PINACEAE - - Pine Family

Pinus strobus Linnaeus — Eastern White Pine

Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus) - Tree becoming 50 m. tall, with relatively smooth bark, and approximately whorled branches; leaves 5 together, 5—10 cm. long, glaucous, very slender; sheath deciduous or fugacious; cone narrow, slightly tapering when open, 10—20 cm. long, often curved; scales loosely spreading; seed 6—7 mm. long, the wing about 2.5 cm. long. The most widely distributed species of the white pines. Its five-fascicled slender leaves and long unarmed cones readily distinguish it from other pines. Once the most important of American timber trees, but greatly depleted by reckless lumbering.

Habitat:

Moist to dry forests, bottomlands, dry, rocky ridges in humid gorges. P. strobus was probably the tallest tree in e. North America, reaching heights of 60-70 meters. It was a very important timber tree historically.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.