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﻿Eastern White Pine

Fruit- Cones are 5"-8" long with out prickles, slightly curved, reinous; each scale usally bears 2 winged seeds as do all our native pines.

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Bark- Young trunks and branches greenish brown, later darker grooved and scaly.

Leaves- Evergreen needles in clusters of 5, soft flexible, 3- sided, 2 1/2"- 5" long, and bluish- green. This is the only pine native to Pennsylvania with 5 needles per cluster.

Twigs- Slender and flexible, with rusty hairs when young, later smooth. Buds egg-shaped, usally less than 1/2" long, gray brown.

General- Eastern white pines are large trees. At present they usally reach 50'- 90' high but the original "Penn's Woods" saw white pines reaching 150' and more. It is one of the most valuable timber trees, found in moist or dry areas throughout the state and often planted as an ornamental in large open areas. Many birds, squirrels, chipmunks and mice feed on the seeds and soft needles. Inner bark of white pine is a preffered winter food of porcupine and deer browse the twigs.