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Pinus virginiana has more common names than most trees; it’s listed as Scrub, Jersey, River, Spruce and Possum Pine in the areas where it grows, from New Jersey south to Florida. I found a common name in one book, published in 1948, that I cannot use in print because it is not “politically correct.”
Lee Trott and I often explore “back roads.” Few stands of trees, no matter how small, lack a Virginia pine or two. Each has a long straight, limb less trunk with clusters of needle-covered branches at the very top. In order to survive, pines must top the deciduous trees and attain the sunlight.
I am always alert to a Virginia pine growing in the open, not crowded by other trees. With no competition for space the Virginia pine has a rugged, stalwart kind of beauty. It grows wild and untram
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