Pinus glabra Walter

Spruce pine (en)

Species

Gymnosperms > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus

Characteristics

Trees to 30m; trunk to   diam., straight; crown conic to rounded. Bark gray, fissured and cross-checked into elongate, irregular, scaly plates, resin pockets absent, on upper sections of trunk ± smooth, gray, looking slick. Branches whorled, spreading to ascending; twigs slender, purple-red to red-brown, occasionally glaucous, aging gray, smooth. Buds ovoid to ovoid-cylindric, red-brown, ca. 0.5--1cm, slightly resinous; scale margins finely fringed. Leaves 2 per fascicle, spreading to ascending, persisting 2--3 years, 4--8(--10)cm ´ 0.7--1.2mm, straight, slightly twisted, dark green, all surfaces with fine stomatal lines, margins finely serrulate, apex sharply conic; sheath 0.5--1cm, base persistent. Pollen cones lance-cylindric, 10--15mm, purple-brown. Seed cones maturing in 2 years, shedding seeds soon thereafter, semipersistent, spreading to recurved, nearly symmetric, lance-ovoid before opening, ovoid-cylindric when open, 3.5--7cm, red-brown, aging gray, nearly sessile or on stalks to 1cm, scales lacking contrasting border on adaxial surfaces (as in P . echinata ); apophyses but slightly thickened and raised; umbo central, depressed, unarmed or with small, curved, weak, deciduous, short-incurved prickle. Seeds deltoid-obovoid; body ca. 6mm, brown, mottled darker; wing to ca. 12mm. 2 n =24.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 25.0 - 27.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.8
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Sandy alluvium and mesic woodland; at elevations up to 150 metres. Scattered in river valleys on banks of streams and in hummocks and swamps, growing in acidic sandy soils, often with a high water table.
Light 3-3
Soil humidity 5-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 1-3
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

Usage

Uses dye incense material medicinal oil timber wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Antidiarrheal (bark), Hemorrhoid Remedy (root), Other (root), Stimulant (root), Anthelmintic (unspecified), Antirheumatic (External) (unspecified), Antirheumatic (Internal) (unspecified), Cold Remedy (unspecified), Cough Medicine (unspecified), Dermatological Aid (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Gynecological Aid (unspecified), Kidney Aid (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Misc. Disease Remedy (unspecified), Orthopedic Aid (unspecified), Respiratory Aid (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Tuberculosis Remedy (unspecified), Urinary Aid (unspecified), Venereal Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 23 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pinus glabra unspecified picture

Distribution

Pinus glabra world distribution map, present in Brazil and United States of America

Conservation status

Pinus glabra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:262965-1
WFO ID wfo-0000481469
COL ID 4J27G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Pinus glabra