Pinus rigida, the pitch pine, is a small-to-medium-sized pine. It is native to eastern North America, primarily from central Maine south to Georgia and as far west as Kentucky. It is found in environm
2013 05 12 11 23 41 Pitch Pine trees and view west from the Hoeferlin Trail in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in New Jersey
Pitch pine being trained as bonsai. This specimen was collected in the wild.
Bark and epicormic shoot, a defining characteristic of the species
The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven countie
Pinus rigida
…New growth and pollen cones Cone and needles Pitch pine on Long Island in New York, United States View north from a fire tower on Apple Pie Hill in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. The vast pine forest is almost entirely made up of Pinus rigida. A pitch pine cone experimentally exposed to fire by Saint Michael's College scientists…
View north from a fire tower on Apple Pie Hill in Wharton State Forest, one of the highest points in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Large open area with beaver dams on the Mullica River southeast of Lake Atsion
A dense Atlantic white cedar swamp in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
The 2007 forest fire viewed from Barnegat Light