#1045 most planted
Pinus virginiana
Virginia pine · also Scrub pine, Jersey pine, Possum pine
ConiferEvergreen
158
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
4
cities
4.2 in
median trunk (11 cm, 158 measured)
5.6 yr
median age (47% have a planting date)
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Pinus virginiana is a medium-sized, scrubby evergreen tree with irregular branching. It tolerates poor, dry, rocky, or clayey soils and provides nourishment for wildlife. It is often used for reforestation and as a Christmas tree.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1190.06%5.5 yr2.0 in
- 310.00%—6.0 in
- 60.01%7.7 yr21 in
- 20.00%—11 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20–40 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20–35 ft
- Lifespan
- 65–90 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, Loamy, Clay-tolerant, Sandy, Rocky
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.2 in, mean 7.9 in, 90th percentile 18 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
- Mississippi lowland forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Pinus in the catalogue
51 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
