Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Tree
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
Caribbean, South America
Northeastern United States, Mid-Atlantic United States, Canada
Types
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Austrian Pine, Caribbean Pine, Eastern White Pine
Number of Varieties
101
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40000
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Habitat
Primary Rainforest, Riverbanks, subtropical regions, Tropical regions
Wet ground, Wet lands
USDA Hardiness Zone
10-15-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-9
7-1
Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 22, 23, 24
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Habit
Upright/Erect
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
850.00 cm3,000.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
40.00 cm76.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Light Yellow, Light Green, Ivory
Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Ivory
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Yellow green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green
-
Leaf Color in Fall
Green
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Circular and deeply palmately-lobed
Linear
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Dry, Sandy
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Indeterminate
Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
-
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
-
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Bold
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds, Fruit Bats
Birds
Allergy
Antibacterial, Anti-inflammatory
Asthma, Rash, Skin rash
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Food for animals, Shadow Tree, Shelter for wildlife, Used to establish native woodland, Wildlife
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Antidiabetic, Asthma
-
Part of Plant Used
Bark, Fruits, Latex, Leaves
Tree trunks
Other Uses
Used in making tea, Used in pies, cakes
Used as firewood, Used in construction, Used in Furniture, Used in pulpwood and lumber production, Wood is used for making furniture, Wood is used fore making tools, Wood is used in construction, Wood log is used in making fences
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Feature Plant, Fruit / Fruit Tree, Mixed Border, Shade Trees, Tropical
Screening, Wind Break, Topiary, Bonsai, Espalier
Botanical Name
CECROPIA palmata
PINUS rigida
Common Name
Snakewood Tree
Southern Pine, Black Pine, Torch Pine
In Hindi
Snakewood Tree
सनोबर
In German
Schlangenholz -Baum
Pitch pine
In French
Amourette Arbre
pitch pine
In Spanish
Árbol de madera de serpiente
pino
In Greek
Snakewood Tree
πίσσα πεύκο
In Portuguese
Snakewood Tree
resina de pinheiro
In Polish
Snakewood Tree
Pitch sosny
In Latin
Snakewood Tree
pice pinus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Angiosperms
Pinophyta
Class
Eudicotyledoneae
Pinopsida
Order
Rosales
Pinales
Family
Urticaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Cecropia
Pinus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
-
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
61115
1
27800
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