Pond pine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Pinales |
Family: | Pinaceae |
Genus: | Pinus |
Subgenus: | P. subg. Pinus |
Section: | P. sect. Trifoliae |
Subsection: | P. subsect. Australes |
Species: | P. serotina
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Binomial name | |
Pinus serotina | |
Natural range |
Pinus serotina, the pond pine, black bark pine, bay pine, marsh pine, or pocosin pine,[2] is a pine tree found along the Southeastern portion of the Atlantic coastal plain of the United States, from southern New Jersey south to Florida and west to southern Alabama.[3] Pond pine distribution may be starting to spread west towards Mississippi and Tennessee.[4][5]