White Pine - Pinus Strobus
The white pine is the largest conifer in the Northeast. It has a straight trunk with a crown of horizontal branches. It can grow to be 100 feet tall and its trunk can have a diameter of 3-4 feet. It has slender, greenish-blue needles that are 2.5-5 inches long that grow in bundles of five. It has long, narrow yellowish-brown cones 6-8 inches long. The bark of the white pine is smooth and gray when the tree is young. It becomes gray-brown and deeply furrowed as the tree ages. The white pine can live to be 400 years old.
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