There are 675 records in the project database. It prefers sandy soils, but does well in heavy clay, where it is. Thecodiplosis brachynteroides larvae create galls in needles. Virginia Pine is a wildlife-friendly, small to medium, short-needled evergreen conifer. Host plant for various moth species including Wenzel's Pitch-blister Moth (Gilligan, Wright, & Gibson, 2008). Common Name: Virginia pine Type: Needled evergreen Family: Pinaceae Zone: 4 to 8 Height: 15.00 to 30.00 feet Spread: 10.00 to 20. Virginia Pine grows throughout most of Maryland, except in Garrett Co., on dry or sterile soils (Brown and Brown, 1972). The cones are small, numerous, slightly prickly, and often persistent. Virginia Pine is often scraggly and of poor shape (hence its alternative name “Scrub Pine”), but on some sites, it can grow into a tall, straight, beautiful tree and can live for 120 or more years. Timber companies own 4 and the rest 80 (12.9-million acres) is privately owned. National forest makes up only 11 of Virginias forest and 5 is state and other public forest. Virginias forests are made up of about 70 hardwoods, 10 oak-pine forests and 20 conifer. It is typically an early-successional species, seeding into old fields and other open areas and then giving way to hardwood species. Virginia has almost 16-million acres of forest, covering 62 of the state. It is present in scattered areas in Ohio, southern Indiana, and Tennessee (Carter and Snow, 1990). It also occurs in the Coastal Plain as far north as New Jersey and Long Island, New York. Virginia Pine generally grows throughout the Piedmont and at lower elevations in the mountains from central Pennsylvania south-westward to northeastern Mississippi, Alabama, and northern Georgia. Meaning of Virginia pinein English Virginia pine noun Cor U uk/vdn.j pan/us/vdn.j pan/ a kindof pine( an evergreentree( one that never losesitsleaves)with long, thinleavescalled needles), that growsin the easternUnitedStates: Virginiapineis grownon Christmastreefarms. Once known as a ‘forest weed,’ the Virginia pine tree has come a long way, gaining a reputation as a Christmas tree, despite its sharp needles.
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