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{{short description|Species of pine tree}} {{Speciesbox | name = Pitch pine | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=''Pinus rigida'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T42411A2978217 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42411A2978217.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | image = 2013-05-12 11 23 41 Pitch Pine trees and view west from the Hoeferlin Trail in Ramapo Mountain State Forest in New Jersey.jpg | parent = Pinus subsect. Australes | display_parents = 3 | genus = Pinus | species = rigida | authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]] | range_map = Pinus rigida range map.png }} '''''Pinus rigida''''', the '''pitch pine''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=PIRI|taxon=Pinus rigida|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }}</ref> is a small-to-medium-sized [[pine]]. It is native to eastern [[North America]], primarily from central Maine south to Georgia and as far west as Kentucky. It is found in environments which other species would find unsuitable for growth, such as acidic, sandy, and low-nutrient soils.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grimm |first=William Carey |title=The Book Of Trees |publisher=The Stackpole Company |year=1962 |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |publication-date=1966 |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref>
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