction
- Wall panelling
Wood extractives (including oil)
Wood-based materials
- Plywood