Table mountain pine, Pinus pungens, seed cones, shown here from a mountain top in northern Georgia, are equipped with a prominent spine on each scale, very sharp and bent, ...

PINE CONE SIGHTINGS? We enjoy them throughout the year, in a variety of sweet settings. We may see the woodsy favorites in a potpourri bowl, or sitting atop a backyard fence, and crunching on one ...

Prick not your finger as you pluck it off… ...

Table Mountain Pine (P. pungens) is an occasional species at middle elevations with two rigid, twisted needles per bundle and highly distinctive cones. It’s the only pine restricted to the ...

Table mountain pine has thick, platy bark that is grayish brown to black. The needles of this tree range from yellow to green; they are twisted, and borne into groups of two.

Mountain conditions can change rapidly, so check the weather. Round Valley in the fall. ... If you observe pine cones mostly less than 4.5 inches in length under a tree, ...

The mountain pine beetle outbreak has reached epidemic proportions in Summit County.In virtually every large stand of lodgepole pine, ... Because many lodgepole pines have closed cones, ...