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Summary

Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) (native)

About this tree: Prefers sandy-loam soils; avoid claywet soils

Grows 60 to 100 feet tall, 50 to 80 feet wide; growth rate is 3 to 5 feet per year

Hardiness zone 3

Identification Tips:

  • Leaves: Needles in bundles of 5; 3 to 5 inches long; slender; flexible
  • Fruit: Cones; 4 to 8 inches long;

cylindrical; often curved

  • Twig: Orange brown
  • Bark: Dark grayish brown; deeply

furrowed on older trees; 1 to 2 inches thick with ridges

Copyright status

This image is public domain because it was first published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Source

http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/publications/woodypocketguide.pdf

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