MASSACHUSETTS FOREST TREES 



WHITE PINE (Pinus strobus L.) 



THE White Pine is abundantly distributed through- 

 out the State. It occurs on fertile soil, in moist 

 situations, or on uplands. 



When standing in the open, the young tree has a 

 symmetrical, pyramidal outline. In the forest, its trunk 

 is usually without branches for a considerable distance 

 and the head is narrow. In old age the tree becomes 



WHITE PINE CONE 



With scales open and seeds gone. White Pine needles grow 

 in clusters of five. 



very irregular and picturesque. The trunk is continu- 

 ous, gradually tapering, commonly from fifty to sev- 

 enty feet in height and one to two feet in diameter. 

 The branches are usually in whorls of five and extend 

 horizontally. 



The bark on young stems is thin, green tinged with 

 red. On the old trunk it is thick and almost black, 

 and divided by shallow fissures into broad, flat ridges. 



The leaves are arranged in clusters of five. They are 



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