| Endemic to the southern Appalachians, Table Mountain Pine is fairly common on dry, rocky ridges in the Mountains and upper Piedmont of North Carolina. Hanging Rock, Stokes Co., NC 5/27/12.
|
| Tending towards being short and squat, the tree's form is usually rounded with many arching branches. Not the best form for lumber, but it is ornamental. Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
|
| Pilot Mountain, Surry Co., NC 6/14/09.
| 
| The prickles on the cones are very stout. Cones are attached directly to the branches. Alleghany Co., NC 9/27/09.
|
| Like the more common and widespread Virginia Pine, the leaves are short and come two in a fascicle, but the large, stout, ovoid female cones are quite different from the smaller cones of Virginia Pine. Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
| 
| Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
| 
| Cones are usually clustered. Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
| 
| Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
| 
| Immature cones. Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
| 
| The bark on branches is reddish-brown and flaky. Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
| 
| The bark on trunks is dark gray-brown and scaly. Alleghany Co., NC 5/29/05.
| 
| Alleghany Co., NC 9/3/06.
|
More information:
Bioimages
NC State Dendrology
Virginia Tech Dendrology
Recommended Tree, Shrub, and Woody Vine Identification Guides
|
|