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SPECIES: Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine 



ABBREVIATION : 
PINRIG

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   PIRI


COMMON NAMES : 
   pitch pine
   hard pine
   bull pine


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of pitch pine is Pinus rigida
Mill. [22,25].  There are no recognized varieties or subspecies.  Pitch
pine hybridizes with P. serotina in southern New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, and Virginia; with loblolly pine (P. taeda) in Delaware; and
with shortleaf pine (P. echinata) and Table Mountain pine (P. pungens)
in the southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont region.


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


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


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


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

Related categories for Species: Pinus rigida | Pitch Pine