Pinus strobus
eastern white pine
White pine is the tallest native conifer in eastern North America. Pinus strobus is the state tree of Maine and Michigan and is the Ontario arboreal emblem. Unique identifying markers are the tree's branching rings which are added each year and the only five-needled eastern pine. Note in the picture below that needle bundles cluster in a brush-like formation.
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White
Pine Habitat and Culture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Fire
Effects On White Pine
(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: 150' height, 53' spread, 200" circumf.,
Porcupine Wilderness State Park, Michigan
National Register
of Big Trees
Eastern
White Pine Images
(courtesy of ForestryImages.org)
Buy an Eastern
White Pine Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)
Image
(image courtesy of Steve Nix and About.com)
Range Map
-The native range of eastern white pine, USFS.
Quick Stats
Common Names: white pine, northern white pine, soft pine
Habitat: well drained sandy soils
Description: largest northeastern conifer, tallest North American native tree
east of the Rockies, branch rows added each year, the only five-needled eastern pine,
needle bundles cluster in a brushlike formation
Uses: dimension lumber, millwork, pulpwood
