Pitch Pine (Pinus palustris)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood. — A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.

Habitat & North American Range

Poor acid soils that are low in organic matter on sandhills, flats and scrubland from sea level to 650 metres, but usually near the coast. (Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)