North Carolina Trees & Shrubs

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Pinaceae

Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana)
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006

Note two short needles per cluster (fascicle) and note that the needles are twisted.

Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana) Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana)
Person Co., NC
13 June 2006

Virginia Pine cones are fairly small and round.


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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