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This is a slender Pine found in the west and grows to a height of 90 to 100 feet with a trunk diameter of about 4 feet. The bark is a lavender gray and broken into rough squares. The branches are horizontal, slender, and extremely long. The needles are 5 in a cluster, like those of Pinus Strobus, but the cones are slightly larger, 6-10 inches long. The Western White Pine is found west of the Rocky Mountains, from British Columbia to California. This Pine live to be 200 to 500 years old.
Information about this plant from the USDA Plants Database.
Information from the TreeGuide from Athenic Systems.
This page was last updated 11 Jun 2003.