Common Name - White Pine

Scientific Name - Pinus strobus

Description: Cone: slender, curved, 4 to 8 inches long; no spines on scales; white marks on tips of scales (with spots of resin oozing from the young cone.) Seeds are light brown and winged.
The White Pine Tree Fruit
Female Seed Cone
Description:

Cone:  slender, curved, 4 to 8 inches long;  no spines on scales;  white marks on tips of scales (with spots of resin oozing from the young cone.)  Seeds are light brown and winged.
Cluster of White Pine Tree Female Cones White Pine Tree Male Pollen Cones
White Pine Female Seed Cone Cluster (left) and Male Pollen Cone (right)

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