Redbay
Persea borbonia Medium tree Zones 7–10 30–60 ft
Shares the coast, stream banks, sandy barrens, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
A native we do not grow
Slash Pine
Pinus elliottii. Large tree, 75 to 100 feet, zones 7 to 10; full sun or part shade; dry, average or wet ground.
We do not grow slash pine, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | Yellow slash pine, swamp pine, southern Florida pine, South Florida slash pine, Dade County slash pine, Dade County pine |
|---|---|
| Form | Large tree |
| Height, feet | 75 to 100 |
| Spread, feet | Up to 50 |
| Zones | 7 to 10 |
| Sun | Full sun or part shade |
| Soil moisture | Dry, average or wet ground |
| Growth | Fast |
| Leaves | Evergreen |
| Traits | Wildlife value, hedge or screen, salt tolerant, erosion control |
| Pollen | January to April |
| Fruit | Cones, August to November |
| First crop | 10 to 15 years (occasionally as early as 3) |
| Pollination | One bears; a second improves the crop. Each tree carries both male and female cones and is normally cross-pollinated, because a lone tree's own pollen gives little viable seed. |
| Lifespan | Lives up to 200 years. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | The coast, stream banks, sandy barrens, swamps and wet flats |
| Native in | 6 states |
Slash pine is native in 6 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from Silvics of North America and NatureServe Explorer. The USDA PLANTS Database also records it growing wild beyond that range in North Carolina and Texas, where it is naturalized, not native.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it sheds pollen and bears cones, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place How many to plant for a crop of seed Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its trunk How a big one scores against the champion trees
For the same ground, we grow
These trees we grow share the most of slash pine's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Pond Cypress
Taxodium ascendens Medium tree Zones 5–10 30–70 ft
Shares the coast, stream banks, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
Pond Pine
Pinus serotina Medium tree Zones 7–9 40–70 ft
Shares the coast, sandy barrens, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
Atlantic White Cedar
Chamaecyparis thyoides Medium tree Zones 3–9 40–60 ft
Shares the coast, stream banks, swamps and wet flats in the wild.
Devilwood
Cartrema americana Small tree Zones 5–10 15–30 ft
Shares the coast, stream banks and sandy barrens in the wild.
Yaupon
Ilex vomitoria Small tree Zones 7–9 10–25 ft
Shares the coast, stream banks and sandy barrens in the wild.
Read from
Its figures come from Silvics of North America, NC State Extension, the Morton Arboretum, the Wildflower Center, the Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, UF/IFAS Extension, the USDA PLANTS Database, the University of Georgia's forestry school and the US Forest Service.