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Conifer · Pinaceae Draft — unreviewed

Eastern white pine

Pinus strobus L.

Also called eastern white pine, white pine.

Soft-needled native pine that grows quickly into a tall, layered tree. Widely used for screening, though it loses lower limbs with age.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 15–24 m (49–79 ft) tall and 6–12 m (20–39 ft) wide; fast growth, about 15 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.45) from the #15 install size.

0510152025mPlanting1.8 × 0.9 mYear 314.9 × 6.9 mYear 1019.3 × 8.9 mMature19.5 × 9.0 m

Design notes

  • Very sensitive to road salt spray and ozone; keep away from salted roads.
  • Poor in heavy clay and alkaline soils.
  • Deer browse young trees heavily.

Regions

Native range: Eastern Canada, the northeastern U.S. and the Appalachians.

Native to these OpenLandscape3D pilot regions:

NortheastSoutheast

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Longleaf pine
Pinus palustris · Conifer · 18–24 m (59–79 ft)
Loblolly pine
Pinus taeda · Conifer · 18–27 m (59–89 ft)
Afghan pine
Pinus brutia subsp. eldarica · Conifer · 9–15 m (30–49 ft)
Pinyon pine
Pinus edulis · Conifer · 5–10 m (16–33 ft)
Eastern red cedar
Juniperus virginiana · Conifer · 9–15 m (30–49 ft)
Eastern hemlock
Tsuga canadensis · Conifer · 12–21 m (39–69 ft)

Plan with Eastern white pine

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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