Pinus pungens
Table mountain pine · also Hickory pine, Prickly pine, Mountain pine
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Pinus pungens, also known as Table Mountain pine, is a small evergreen conifer native to the Appalachian Mountains. It often has a scraggly appearance with stout, spreading branches and dark, scaly bark, and its serotinous cones begin forming at a young age. This species provides value to wildlife, attracting birds and squirrels.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 140.00%—7.0 in
- 60.01%23 yr44 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–40 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
Trunk diameters across every city: median 8.0 in, mean 17 in, 90th percentile 53 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
- Appalachian Piedmont forests
- Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
Other Pinus in the catalogue
51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
