Pinus echinataMill.

shortleaf pine

WFO wfo-0000481283 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Pinus echinata, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. a Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-18 / obs. 179891679
Pinus echinata, photographed by evangrimes
fig. b evangrimes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 183781410
Pinus echinata, photographed by Jonathan Layman
fig. c Jonathan Layman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177257600
Pinus echinata, photographed by Michael J. Papay
fig. d Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 160450336
Pinus echinata, photographed by Ryan Sorrells
fig. e Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191172548
Pinus echinata, photographed by Leila Dasher
fig. f Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 167762351
Pinus echinata, photographed by Shawn Taylor
fig. g Shawn Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185901213
Pinus echinata, photographed by Mac Post
fig. h Mac Post, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192323246

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Confused withby our own model

These are not lookalikes we guessed at. Each one is a species our identification model genuinely mistook for this plant, and how many times. The error rate is published.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Pinus lutea Lodd. ex Gordon
  • Pinus mitis Michx.
  • Pinus mitis var. paupera Alph.Wood
  • Pinus royleana Jameson ex Lindl.
  • Pinus squarrosa Walter
  • Pinus taeda var. echinata (Mill.) Castigl.
  • Pinus taeda var. variabilis Aiton
  • Pinus variabilis (Aiton) Lamb.
  • Pinus virginiana var. echinata (Mill.) Du Roi

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.