Tall tree well over 100 feet tall in some regions of the United States;
trunk diameter sometimes in excess of 3 feet; crown pyramidal.
Brown, divided
into broad ridges by shallow fissures.
Slender, orange‑brown, smooth or slightly hairy.
Needles in clusters of 5,
very flexible, up to 5 inches long, blue‑green.
Staminate crowded into
several yellow spikes up to 1/3 inch long; pistillate crowded into fewer groups,
pink to purple.
Cones oblong, curved,
drooping, up to 8 inches long, each scale comprising the cone lacking any
prickles; seeds narrowly oblong, up to 1/4 inch long, with a wing up to 1/2 inch
long.
Moist woods,
wooded slopes.
Many places in park. Grove planted in south-east corner of Collins Woods section.
Needles in clusters of 5
readily distinguish the White Pine.
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Tree species facts from Robert Mohlenbrock , Forest Trees of Illinois , 1996
