The pine of Cape Cod, Pitch Pine features an irregular shape, evergreen needles and egg-shaped cones. It provides food and cover for wildlife.
Birds love Pitch Pine! In the video above, listen carefully and you'll hear Tufted Titmouses, Black-capped Chickadees, Bluebirds, Gray Catbirds, and a few others.
Pitch Pine
SKU: PR01-SS
$38.00Price
2 Gallons
- Latin: Pinus rigida
- Pollinator value: Medium. Host to dozens of butterfly and moth caterpillars
- Height: 40-70 feet
- Light: Sun
- Soil: Medium, rocky, sandy
- Bloom: Green, spring
- Foliage: Evergreen
- Bark: Reddish-brown, eventually black
- Fruit: Cones
- Resistance: Deer
- Native range here