Pinus pungens Lamb. - Table Mountain Pine


 

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Pinus pungens - (image 1 of 1)

 

Taxonomy

Family: Pinacea

Habitat

Dry or rocky soil, chiefly in mountains.

Associates

 

Distribution

Mostly restricted to the central Appalachian Mountains from PA and adjacent NJ to northern GA.

Morphology

Small evergreen conifer to 10(-20) m, with widely spreading branches; needles mostly in fascicles of 2, rarely some in 3's, dark bluish-green, stiff, sharp, usually twisted, mostly 4-9 cm long and 1.5-2 mm thick; cones spreading or deflexed, conic-ovoid, mostly 6-9 cm long, persistent, often remaining closed for several years or until fire; apophysis thick, strongly elevated at the center, the umbo pyramidally projecting, with a stout, spreading or upwardly curved spine 3-8 mm; seeds about 2 cm long; male cones reddish-purple.

Notes

Flowers NA

Wetland indicator: FACU

I took this picture along the Blue Ridge Highway in VA and it seems several other pictures of the same tree can be found on the internet.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.

The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

 


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