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NC Native Plant Society:
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Pinus strobus

Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine

Scientific Name:

Pinus strobus

Genus:

Pinus

Species Epithet:

strobus

Common Name:

Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine

Plant Type

Tree

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Pinaceae (Pine Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Invasive Status:

(*Key)

Size:

72-100 ft.

Light:

Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day, Less than 2 hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Dry, Moist

Bloom Time:

April

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont

Habitat Description:

Moist to dry forests, bottomlands, dry, rocky ridges in humid gorges. In NC a notable relict and disjunct stand of P. strobus occurs on bluffs of the Deep River in the eastern Piedmont of Chatham County; Common to very common in the mountains and foothills; very rare and local as far into the Piedmont as Chatham and Lee counties.

Leaf Arrangement:

Fascicled (Pines)

Leaf Retention:

Evergreen

Leaf Type:

Leaves needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

Highest Wildlife Value

Landscape Value:

Highly Recommended and Available

State Rank:

S5: Secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

State Status:

W6: Watch List: Regionally Rare (*Key)

Notes:

Prefers cooler microclimates. Is weakened by heat stress and root rot when grown in full sun and clay soils.

The tree shape is pyramidal in its early years but it matures to a broad oval habit with an irregular crown.

Watauga Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Pinus strobus. You will likely hear them called Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine. This picture shows the The tree shape is pyramidal in its early years but it matures to a broad oval habit with an irregular crown. of Pinus strobus

Annkatrin Rose

A dominant stand of Eastern White Pine.

Wilkes Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Pinus strobus. You will likely hear them called Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine. This picture shows the A dominant stand of Eastern White Pine. of Pinus strobus

Annkatrin Rose

Soft, flexible, blue-green needles in fascicles of 5.

Watauga Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Pinus strobus. You will likely hear them called Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine. This picture shows the Soft, flexible, blue-green needles in fascicles of 5. of Pinus strobus

Annkatrin Rose

Close-up of light red-brown buds and pale-green glaucous colored needles.

Ashe Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Pinus strobus. You will likely hear them called Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine. This picture shows the Close-up of light red-brown buds and pale-green glaucous colored needles. of Pinus strobus

Annkatrin Rose

The bark darkens and thickens as a tree ages, becoming gray-brown, and deeply furrowed with broad ridges of irregularly rectangular, purple-tinged scaly plates.

Ashe Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Pinus strobus. You will likely hear them called Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine. This picture shows the The bark darkens and thickens as a tree ages, becoming gray-brown, and deeply furrowed with broad ridges of irregularly rectangular, purple-tinged scaly plates. of Pinus strobus

Annkatrin Rose

Cones are long, slender, and unarmed.

Ashe Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Pinus strobus. You will likely hear them called Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine. This picture shows the Cones are long, slender, and unarmed. of Pinus strobus

Annkatrin Rose

Sapling with fresh spring growth.

Watauga Co.,, NC

The Scientific Name is Pinus strobus. You will likely hear them called Eastern White Pine, Northern White Pine, Weymouth Pine, and Soft Pine. This picture shows the Sapling with fresh spring growth. of Pinus strobus

Annkatrin Rose

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record



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