#1142 most planted
Pinus rigida
Pitch pine · also Hard pine, Northern pitch pine, Northern pitch-pine
ConiferEvergreen
113
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
9
cities
13 in
median trunk (33 cm, 110 measured)
5.7 yr
median age (37% have a planting date)
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Pinus rigida, commonly known as pitch pine, is a small-to-medium-sized pine native to eastern North America. It thrives in challenging environments with acidic, sandy, and low-nutrient soils.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 340.29%—17 in
- 270.01%5.2 yr2.0 in
- 210.00%—9.0 in
- 210.02%20 yr40 in
- 40.01%—4.7 in
- 20.00%—1.0 in
- 20.00%——
- 10.00%—4.3 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Acidic, Sandy, Low-nutrient
Trunk diameters across every city: median 13 in, mean 16 in, 90th percentile 40 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Eastern Canadian Forest-Boreal transition
- New England-Acadian forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Atlantic coastal pine barrens
Other Pinus in the catalogue
51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
