Pinaceae

Pond pine

Pinus serotina Michx.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus

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Pond pine: Pinus serotina , Carteret County, North Carolina, USA — Photo: autrpy, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: صنوبر متأخر الإثمار
arz: صنوبر متاخر الاثمار
Chinese: 晚松
Czech: Borovice pozdní
English: Pond pine, Marsh pine, Pocosin pine
Japanese: ヌママツ
Russian: Сосна поздняя

Synonyms

Pinus alopecuroides Gordon
Pinus rigida subsp. serotina (Michx.) Engelm.
Pinus rigida subsp. serotina (Michx.) R.T.Clausen
Pinus rigida var. serotina (Michx.) Loudon ex Hoopes
Pinus rigida var. serotina (Michx.) Mill.

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: autrpy, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: autrpy, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: autrpy, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Austin Pursley, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: micah_lee, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: autrpy, CC0, 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.