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Sand Pine

Pinus clausa

74
Strong

Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
About 80 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Woody perennial
Leaves
Evergreen
Bloom
Fall
Fruiting season
Winter to fall

Not yet recorded · Spread

Recorded in 13 Alabama counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food. 74 animals.

All wildlife of Alabama

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

125CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Pinus

  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth
  • Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
  • Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Anatrachyntis badiaFlorida Pink Scavanger Caterpillar
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Argyrotaenia pinatubanaPine Tube Moth
  • Argyrotaenia tabulanaLodgepole Needletier
  • Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
  • Battaristis vittellaOrange Striped-Back Moth
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  • Callophrys niphonPine Elfin
  • Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
  • Calosima dianellaEastern Pine Catkin Borer Moth
  • Caripeta aretariaSouthern Pine Looper Moth
  • Caripeta divisataGray Spruce Looper Moth
  • Celypha nr.Celypha Moth
  • Choristoneura pinusJack Pine Budworm
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Citheronia sepulcralisPine-Devil Moth
  • Coleotechnites canusellaBanded Jack-Pine Needleminer Moth
  • Coleotechnites floraeColeotechnites Flower Moth, Red Pine Flower Moth
  • Corticivora parvaBronze-Banded Corticivora
  • Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
  • Cydia anaranjadaSlash Pine Seedworm
  • Cydia ingensLongleaf Pine Seedworm Moth
  • Cydia toreutaEastern Pine Seedworm
  • Dasychira mantoRusty Tussock Moth, Manto Tussock Moth
  • Decantha boreasellaReticulated Decantha Moth
  • Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
  • Dioryctria amatellaSouthern Pine Coneworm
  • Dioryctria clarioralisBlister Coneworm
  • Dioryctria disclusaWebbing Coneworm
  • Dioryctria ebeliSouth Coastal Coneworm
  • Dioryctria merkeliLoblolly Pineconeworm
  • Dioryctria taedivorellaLesser Loblolly Pineconeworm Moth
  • Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
  • Elaphria versicolorVariegated Midget
  • Elasmopalpus lignosellaLesser Cornstalk Borer
  • Euchlaena madusariaScrub Euchlaena
  • Eucopina cocanaShortleaf Pine Cone Borer
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Exoteleia anomalaPonerose Pine Needle Miner
  • Exoteleia pinifoliellaPine Needle Miner
  • Feralia majorMajor Sallow, Pine Sallow
  • Givira annaAnna Carpenterworm Moth
  • Givira francescaFrancesca Carpenterworm Moth
  • Hydriomena transfigurataTransfigured Hydriomena
  • Hypagyrtis estherEsther Moth
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Hypoprepia miniataScarlet-Winged Lichen Moth
  • Hypsopygia intermedialisRed-Shawled Moth
  • Iridopsis vellivolataLarge Purplish Gray
  • Laetilia coccidivoraScale-Feeding Snout
  • Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
  • Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
  • Lambdina pellucidariaYellow-Headed Looper, Eastern Pine Looper
  • Lapara coniferarumSouthern Pine Sphinx
  • Lapara phaeobrachycerousBrou's Sphinx
  • Macaria bicolorataBicolored Angle
  • Macaria distribuariaSouthern Chocolate Angle
  • Macaria granitataGranite Moth
  • Macaria minorataMinor Angle
  • Macaria sanfordiSanford's Angle
  • Macaria signariaPale-Marked Angle, Spruce-Fir Looper, Dusky Peacock
  • Macaria transitariaBlurry Chocolate Angle
  • Melanocinclis lineigeraLined Melanocinclis
  • Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
  • Metanema inatomariaPale Metanema
  • Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
  • Moodna pallidostrinellaPaler Moodna
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Nepytia semiclusariaPine Conelet Looper
  • Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
  • Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
  • Panthea furcillaEastern Panthea, Tufted Pine Panthea
  • Patalene olyzonariaJuniper Geometer
  • Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
  • Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
  • Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Pococera melanogrammosBlack-Letter Pococera
  • Pococera robustellaPine Webworm
  • Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
  • Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
  • Retinia gemistrigulanaGray Retinia
  • Retinia houseriMinute Pitch-Blister Moth
  • Retinia taedanaSouthern Pitch-Blister Moth
  • Rhyacionia adanaPine Shoot Moth, Adana Pine Tip Moth
  • Rhyacionia busckanaRed Pine Tip Moth, Red Pine Shoot Borer
  • Rhyacionia frustranaNantucket Pine Tip Moth
  • Rhyacionia rigidanaPitch-Pine Tip Moth
  • Rhyacionia subtropicaPine Tip Moth, Subtropical Pine Tip Moth
  • Satronia tantillaSouthern Pine Catkinworm
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
  • Syndemis afflictanaFall Dead-Leaf Roller, Gray Leafroller, Black-and-Grey Banded Leafroller
  • Syngrapha rectangulaSalt-and-Pepper Looper Moth
  • Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Tolype notialisSmall Tolype
  • Virbia aurantiacaOrange Virbia, Orange Holomelina
  • Xestia badicollisWhite Pine Cutworm, Northern Variable Dart, White Pine Dart, Northern Pine Dart
  • Xestia elimataSouthern Variable Dart, Southern Pine Dart
  • Zale buchholziBuchholz's Zale
  • Zale confusaConfused Zale
  • Zale curemaBlack-Eyed Zale, Northeastern Pine Zale
  • Zale helataBrown-Spotted Zale
  • Zale metataFawn Virginia Pine Zale
  • Zale metatoidesWashed-Out Zale
  • Zale obliquaOblique Zale
  • Zale squamularisGray-Banded Zale
  • Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
  • Basicladus celibata
  • Coleotechnites starki
  • Dahlica walshella
  • Rhyacionia aktita
  • Xenotemna pallorana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Pinus

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
15BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Pinus

  • Alectoris chukarChukar
  • Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
  • Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck
  • Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
  • Conuropsis carolinensisCarolina Parakeet
  • Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
  • Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
  • Gymnorhinus cyanocephalusPinyon Jay
  • Loxia curvirostraRed Crossbill
  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
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  • Nucifraga columbianaClark's Nutcracker
  • Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
  • Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
  • Rhynchopsitta pachyrhynchaThick-billed Parrot
  • Setophaga pinusPine Warbler
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Pinaceae
Hardiness
Zones 9a–10b
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
Yellow or purple
Growth rate
Slow
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Winter
Fruit ends
Fall

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Alabama rankS2
Global rankG4
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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