Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_pinus_taeda
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
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About Loblolly Pine
Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Native to the southeastern United States from moist lowlands and swamp margins to disturbed uplands and widely planted for timber. Cones release winged seeds soon after maturity. On Kauaʻi, a 1998 government inventory documents planted forest stands; the evidence does not establish present survival, naturalization, or current extent.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 596 plants under Pinus taeda across 2 entries dated 1958–1959. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Pinus taeda
- Common names
- Loblolly Pine
- Other names
- Pinus taeda · Loblolly pine
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Present island-wide abundance, occupied habitat, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects have not been quantified; no invasive severity is inferred from checklist or forestry status.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Wind pollination produces prickly woody cones that mature in the second year and usually release winged seed promptly. Kauaʻi-specific cone production, dispersal, and seedling establishment are unknown.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Native to the southeastern United States from moist lowlands and swamp margins to disturbed uplands and widely planted for timber. Cones release winged seeds soon after maturity. On Kauaʻi, a 1998 government inventory documents planted forest stands; the evidence does not establish present survival, naturalization, or current extent.