Pinus serotina

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassPinopsida
4. OrderPinales
5. FamilyPinaceae

Native toAlabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia

Observations recorded1,892

Pond pine is a major species in the forest cover type Pond Pine (Society of American Foresters Type 98) and is an associate in nine other cover types (5): 81 Loblolly Pine 82 Loblolly Pine-Hardwood 84 Slash Pine 85 Slash Pine-Hardwood 97 Atlantic White-Cedar 100 Pondcypress 102 Baldcypress-Tupelo 103 Water Tupelo-Swamp Tupelo 104 Sweetbay-Swamp Tupelo-Redbay Other associated tree species are sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), red maple (Acer rubrum), and loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus). In the pocosins and very wet areas, a great variety of evergreen shrubs form a dense understory. Laurel-leaf greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia) is almost always present on pond pine sites. Switchcane (Arundinaria tecta) is locally abundant and, as it sprouts prolifically, it is highly favored by periodic burning. Other frequent shrub species include inkberry (Ilex glabra), large gallberry (I. coriacea), zenobia (Zenobia pulverulenta), swamp cyrilla (Cyrilla racemiflora), southern bayberry (Myrica cerifera), sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia), and saw-palmetto (Serenoa repens).