The Tree

Virginia Pine is a tree similar in shape to Jack Pine with long branches, more or less ragged, and a flat straggly open top with usually a comparatively short trunk. Generally the tree is 40 to 50 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 12 to 18 inches, but larger individual trees are also found. The needles are two per bundle one and a half to three inches long, stiff, sharply pointed, twisted, a grayish green color, and distributed well over the long smooth branches. The cones mature in two seasons, are 2 to 3 inches long growing closely to the twig. These cones have slender scales and sharp spines or prickles. The dark brown bark of this pine is one-quarter to one-half inch thick with shallow furrows forming rather small scales.

Common Names in Use

• Virginia Pine (Md.,Va., N.C., trade)
• Alligator Pine (N.C.)
• Black Pine (Ga)
• Cedar Pine (N.C.)
• Hickory Pine (N.C.)
• Jersey Pine (N.I., Pa., Del., N.C., S.C.)
• New Jersey Pine (lit.)
• Nigger Pine (Tenn,, Ga.)
• North Carolina Pine (N.C.)
• Poverty Pine
• River Pine (N.C.)
• Scrub Pine (R.I., N.Y., Pa., Del., N.C., S.C., Ohio)
• Shortschat Pine (Del.)
• Shortleaved (N. C.)
• Spruce (Ga.)
• Spruce Pine (N.I., Md., Va., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Ala.)

Growth Range

Where does this tree grow?

The Wood

Features and attributes of this wood

Uses

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