Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina

and The Pines of South Carolina

Learn more about Pinus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Pinus pungens has a distinctive habit as compared to other "fire pines" with which it often grows (P. rigida, P. echinata, P. virginiana). While most pines develop a gnarled crown of twisted and repeatedly forking branches with cones scattered throughout, P. pungens tends to have long, straight, nearly horizontal branches with whorls of cones. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus pungens   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-007:

Pinus pungens   FAMILY Pinaceae

COMMON NAME:
Table Mountain Pine, Bur Pine, Hickory Pine, Prickly Pine

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinus pungens   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinus pungens   FAMILY Pinaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 016-01-007:
Pinus pungens   FAMILY Pinaceae