Pinus virginiana

Virginia Pine, Scrub Pine

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Family: Pinaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - May

ID tips:

• needles in bundles of 2, yellow-green to green, twisted
• needles stout: typically 4 - 7.5 cm (1.5 - 3 inches) long
• cones 2 - 7 cm (3/4 - 2-3/4 inches) long, persistent on branches

The needles of young Virginia Pines tend to be longer than older trees.

26 May 2016 Silver Lake Park, Haymarket, VA	26 May 2016 Silver Lake Park, Haymarket, VA (former year cones still attached)	26 May 2016 Silver Lake Park, Haymarket, VA	26 May 2016 Silver Lake Park, Haymarket, VA (bark on 10-inch diameter trunk)
26 May 2016 Silver Lake Park, Haymarket, VA (typical branch form off trunk)	1 May 2016 Leopold's Preserve, Haymarket, VA	1 May 2016 Leopold's Preserve, Haymarket, VA	1 May 2016 Leopold's Preserve, Haymarket, VA (sap dripping from cut branches)

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