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Pinaceae
Mountain, Piedmont
Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Tall Tree (Canopy)
75 - 100ft
35 - 50ft
Brown
Cone/Cone-like; Brown
Partial Sun
Loamy, Sandy
Moist
May - June
evergreen
cool, moist valleys
susceptible to wooly adelgid and red spider mite; also T. caroliniana for VA; used as ornamental, as specimen trees or sheared/ used as hedge; bark excellent for tanning; deer browse twigs; red squirrel, a few song birds use seeds, ruffed grouse eat buds and leaves; state tree of Pennsylvania
