Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Soft blue-green needles in bundles of five. Fast-growing, long-lived; salt- and pollution-sensitive. The inner bark and fresh needles (steeped as a vitamin C-rich tea) are both traditional foods; the seeds are edible but small and fiddly to harvest.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–80 ft
- Spacing
- 20–40 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- red, pink, yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AR, CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
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- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
- Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)
- Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)
- Pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis)