Pinus elliottii occurs naturally in southern and southeastern United States, from the coastal plain of southern South Carolina to central Florida and westward to Louisiana.

In Brazil, former São Paulo State Forest Service, currently the Forest Institute, carried out the first studies concerning the species of the so-called subtropical Pinus as of 1936, and it was on this occasion that the first seeds of Pinus elliottii and Pinus taeda were introduced. From 1955 on, extensive areas were implanted inside the Forest Institute’s Experimental Station Network.

It is planted on a smaller scale than P. taeda, as its wood is not used by the cellulose and paper industries, but rather in the production of wood for mechanical processing and in resin extraction.

The production of P. elliottii resin in Brazil largely began in the late 1970s, thus becoming the largest producer in South America. With an annual production of about 106,366 tons, Brazil is the second largest exporter of gum-resin in the world. Genetically-engineered genotypes

Features:

• When compared to P. taeda, it presents the following notable features:
• More abundant resin exudation from cuts and wounds in wood, branches and needles;
• Denser, longer and darker-colored needles;
• Pedunculate cones with thornless scale.
• The trees can be 15 to 30 meters tall;
• Their bark is shed in large, wide sheets;
• The leaves are acicular;
• Finely toothed margin.

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