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  Guide to the Common Trees of Pennsylvania

Trees | Glossary | Visual Guide | Leaf Parts, Types, & Position

Virginia Pine
(Needle-Shaped or Linear)
A European species that has become a valuable naturalized member of our forests, and extensively planted as an ornamental. A large tree with a dense conical crown. Branchlets on older trees droop. Wood used chiefly for paper pulp, boxes, crates and lumber.

Virginia Pine
Pinus virginiana P.Mill.
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Leaves
Evergreen needles in clusters of 2, twisted, stout, relatively short 1½"-3" long.
Twigs
Slender, curved, flexible, brown to purple with bluish white coating. Buds egg-shaped, usually less than ½" long, brown and resinous.
Fruit
Cone 2"-3" long, prickles small but sharp, edge of scales with darker bands, usually without a stalk, remains attached for 3 or 4 years.
Bark
Smooth, thin, reddish brown and scaly, shallowly fissured into small flat plates.

Select a Tree from a menu below, or download the Visual Guide

Needle-Shaped or Linear

  

Wide & Flat: Opposite Arrangement

Wide and Flat: Alternate Arrangement

Information courtesy of:
PA Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
 
 

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