Virginia Pine

The Pinus Virginiana is commonly known as Jersey Pine, Oldfield Pine, Possum Pine, Poverty Pine, Scrub Pine, Shortstraw Pine, Spruce Pine, as well as Virginia Pine

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Growing Regions

The native range of Virginia pine extends from southern New Jersey west to Pennsylvania and southern Ohio; south to South Carolina, northern Georgia, northern Alabama, and northern Mississippi [12,25].  It has also been planted in east-central Oklahoma [36].

     

General Information

The currently accepted name of Virginia pine is Pinus virginiana Mill. There are no accepted subspecies, varieties, or forms [14,23,25].

Virginia pine can occur in pure stands or as a member of mixed
pine-hardwood communities, particularly those with oak (Quercus spp.)
[60].  It is associated with pitch pine (P. rigida) and Table Mountain
pine (P. pungens) in the Appalachian Mountains.  On the eastern shores
of Virginia and Maryland it is associated with loblolly pine (Pinus
taeda) and sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua). In the Peidmont region
it is associated with shortleaf pine (P. echinata) and oaks [15].

Published classifications that include Virginia pine as a dominant or
codominant species include the following:

Classification and evaluation of forest sites in the Cumberland
   Mountains [45]
Classification and evaluation of forest sites on the
   northern Cumberland Plateau [46]
Classification and evaluation of forest sites on the
   Natchez Trace State Forest [47]
Southeastern evergreen and oak-pine region [55]
Landscape ecosystem classification for South Carolina [63]

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