Slash Pine

Pinus elliottii

• Common Name: Slash Pine
• Scientific Name: Pinus elliottii
• Family Name: Pinaceae
• Origin: native to Florida, Gulf and Atlantic coastal states from northeastern Louisiana to the southern region of South Carolina
• Height: 75’ – 100’
• Width: 35’ – 50’
• Growth: Fast
• Zone: 7A – 11
• Light Needs: Full sun – Partial shade
• Salt Tolerance:  high
• Soil/PH/Texture: not picky with soils, clay, sand, or loam, acidic – slightly alkaline
• Soil Moisture: well drained to occasionally wet
• Drought Tolerance: high
• Pests/Diseases: sensitive to pests and diseases; fusiform rust, Pitch canker, Bark beetles and wood borers, Sawflies, Pine needle miner larvae, Pine needle scale, Pine spittle bug, and Spruce mites.
• Growing Conditions: easy to grow and low maintenance, little pruning required if any.
• Characteristics: leaves are arranged alternately, are simple, margins are entire, needle-like shape, 6” – 12” in length, dark green, with parallel venation. Flowers are not showy and yellow in color, Fruit is oval, elongated and cone shaped, 2” – 6” in length, brown and attract squirrels and mammals
• Propagation:
• Wildlife: attracts squirrels and mammals, it provides a habitat for both wild turkeys and white-tailed deer, gray foxes and fox squirrels like to cut open cones to eat the pine seeds.
• Facts:
• Designer Considerations: use as a shade tree, screen, reclamation, or on a highway median.