Size Class: 72-100 ft.
Water Use: Low
Light Requirement: Sun
Soil Moisture: Dry, Moist
Soil Description: Sandy or gravelly, acid soils.
Use Wildlife: Attracts songbirds, upland game birds, mammals.
Duration: Perennial
Habit: Tree
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Leaf Shape: Linear
Leaf: Yellow-Green
Fruit: Brown
Attracts: Birds
Use Other: Red pine is an important timber and pulp tee. The moderately hard wood readily absorbs preservatives, making it useful for structural beams, bridges, piles and railway ties. Kershaw
A common, large tree with small cones and broad, irregular or rounded crown of spreading branches, 1 row added a year. Red pine, a symmetrically oval, canopy tree, usually grows 50-75 ft. but can reach 125 ft. or more. The long, straight trunk is covered with reddish-brown, scaly bark. Tufted, dark-green needles, occurring in clusters of two, are 2-5 in. long.