The park is dominated by loblolly pine and shortleaf pine trees. Conifers are also abundant, including shortleaf pine, loblolly pine. Shortleaf pine, though near its western limit, is abundant. The most common evergreens are the shortleaf pine and the loblolly pine. These forests dominated by shortleaf pine ("Pinus echinata") and Virginia pine ("Pinus virginiana"). Shortleaf pine has the largest range of the southern US yellow pines. Shortleaf pine seedlings develop a persistent J-shaped crook near the ground surface. Shortleaf pine ("Pinus echinata") is also present, but not as abundant. The pines include, primarily, pitch pine ("Pinus rigida"), and shortleaf pine ("Pinus echinata").