Pinus pungens

Classification	Gymnosperms
Family	Pinaceae
Family (Traditional)	Pinaceae
Genus	Pinus
Species:	Pinus pungens Lamb.
Common Name	Hickory Pine; Prickly Pine; Table Mountain Pine
Growth Habit	tree
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Xeric; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: fascicled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: Yes; Leaf Persistance: Evergreen; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: needle-like; Leaf Venation: one-veined; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: N/A; Carpel Number/Pistil: N/A; Fruit Complexity: N/A; Fruit Type: N/A; Fruit Wet/Dry: N/A; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: N/A; Inflorescence Types: N/A; Ovary Position: N/A; Overall Flower Symmetry: N/A; Ovules per Carpel: N/A; Perianth Present: No; Petal Fusion: N/A; Petal Number: N/A; Pistil Complexity: N/A; Pistil Number: N/A; Placentation Type: N/A; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: N/A; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	5
Status	Native; TN[SNR] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (TN), Bedford (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Franklin (TN), Grainger (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Jefferson (TN), Johnson (TN), Lawrence (TN), Monroe (TN), Sevier (TN), Sullivan (TN), Unicoi (TN), Washington (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ETSU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 2009 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
ETSU001177	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU001173	Unicoi	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU001176	Johnson	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU001172	Hawkins	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU001175	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU006483	Unicoi	Tennessee	12 May 2009	Frosty Levy	ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU001174	Greene	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU001171	Sullivan	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
ETSU007843	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011977	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011987	Washington	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011983	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011962	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011966	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011964	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011973	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011976	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011979	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011971	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011974	Monroe	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011968	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011963	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011986	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011970	Jefferson	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011972	Johnson	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011984	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011975	Sevier	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011988	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011980	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011985	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011982	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011967	Greene	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011978	Sullivan	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
UCHT003331	Sevier	Tennessee			UCHT Pinus pungens
UCHT003330	Unicoi	Tennessee			UCHT Pinus pungens
MTSU000302	Lawrence	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000313	Anderson	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000303	Bedford	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000309	Franklin	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000312	Coffee	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000307	Coffee	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000305	Franklin	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000314	Coffee	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000310	Coffee	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000304	Coffee	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000306	Coffee	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
MTSU000308	Lawrence	Tennessee			MTSU Pinus pungens
ETSU033192	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Pinus pungens
UCHT042409	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011965	Grainger	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011969	Hawkins	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens
TENN-V-0011981	Unicoi	Tennessee			TENN Pinus pungens

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