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Spruce Pine; Walters Pine; Cedar Pine

Pinus glabra

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Not scored

Native status unresolved in Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light
Deep shade to full sun
Soil moisture
Average to wet
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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 24 Louisiana parishes.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food. 108 animals.

All wildlife of Louisiana

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

109CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · 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
  • Choristoneura fumiferanaSpruce Budworm Moth
  • Choristoneura pinusJack Pine Budworm
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Citheronia sepulcralisPine-Devil Moth
  • Corticivora parvaBronze-Banded Corticivora
  • 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 chillcottiChilcott's Coleotechnites Moth
  • Feralia majorMajor Sallow, Pine Sallow
  • Givira annaAnna Carpenterworm Moth
  • Givira francescaFrancesca Carpenterworm Moth
  • Hydriomena renunciataRenounced Hydriomena
  • 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 sanfordiSanford's Angle
  • 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 canosariaFalse Hemlock Looper Moth, Evergreen Span Worm
  • 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
  • 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 busckanaRed Pine Tip Moth, Red Pine Shoot Borer
  • Rhyacionia frustranaNantucket Pine Tip Moth
  • Rhyacionia rigidanaPitch-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
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Tolype notialisSmall Tolype
  • Virbia aurantiacaOrange Virbia, Orange Holomelina
  • 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 obliquaOblique Zale
  • Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
  • Basicladus celibata
  • Rhyacionia aktita
  • Xenotemna pallorana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist 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

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
PINACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Louisiana rankSNR
Global rankNot available
LA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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