Pinus Taeda

Mar, Apr, May

Conifers, Trees, Native Plant, Tree

Woody, Perennial

72-100 ft.

In the spring, the loblolly pine has red to yellow male flowers and yellow to purple female flowers. Flowers bloom from March to April.

The stalkless, ovoid-cylindrical to narrow conical cones (3-6” long) with sharply-spined scales appear in groups of 1-3. They release their seeds from fall to winter and stay on the tree for a year before dropping. They are rusty-brown, umbo dorsal and bearing a recurved spine. Smaller pollen cones are yellow-brown in groups of 6-12. Fruit displays from October to November., Brown