Scientific Name: Pinus monticola
Common Name: western white pine
Family Name: Pinaceae
Origin: B.C. west of Cascades
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Conifer
Mature Size: 22 - 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Forestry
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Needle-like, Fascicles, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Acicular, Entire
Flowers: n/a (male cone), Yellow, Mar-Apr
Fruit: Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Needles 5 per fascicle, 4-10cm long x 0.7-1mm wide, slightly twisted, straight, margins finely serrulate, blue-green; female cones narrow, 10-25cm long; seeds 5-7mm long, wing 2-2.5cm long; seedlings with 7-10 cotyledons. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_monticola.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a>