table-mountain pine vs Pinus pungens

table-mountain pine and Pinus pungens both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
table-mountain pine	Yes	No	No	No
Pinus pungens	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, table-mountain pine and Pinus pungens are synonyms defined as:

table-mountain pine and Pinus pungens: a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales

Other synonyms of table-mountain pine include hickory pine, prickly pine.

table-mountain pine (noun)	Pinus pungens (noun)
a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales	a small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales