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Pinus pungens - a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales

hickory pine, prickly pine, table-mountain pine

pine, pine tree, true pine - a coniferous tree

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Pinus pungens (Table Mountain pine) is a native hard pine of the eastern United States.

Regeneration history of three Table Mountain pine stands in northern Georgia, p.

Genetic diversity and structure in Pinus pungens (Table Mountain pine) populations.

Characteristics, histories, and future succession of northern pinus pungens stands

Many of the plants growing alongside mountain golden heather, including pitch pine (Pinus rigida), Table Mountain pine (Pinus pungens), and sand myrtle (Leiophyllum buxifolium), are known to be fire-adapted species in other parts of their range.

Fire on the Mountain

scopularum) cones in Colorado and Table Mountain pine (P.

- All seven crossbills were given 10 pairs of open ponderosa pine cones and 10 pairs of open Table Mountain pine cones (Plate 1).

The adaptive significance of spines on pine cones

My goal: to collect cones and seeds of Table Mountain pine for ecological studies.

On some sites, only the more rugged species that resist drought and exposure--like pitch pine, chestnut oak, and scarlet oak--are able to coexist with the hardy Table Mountain pine.

An Appalachian original

In 1988, David Van Lear and Thomas Waldrop observed that fire actually encourages certain tree species in the Appalachian forests, including some oak, and pitch and Table Mountain pines. Fire discourages species with thinner bark, such as maple and poplar, though a poplar seeds can benefit from fire.

The great anti-fire campaign

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