Stats

Lifespan: Up to 200 yrs
Size: Large
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate coniferous forest
Range: Eastern North America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Armor
Status: Common

About

A hardy North American pine with irregular, gnarled branches and tufted needles in clusters of three. Its serotinous cones can stay sealed shut for years, only opening to release seeds after the heat of a forest fire.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Species: Pinus rigida