Pinus virginiana: A Photographic Documentation

Notes: [P] with brackets essentially represents ibid; it is to summarise: Pinus virginiana.

All these pictures belong to me. (C) Copyright Benjamin Failor 2019, all rights reserved.

The foliage of [P] in the rain, during the non-vernal time of year among deciduous trees.

A brighter appearance from the same day, if I recall. (Oh, cameras..)

The rugged, unrefined Virginia pine, in its natural, fitting clay-hill, where almost nothing else grows.

The crown of a mature [P.] I have seen a large bird nest in [P] before, its dense evergreen crown and high number of branches likely of consideration.

Cone and pollen-cones on a young tree.

The classic image of this website is P. virginiana.

A whole hill of [P.] Scattered P. strobus (white pine), at the top, from what I can see. Tsuga canadensis (eastern hemlock) grows on the hill as well, to the north-east (not in picture) making this a mixed-coniferous forest.

The bark of a mature [P.] Growing among maple, hickory, oak, and other deciduous trees, along with other mature [P] forming a mixed stand.

A stark contrast to its predominantly deciduous surroundings.

I put this image in black-and-white to illustrate the curved nature typical of the mature trees. This lends to its being considered 'scrub pine' by many, and an often poor choice for lumber as a fact.

New foliage emerging, from the appearance of it.

[P] in the sunset. Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) to the right.

A component of this documentation which is missing is the mature tree's foliage --- a blue-green, thick, stiff, short bundle resembling that of a spruce almost, but with two needles per fascile as compared to the foliage of spruce growing directly from the stem.