PINACEAE - - Pine Family

Pinus pungens Lambert — Table Mountain Pine

Table Mountain Pine (Pinus pungens) - Tree becoming 18 m. tall, the bark rather smooth, but flaky; leaves in 2's, bright-green, 5—10 cm. long, stout, rigid; cones 8—12 cm. long, very persistent, ovoid when closed, globose-ovoid or depressed when open, the scale-appendages very thick, each with a stout incurved spine; seed 6—7 mm. long, the wing fully 2 cm. long. Has stout leaves and very stout cones with prominently armed scales. Cones often persist on the beanches for many years.

Habitat:

Dry ridges, cliffs, shale barrens, usually requiring fire for its reproduction, occurring at least up to 1550 m. May. A Central and Southern Appalachian endemic.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Pinus pungens (Table Mountain Pine)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Pinus pungens (Table Mountain Pine)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.