Pinus pungens Lambert. Common name: Table Mountain Pine, Bur Pine, Prickly Pine, Hickory Pine. Phenology: May; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Dry ridges, cliffs, shale barrens, usually requiring fire for its reproduction, occurring at least up to 1550 m. Distribution: A Central and Southern Appalachian endemic: n. NJ, through se. PA, w. MD, WV, w. VA, w. NC, and e. TN to nw. SC and ne. GA. Occasionally planted outside its natural distribution, as in NY.

ID notes: Pinus pungens has a distinctive habit as compared to other "fire pines" with which it often grows (Pinus rigida, Pinus echinata, Pinus virginiana). While most pines develop a gnarled crown of twisted and repeatedly forking branches with cones scattered throughout, P. pungens tends to have long, straight, nearly horizontal branches with whorls of cones.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA2, G, Il, K4, NS, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV, Price (1989). Basionym: Pinus pungens Lamb. 1805

Links to other floras: = Pinus pungens - FNA2

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Heliophily ⓘ: 7