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Pinus strobus, Linn. (Strobus Strobus, Small). White Pine. Figs. 2958,2963,2964. Attains 100, occasionally 150 ft., with horizontal branches in regular whorls forming a symmetrical open pyramid; in old age the head is usually broad and open and often very picturesque: branchlets greenish or light greenish brown, glabrous or slightly puberulous: winter buds ovate, acuminate: lvs. soft, bluish green, 2-4 in. long (or 3 1/2 -5): cones on stalks 1/2 -1 in. long, cylindric. slender, often curved, 2-4 in. long, with oblong- obovate scales; seed red-brown, mottled with black, 3 lines long. Newfoundland to Man., south to Ga., III. and Iowa. S.S. 11:538,539. A.G. 12:645; 13:1. Gn. 30, p. 404. F.E. 15:340. C.L.A. 11:310. H. W. 1:9, pp. 183-5.—Very valuable ornamental hardy pine of rapid growth, symmetrical when young, picturesque in old age: no tree is better adapted to break up the monotonous sky-line of plantations in northern parks. There are a number of gardens forms occasionally cult. Var. alba, Loud. (var. nivea, Carr). Low form of irregular habit, with almost silvery white foliage. Var. aurea, Carr. With yellow foliage. Var. glauca, Beissn. With light bluish green foliage. Var. brevifolia, Loud, (var. noma, Knight. Var. pygmaea, Hort.). Dwarf, compact, round bush, with short lvs. F.E. 20:788 (pi. 112); 29:569. Gt. 52, p. 435. Gn. M. 2:23. Var. fastigiata, Beissn. (var. pyramidalis, Hort.). with ascending branches, of narrow pyramidal or columnar habit. Var. prostrate, Arb. Kew. Dwarf, procumbent form, diffuse and trailing on the ground. Var. umbrac- ulifera, Knight. Dwarf, flat-topped bush, with short lvs. R.H. 1869, p. 38. There are also forms with variegated foliage.
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'''Eastern White Pine''', '''''Pinus strobus''''', is a large [[pine]] native to eastern [[North America]], occurring from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] west to [[Minnesota]] and southeastern [[Manitoba]], and south along the [[Appalachian Mountains]] to the northern edge of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
It is occasionally known as simply '''White Pine''', '''Northern White Pine''', or '''Soft Pine'''. It is also known as '''Weymouth Pine''',<ref name="Moore2008">{{cite book |author=Moore, Gerry; Kershner, Bruce; Craig Tufts; Daniel Mathews; Gil Nelson; Spellenberg, Richard; Thieret, John W.; Terry Purinton; Block, Andrew |title=National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America |publisher=Sterling |location=New York |year=2008 |page=77 |isbn=1-4027-3875-7}}</ref> especially in [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. In addition, this tree is known to the [[Iroquois|Haudenosaunee]] [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] as the ''[[Tree of Peace]]''.
Like all members of the [[Pinus classification|white pine]] group, ''[[Pinus]]'' subgenus ''[[Strobus]]'', the [[leaf|leaves]] ('needles') are in fascicles (bundles) of five (rarely 3 or 4), with a [[deciduous]] sheath. They are flexible, bluish-green, finely serrated, and 5-13 centimeters (2–5 in) long, and persist for usually about 18 months.
The [[conifer cone|cones]] are slender, 8-16 centimeters (3–6 in) long (rarely longer than that) and 4-5 centimeters (1.5–2 in) broad when open, and have scales with a rounded apex and slightly reflexed tip. The [[seed]]s are 4-5 millimeters (3/16 in) long, with a slender 15–20 mm (3/4 in) wing, and are wind-dispersed. Cone production peaks every 3 to 5 years.
Mature trees can easily be 200 to 250 years old. Some white pines live over 400 years. A tree growing near Syracuse, New York was dated to 458 years in the late 1980s and trees in both Wisconsin and Michigan have approached 500 years in age.
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