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Pinus virginiana (Scrub Pine)

Plant community: N/A

Native region/country: West from MO, south to GA, north to NY.  

Mature size:   20-40 feet high.  20-35 feet spread.  

Habitat and/or preferred growing conditions:  Grows on a variety of soils, best in full sun.  Tolerant to drought, not tolerant to salt. 

Hardiness zone: 5-8

Leaf/flower color:   Leaves are evergreen needles, 1 1/2 to 3 inches long, with 2 yellow-green, twisted, somewhat divergent needles per fascicle.   Species is monoecious.  Males have cylindrical, yellow, flowers near branch tip and females yellow to red, curved prickle present.   Fruit are conical to ovoid cones and are 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long.

Does it burn?: Probably

Burn Quality: Unknown

Sources:

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=113

https://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/Volume_1/pinus/virginiana.htm

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIVI2

Stewartia Pseudocamellia (Japanese Stewartia)

Plant community: N/A

Native region/country: Japan

Mature size: 12-40 feet tall.  8-25 feet spread.  

Habitat and/or preferred growing conditions:   Grows in moist, organically rich, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade.

Hardiness zone: 4-8

Leaf/flower color:  Flowers are cup-shaped, camellia-like and white (to 2.5" diameter) with showy orange-yellow anthers that appear in early summer. Leaves are  dark green (to 3" long) and turn reddish-orange and burgundy in the fall.  

Does it burn?: Probably

Burn Quality: Unknown

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