Pinaceae

Pitch pine

Pinus rigida Mill.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus

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Common names

By language (27)

Arabic: خشب العزيزي
arz: خشب العزيزى
Belarusian: Хвоя цвёрдая
Chinese: 刚松, 剛松, 硬叶松, 美国短三叶松, 萌芽松
Czech: Borovice tuhá
Dutch: Pekden, Doornden
English: Pitch pine, Hard pine
Estonian: Pigimänd
Finnish: Pikimänty
French: Pin rigide, Pitchpin
German: Pech-Kiefer, Pechkiefer
Hausa: Bishiryar Pinus rigida
Icelandic: Bikfura
io: Pichpino
Italian: Pino rigido, Pitch pine, Pitch-pine
Japanese: リギダマツ
Korean: 리기다소나무
Lithuanian: Šiurkščioji pušis
Macedonian: Тврд бор
Norwegian Bokmål: Bekfuru
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bekfuru
Persian: کاج قیری
Polish: Sosna smołowa
Russian: Сосна жёсткая
Slovak: Borovica tuhá
Spanish: Pino bronco
Swedish: Styvbarrig tall, Pitch pine

Synonyms

Pinus fraseri Lodd.
Pinus loddigesii Loudon
Pinus rigida f. globosa Allard
Pinus rigida f. rigida
Pinus rigida subsp. typica R.T.Clausen
Pinus rigida var. rigida
Pinus taeda var. rigida (Mill.) Aiton

Flowers

Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.