Shortleaf pine
NativePinus echinata
Pine (Pinaceae) · Conifer · 60–100 ft
Knowing it
Missouri's only native pine: needles in twos and threes, plated bark with resin pockets. Ozark ridges and sandy soils in the southern counties.
What a tree company sees
Strong trunk, but tall and limber crowns snap in ice storms. Pine engraver beetles follow drought.
Recorded in 48 counties
- Adair County
- Barry County
- Bollinger County
- Boone County
- Butler County
- Callaway County
- Cape Girardeau County
- Carter County
- Cass County
- Christian County
- Clinton County
- Cole County
- Crawford County
- Dent County
- Douglas County
- Franklin County
- Howell County
- Iron County
- Jefferson County
- Laclede County
- Linn County
- Madison County
- Maries County
- McDonald County
- Newton County
- Oregon County
- Ozark County
- Perry County
- Phelps County
- Polk County
- Pulaski County
- Reynolds County
- Ripley County
- Scott County
- Shannon County
- St. Charles County
- St. Francois County
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Ste. Genevieve County
- Stone County
- Taney County
- Texas County
- Vernon County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.