Resource Number: 17101
Title: Pinus glabra spruce pine
Description: Spruce pine (Pinus glabra) is one of the least seen pines of the South. In dense mixed species forests, spruce pines may not be recognized as a pine from only the appearance of its trunk. Spruce pine was recognized as a species early (1788). The scientific name is derived from its relatively smooth periderm. Other common names include cedar pine, Walter’s pine, Walter pine (named for its identifier), white pine and bottom white pine. It is a tree of the Southern and Southeastern coastal plain ranging from Eastern South Carolina to Southeastern Louisiana, but not growing far into North Florida. See Georgia range map figure. It is usually found growing as single stems and in isolated areas across the lower Coastal Plain in river bottoms and along stream banks on coarse but moist soils.
Last Updated: July 7, 2021
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