I don’t mean to be a downer, I don’t think this is true. I’ve lived in North Carolina all my life surrounded by Loblolly Pine trees. I spent a lot of time in the woods with my grandfather & he probably knew just about everything to do with the woods. He worked in soil conversation. This was back in the 70s to mid 80s. His main job was advising farmers on getting rid of beaver damns on their farms & also helping farmers with ditches. He worked part time into his 70s. He was a very old school southern man. My husband said he would walk up on you in the woods & you wouldn’t know it until you saw him. He taught me so much about nature. When I was very small there was pine trees about head high & he would put us on them to swing. Knowing his knowledge & he was a Christian I believe he would have noticed this. I saw this posted a few years ago & I’ve searched in my area every spring. I haven’t found anything. I’d love for it to be true. The dogwood does represent Jesus. Same with the sand dollar. Look up those if you haven’t heard of it.