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| | WildWNC.org : Trees : Table Mountain Pine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Table Mountain pine is unevenly distributed; its range extends from the Northern Appalachians in central Pennsylvania southwest to eastern West Virginia and southward into the Southern Appalachians, ending on the steep western edge of the mountains of North Carolina and east Tennessee (1,2,6,9,10,11,19,25,29). |
 | | Of the three dry-site pines, Table Mountain pine roots are most affected by temperature; it grows a longer root than Virginia pine only between 16° to 28° C (61° to 82° F); pitch pine seedlings have the shortest roots at all temperatures (31). |
 | | The prominent epicormic sprouts protruding from the bark of pitch pine are absent in Table Mountain pine; also absent are the dormant buds that occur along the bole and branches of pitch pine-an adaptation which allows recovery from defoliation. |
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