Pinus strobus

• BOTANICAL NAME: Pinus strobus
• PRONUNCIATION: PI-nus STROH-bus
• COMMON NAME: Eastern White Pine
• FAMILY: Pinaceae
• NATIVITY: Newfoundland to Georgia
• GROWTH HABIT:  50-80’ (120’); candle growth; elongation before leaves and needles are present.
• HARDINESS:  USDA Zone 3 to 7
• OPTIMUM GROWING CONDITIONS:  Grows best in fertile, deep, moist soils with plenty of sunlight.  Has the ability to survive on rocky ridges and wet bogs.
• SUCCESSIONAL STATUS: Climax
• FACULTATIVE STATUS:  Facultative Upland
• LANDSCAPE USE: in winter. A bird-attracting tree.
• FOLIAGE:   Leaves arranged in bundles of five needles connected to a fascicle.
• BUDS:  Ovoid with a sharply pointed apex and resinous.
• BARK:  Thin, smooth, and dark grayish-brown at maturity.
• FRUIT:  Cones are subterminal, cylindrical, and often curved.
• PESTS:  Root rot, dieback, and stem blister rust.
• CULTIVARS:

  `Variegata'

  `White Mountain' - foliage

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