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Hickory Pine

The Pinus Pungens is commonly known as Hickory Pine, Mountain Pine, Prickly Pine, as well as Table Mountain Pine

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Growing Regions

Table Mountain pine is widespread in the Blue Ridge and Valley-and-Ridge provinces of the Appalachian Mountains from central Pennsylvania to northern Georgia.  Outlying populations occur in monadnocks of the Piedmont region [2,19].

     

General Information

The currently accepted scientific name of Table Mountain pine is Pinus pungens Lamb. [2]. There are no recognized varieties or subspecies. Table Mountain pine hybridizes with pitch pine (P. rigida) and shortleaf pine (P. echinata) [2,9].

Table Mountain pine is dominant in the climax Table Mountain pine-heath
community type [17].  The published classification listing Table
Mountain pine as a dominant species in community types (cts) is
presented below:

Area                    Classification          Authority

NC: Smoky Mtns.         forest veg. cts         Whittaker 1956

Much of the information presented here is attributed to:
Carey, Jennifer H. 1992. Pinus pungens. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available at USDA Forest Service.

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