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Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

Posted by Kendrick Fowler,
North Country explorer from
April 14, 2015

Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) can be identified by its bark, which is smooth and gray on young trees and in the high branches, and gray-brown and furrowed on older trees; by its cones, which are larger and more elongated than those of the other pines in New York; and by its needles, which are soft and grow in clusters of 5.