Red Pine

Pinus resinosa Aiton - Pine family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 125.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Red, Brown

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Red Pine: Acronicta lanceolaria, Actebia fennica, Anacamptodes vellivolata, Callophrys niphon, Callophrys niphon clarki, Caripeta aretaria, Caripeta divisata, Caripeta piniata, Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura pinus, Citheronia sepulcralis, Coleotechnites florae, Coleotechnites resinosae, Corticivora clarki, Cydia coniferana, Cydia inopiosa, Cydia resinosae, Cydia toreuta, Dasychira plagiata, Dasychira vagans, Dioryctria abietivorella, Dioryctria auranticella, Dioryctria cambiicola, Dioryctria disclusa, Dioryctria ponderosae, Dioryctria reniculella, Dioryctria zimmermani, Eacles imperialis pini, Elaphria versicolor, Eucosma gloriola, Eucosma monitorana, Eufidonia notataria, Eupithecia annulata, Eupithecia filmata, Eupithecia palpata, Exoteleia nepheos, Exoteleia pinifoliella, Feralia jocosa, Feralia major, Holcocera immaculella, Hypagyrtis piniata, Lambdina fiscellaria, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria, Lambdina pellucidaria, Lapara bombycoides, Lapara coniferarum, Lithophane lepida, Lymantria dispar, Nepytia canosaria, Ocnerostoma piniariella, Palthis angulalis, Panthea acronyctoides, Panthea furcilla, Panthea pallescens centralis, Petrova albicapitana, Petrova comstockiana, Pococera robustella, Protoboarmia porcelaria, Protoboarmia porcelaria indicataria, Rhyacionia adana, Rhyacionia buoliana, Rhyacionia busckana, Rhyacionia frustrana, Rhyacionia rigidana, Semiothisa bicolorata, Semiothisa bisignata, Semiothisa granitata-group, Semiothisa minorata, Semiothisa oweni, Semiothisa transitaria, Sparganothis sulfureana, Sparganothis tristriata, Tolype laricis, Xestia elimata, Xestia perquiritata, Xestia praevia, Zale duplicata, Zale galbanata, Zale obliqua, Zale submediana, Zelleria haimbachi

Native Range

  • USA:  Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.