Scientific Name:
Pinus strobus
Pronunciation:
PYE-nus STROE-buss
Common Name:
eastern white pine
Family Name:
Pinaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Branches whorled, horizontal with ends sweeping upwards; needles 5 per fascicle, flexible, bluish-green, finely serrated, 5-13cm long x about 1mm wide, with a deciduous sheath; female cones slender, most 8-15cm long, with scales with, apex rounded and tip slightly reflexed; seeds 4-5mm long, with a slender 15-20mm wing; seedlings with 7-10 cotyledons, minutely serrate. Conifers.org
Habit:
Spreading, Upright
Form:
Pyramidal - widely
Texture:
Fine
Mature Height:
22 - 30m
Mature Spread:
10 - 15m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Canada - eastern, U.S. - central, U.S. - northeast
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Forestry
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Needle-like
Arrangement:
Fascicles
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Colour in Summer:
Bluish
Shapes:
Acicular
Margins:
Sinuate
Additional Info:
In groups of 5; 6-12cm long; straight, soft, flexible, edges finely serrate.
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Yellow
Flower Time at Peak:
Apr, May
Fruit Type:
Cone (winged seeds)
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Aug, Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Persistent
Bark Morphology:
Deeply fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey, Brown
Organ Modifications:
Ectomycorrhizae
Propagation:
Seed
Pest Susceptibility:
(Deer resistant, Drought tolerant)
Course(s):
- HORT 1155
Location(s):
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZE) GAZebo East : cv. Radiata
- (NRY) NuRserY
- (PHA) PolyHouse and Area
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLN) Turf Field Lab North
- (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West
- (WDH) Wark-Dumais House : sw corner of Wark Dumais house