Pinus elliottii fresh seeds, Slash pine seeds, Swamp pine, Yellow slash pine, Southern Florida pine, Coniferous tree seeds, Organic seeds (lat. Pinus elliottii).
Woody plant, species of the genus Pine of the Pinaceae family. Tree up to 30.5 m tall. The trunk is up to 0.6 m in diameter, straight or curved. The crown is conical, spherical or even. The bark is orange or purple-brown, with intersecting grooves forming irregularly shaped scaly plates. The branches are spreading or directed upward; the branches are strong, up to 1 cm thick, orange-brown, darken and become coarser with age.
The buds are cylindrical, silvery-brown, 1.5-2 cm long; the edges of the scales are fringed. Leaves (needles) are collected 2-3 in a bunch, diverge to the sides or upwards, remain on the tree for about 2 years, 15-20(23) cm long and 1.2-1.5 mm thick, straight or slightly sinuous, flexible , yellow or blue-green, stomatal lines are visible on all surfaces. The edges of the needles are finely toothed; apex sharply pointed; leaf sheath 1-2 cm.
Male cones are cylindrical, 30-40 mm long, with a purple tint. Female cones are symmetrical, sit on a branch one by one or in pairs, ripen every 2 years, fall off a year after dropping the seed.
Photophilous. Soil requirements: sandy loam and clayey drainage soils.