Planting and Growing the Virginia Pine
Also called the Jersey pine, this is a member of the pine family of plants. It is native to the United States and is botanically called Pinus virginiana.
Virginia Pine Description
Growing 15 to 40 feet high, this is a straggling evergreen with irregular limbs and a red-brown trunk. It has prickly cones and will become flat-topped as it matures. There are short needles, linear, and green. Cones are red-brown much like the trunk color.
Growing Guide
This native pine tree prefers to grow in full sun with a well-drained moist soil. It doesn't tolerate shallow soils or chalky soils. Propagate by seed without pretreatment, however, cold stratification can help germination on dormant pine seeds.
Distribution
This native is found in the states of Alabama, District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is seen in poor soil mountains and areas of old fields.
Uses
This hardy pine is good for lumber and pulpwood.
Wildlife Attracted
It is a larval host plant for the Eastern Pine Elfin butterfly. Birds are also attracted to the seed as a food source.
Classification
- Kingdom - Plantae- Plants
- Subkingdom - Tracheobionta- Vascular plants
- Superdivision - Spermatophyta- Seed plants
- Division - Coniferophyta- Conifers
- Class - Pinopsida
- Order - Pinales
- Family - Pinaceae- Pine family
- Genus - Pinus L.- pine
- Species - Pinus virginiana Mill.- Virginia pine
Source: NPIN, PlantsDatabase
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