What Longleaf Pine feeds and shelters
- Evergreen cover plus a surprisingly long caterpillar list. As one of the pines, Longleaf Pine is a keystone plant for caterpillars, and caterpillars are the main food songbirds carry to their nestlings.
- Songbirds find food and shelter in it.
- Deer tend to leave it alone.
Larval host counts published by the National Wildlife Federation for CEC Level I ecoregions, drawn from Douglas Tallamy and Kimberley Shropshire’s host-plant research. Counts are documented species records from the United States portion of each ecoregion; no Canadian host records were used. They describe a genus across its range, not a single plant in one garden.
Bloom calendar
Blooms March to April
- January: not in bloom
- February: not in bloom
- March: in bloom
- April: in bloom
- May: not in bloom
- June: not in bloom
- July: not in bloom
- August: not in bloom
- September: not in bloom
- October: not in bloom
- November: not in bloom
- December: not in bloom
About Longleaf Pine
Bloom time runs March through April. Tops out around 20 m–35 m. Supports caterpillars (as a larval host). Deer tend to leave it alone.
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