Introductory
SPECIES: Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine 



ABBREVIATION : 
PINELL

SYNONYMS : 
   Pinus densa (Little & Dorman) Gaussen
   Pinus caribaea Morelet
   Pinus heterophylla (Ell.) Sudworth


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   PIEL


COMMON NAMES : 
   slash pine
   yellow slash pine
   swamp pine
   pitch pine
   south Florida slash pine
   Dade County slash pine
   Dade County pine
   Cuban pine


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of slash pine is Pinus elliottii
Engelm. [23,24].  The species is divided into two geographic varieties:

        var. elliottii
        var. densa Little & Dorman = south Florida slash pine

There is a transitional zone where morphological traits of the two
varieties show clinal variation.  Both varieties will be discussed in
this report with emphasis on the typical slash pine variety, P. elliottii
var. elliottii.  

Slash pine occasionally hybridizes with loblolly pine (P. taeda),
late flowering sand pine (P. clausa), and early flowering longleaf pine
(P. palustris) [23,24].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Jennifer H. Carey, May 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Carey, Jennifer H. 1992. Pinus elliottii. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine