Arkansas State Tree

Arkansas Tree

Loblolly Pine 

Pinaceae Pinus taedaArkansas Loblolly Pine
Leaf
Evergreen, 6 to 9 inches long, with (usually) three yellow-green needles
per fascicle.

Flower

Monoecious; males long cylindrical, red to yellow, in clusters at branch
tips; females yellow to purple.

Fruit

Cones are ovoid to cylindrical and red-brown in color. The umbo is armed with a short spine. Cones are roughly the size of a potato (3 to 6 inches). Maturing September to October.

Twig

Orange-brown in color, fine to moderately stout. Buds are light reddish-brown.

Bark

Quite variable. When young, appears brown and scaly. Older trees are
ridged and furrowed, with somewhat apparent blocks. Very old trees have red-brown scaly plates.

Form

A medium to large tree that self-prunes well and develops a straight
trunk and an oval, somewhat dense crown.

Arkansas Loblolly details Arkansas Loblolly
Copyright 2019 Virginia Tech Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental
Conservation; Photos and text by: John Seiler, Edward Jensen,
Alex Niemiera, and John Peterson;Silvics reprinted from Ag
Handbook 654; range map source information