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Eastern White Pine
Pinaceae -- Pine family
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), also called northern white pine, is one of the most valuable trees in eastern North America. Before the white man arrived in North America the virgin forest contained an estimated 3.4 billion m³ (600 billion fbm) of lumber. By the late 1800's most of those vast forests and stands of timber had been logged.
Fortunately, Eastern White Pine is a rapid grower and does well as a reforestation tree.
Eastern white pine is found across southern Canada from Newfoundland west to central and western Ontario, south to southeastern Minnesota and northeastern Iowa, east to northern Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois and south mostly in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and South Carolina.
It is also found in western Kentucky, western Tennessee, and Delaware. A variety grows in the mountains of southern Mexico and Guatemala. Author: Admin :: Hits: 7 :: Added: Fri Jun 15 2007 ::
