Pinus monticola
- General characteristics:
The Western White Pine ranges in height from 120 to 180 feet. Typically, it is free of branches from 1/3rd to 1/2 of its length. The bark of this tree is greyish green and often resin blisters are evident. This species is suseptible to white pine blister rust.
- Needle Bundles:
Needles occur in bundles of FIVE and the needles are somewhat finer than other pines like the Lodgepole or Ponderosa pines.
- Cones:
The large cone shown on the left side of the photo is a Western White Pine cone. It is usually curved as shown, and is many times the length of the Douglas-fir or the Mountain Hemlock cones which appear on the lower right side of the photograph.
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