Complete absence of fire will eventually eliminate Red Pine, as will frequent, stand-replacing fires. Stands provide cover, nesting sites, and food for many species of birds and mammals. If preferred food is lacking, white-tailed deer, snowshoe hares, and cottontails will browse seedlings. Moose show moderate preference for Red Pine browse in the winter when other browse is dormant. Mice and chipmunks feed on the seeds.
Songbirds feed on the seeds.
Wood moderately hard and straight grained. Seed production best in trees 50-150 years of age. Large seed crops once every 3-7 years with light crops in intervening years. Winged seeds are lightweight and disseminated by wind. Effective dispersal range averages 40 ' from the source tree, but seeds may be carried up to 900 '.