Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Pinaceae > Pinus > Pinus pungensPinus pungens (Hickory pine; Prickly pine; Table mountain pine)Synonyms: Pinus montana Language: Chi; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Rus Table Mountain pine, Pinus pungens, also called hickory pine, prickly pine, or mountain pine, is a small pine native to the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-Low | | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | | Shade Percentage [1] | 83 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | High | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Low | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 5 months 15 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Hazards [3] | The wood, sawdust and resins from various species of pine can cause dermatitis in sensitive people; | | Janka Hardness [4] | 660 lbf (299 kgf) Soft | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 24 inches (61 cm) | | Scent [3] | The resin from a broken shoot has a scent like lemon-curd. | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 34200 / lb (75398 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Conical | | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.52 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | A tan or green dye is obtained from the needles;
The needles contain a substance called terpene, this is released when rain washes over the needles and it has a negative effect on the germination of some plants, including wheat;
Oleo-resins are present in the tissues of all species of pines, but these are often not present in sufficient quantity to make their extraction economically worthwhile; The resins are obtained by tapping the trunk, or by destructive distillation of the wood; In general, trees from warmer areas of distribution give the higher yields; Turpentine consists of an average of 20% of the oleo-resin; Turpentine has a wide range of uses including as a solvent for waxes etc, for making varnish, medicinal etc; Rosin is the substance left after turpentine is removed. This is used by violinists on their bows and also in making sealing wax, varnish etc; Pitch can also be obtained from the resin and is used for waterproofing, as a wood preservative etc.
Wood - soft, light, not strong, brittle, very coarse grained; It weighs 31lb per cubic foot; Of very little value for its wood, it is sometimes used for fuel and charcoal; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Height [3] | 49 feet (15 m) | | Width [1] | 31 feet (9.3 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Full Sun | | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate to Low |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 8Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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