species 35,862 observations
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
Field notes
Supports All
168
native animals
supported in the US
supported in the US
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Nantucket Pine Tip Moth, Lesser Loblolly Pine Coneworm Moth, Pitch Pine Tip Moth, Imperial Moth
107
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Lined Buprestid Beetle, Sculptured Pine Borer, Dicerca punctulata, Dicerca spreta
10
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Ring-necked Duck, Pine Needle Scale, Carolina Parakeet, Eastern Fox Squirrel
40
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Carolina Mantis, Halloween Pennant, Red Mason Bee
5
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Sheltered animals
Animals that nest or roost in it
Eastern Red Bat, Seminole Bat, Anastatus, Wasp
6
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
- Moisture
- Dry Well drained
- Water use
- High
- Soil pH
- Acid
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Resists
- Wet soil
- Habit
- Horizontal Pyramidal Rounded
From NC State Extension, USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.