Sand pine (Pinus clausa)

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Sand pine is also called scrub pine and in many older books, it is referred to as spruce pine, although it should not be confused with Pinus glabra, which is the more commonly known spruce pine. The natural range of sand pine is limited to parts of Florida and Alabama, where it grows well in the acidic soils that developed from ancient Pleistocene sand deposits.

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