Pinus pungens

Table Mountain Pine

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Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: September - October

Table Mountain Pine usually grows on dry, rocky slopes and ridges. On slopes it grows straight and reaches 30 - 40 feet in height, but on ridges it is often short and twisted. It was named by botanist Andre Michaux after Table Mountain in North Carolina, where he first found it.

ID tips:

needles in bundles of 2 (rarely 3), dark green
needles stout: 1.3 - 2 mm wide by 3 - 7 cm (1.5 - 3 inches) long
cones 5 - 9 cm (2 - 3.5 inches) long with distinctive hooked spines

3 June 2013 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (growing on rocky ridge)	24 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	30 April 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	24 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA
30 April 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (mature trunk bark)	24 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	24 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	24 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA

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