Pinus Species, American Pitch Pine, Slash Pine, Swamp Pine

This hard pine species has needles about 8 to 12 inches long mostly in clusters of 2, a few in 3's. The cones are about 3 to 6 inches lon...Read Moreg with small, sharp prickles on scales. It is fast growing of over 2 feet/year and lives 100 to 200 years or some more. The (densa) variety is found just in southern Florida while the whole mother species is native from southern South Carolina to all through Florida over to Louisiana. This species is similar to the Loblolly & Longleaf Pines.

This is the only pine tree to be found in the Everglades. It is a two needle variant of the Slash Pine..pinus elliottii

This is the variety of Slash Pine I have in my front yard in Boca Raton, FL. Unlike the common variety, it is endemic only to Florida. It...Read More is one of my best plants here in zone 11. So far about 2 or 3 feet tall, but I have been watering it up to 3 times a week (maximum) and it is growing well, with only a few brown needles! I have it in full sunlight and it is getting lots of new shoots lately... I'll send in some pictures soon!