OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Pinales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinus virginiana   FAMILY Pinaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus virginiana   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pinus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pinus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Pinus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-010:

Pinus virginiana   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pinus virginiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Virginia Pine, Scrub Pine, Jersey Pine, Possum Pine


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JK Marlow    jkm191222_2378_p_virginia

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_059

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pivi2_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm190112_6296

January    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm230228_1333

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

The ascending, narrow, short-needled branches give its crown a spiky appearance from a distance, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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JK Marlow    jkm230228_1334

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Virginia pine cone scales' lower side and outermost portion have a distinct dark purple band, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm230228_1337

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Cones 1.5-2.5" long, with a slender persistent prickle on each scale, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    jkm230328_2137

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Gall?

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Gill Newberry    gn04_p_virginiana_female

April        

Seed cones maturing in 2 yrs, persisting to 5 yrs, w slender, stiff prickles, per Flora of North America.

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Gill Newberry    gn04_p_virginiana_males

April        

Pollen cones ellipsoid-cylindric, 10-20mm, red-brown or yellow, per Flora of North America.

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JK Marlow    jkm210406_9213

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

This individual is unusually straight and clean for Virginia Pine.

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JK Marlow    s050416_e

April    Greenville County    SC

Furman University

Needles in a cluster of 2, rather stiff and twisted, normally 1.5-2.5" long, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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Keith Bradley    kab_p_virginiana_73647

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock State Park

Cones open at maturity, but persist for at least several years, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

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Keith Bradley    kab_p_virginiana_73654

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock State Park

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JK Marlow    jkm100618_045

June    Cherokee County    NC

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JK Marlow    jkm230606_3863

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Needles nearly always 2 per bundle, mostly 3-7cm, strongly twisted, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    jkm230606_3864

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Three generations of cones...

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_virginiana_2

July        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_virginiana_3

July        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_virginiana_1

September    DeKalb County    AL

Little River Canyon

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JK Marlow    jkm0210f_18a

October    Oconee County    SC

Loblolly Pine in front, Virginia Pine in back.

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JK Marlow    jkm0410k_25

October    Greenville County    SC

Field

Virginia Pine on left, Loblolly Pine on right.

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Gill Newberry    gn11_pinus_v_bark

November        

Bark thicker on lower trunk than on upper, with grayish scaly ridges, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Gill Newberry    gn11_pinus_v_old_trunks

November        

Trunk long and frequently crooked and lined with dead branches, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pinus_virginiana

November        

The small, thin, curling, orangish & purplish-brown bark plates are distinctive for P. virginia, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinus virginiana   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus virginiana   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pinus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Pinus virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-010:
Pinus virginiana   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinus virginiana

 

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1096

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, especially on slopes and ridges, also common in certain areas as a weedy successional tree on nearly any kind of site, such as rocky, sandy, or clayey successional old fields or blowdowns, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Needles 1.5-2.5" long (normally)
Needles 2 per bundle

"FLOWER":
Spring
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cone

 

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