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Pinus monticola

western white pine

Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual,  USFS) 

Fire Effects On
(courtesy of  U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects) 

From Virginia Tech w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)

Species Documentation and Data
(The BEST conifer data on the Internet,  Gymnosperm Database, Editor C. J. Earle)

North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry) 

The Great American Coniferous Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)

Recent Champion: 151' height, 52' spread, 394" circumf., El Dorado, California
National Register of Big Trees

Western white Pine Images
(courtesy of  ForestryImages.org)

Buy a Western white pine Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)

Range Map
{Native range of western white pine)
-The native range of Western white pine, USFS.

Quick Stats
Common Names:  mountain white pine, Idaho white pine

Habitat:  deep porous to sandy soils

Description:  attains largest size in the Inland Empire, spectacular tree in western parks

Uses:  molding and trim

  

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