Pinaceae

Sand pine

Pinus clausa (Chapm. ex Engelm.) Vasey ex Sarg.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus

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Sand pine (Pinus clausa) — Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

arz: كلوز الصنوبر
Bulgarian: Пясъчен бор
Chinese: 沙松, 沙鬆
English: Sand pine, Florida spruce pine, Alabama pine
Esperanto: Sablopino
Estonian: Liivmänd
German: Sand-Kiefer, Sandkiefer
Japanese: クラウサマツ, スナチマツ
Lithuanian: Alabaminė pušis
Russian: Сосна песчаная
udm: Луоё пужым

Synonyms

Pinus clausa subsp. immuginata (D.B.Ward) A.E.Murray
Pinus clausa var. immuginata D.B.Ward
Pinus inops subsp. clausa (Chapm. ex Engelm.) Engelm.
Pinus inops var. clausa Chapm. ex Engelm.
Pinus virginiana subsp. clausa (Chapm. ex Engelm.) Eckenw.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: William D. Boyer, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: homeredwardprice, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Morgan Freese, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Cecil Smith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Karen Guin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ben Mowbray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: aispinsects, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.