Pinus pungens in New Jersey

Best, G. N.

doi:10.2307/2477671

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“…Sucn an area is in Hunterdon Co., N. J., the easternmost record for the species. Pinus pungens has been there at least since the mid-1800's (Best, 1886), but probably will remain in the area only if man-mad,e disturbances are favorable for it. A stand of several hundred trees (partly planted, according to a local resident) was being overtopped by hardwoods when visited in 1966.…”

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Factors Affecting the Distribution of Pinus pungens, an Appalachian Endemic

Zobel¹

1969

Ecological Monographs

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Pinus pungens is in Section Diploxylon, the hard or yellow pines. Its classification below section level varies considerably (Mirov, 1967). The range of Table Mountain pine is almost entirely within the ranges of two other hard pines, Pinus rigida and P. virginiana (Critchfield & Little, 1966). Throughout the common range of the three species, P. pungens is by far the rarest. There are large areas where it has not been reported, and, when it is present, it is usually in small populations restricted to the sites which appear least favorable for tree growth. These characteristics of habitat have caused interest in the species as a botanical curiosity and inspired romantic descriptions of the tree and its 304

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