Eastern White Pine

Scientific name:
Pinus strobes

Other Common Names:
American white pine, American yellow pine, apple pine, ayacahuite vidriosa, balsam pine, bor vajmutov, borovice tuha, Canadian white pine, Canadian yellow pine, chiapas pine, chiapas white pine, Chiapas-pijn, chiapas-tall, cork pine, eastern pine, eastern white pine, kahikatea, Minnesota soft white pine, Minnesota white pine, New England pine, northern pine, northern white pine, Ottawa pine, Ottowa white pine, pattern pine, pin baliveau, pin blanc, pin blanc canadian, pin de Chiapas, pin du lord, pin jaune, pin potiron, pin Weymouth, pino ayacahuite, pino canadiense, pino di Chiapas, pino stobo, pino Weymouth, pumpkin pine, Quebec pine, Quebec yellow pine, sapling pine, seidenkiefer, silver pine, simafenyo, soft pine, soft cork white pine, soft pine, soft white pine, sosny wejmutka, spruce pine, strobe, strobo, strobus, tonawanda pine, Weymouth pine, Weymouth-pijn, Weymouth-pijn, weymouthpijn, Weymouths kiefer, weymouthsden, weymouthsfohre, weymouthskiefer, Weymouth-tall, weymouth-tall, Weymut-tall, weymut-tall, white pine, white soft pine, Wisconsin white pine, yellow pine.

Eastern white pine grows to heights of 100 feet with a diameter of 3 to 6 feet. Historically, it has grown to heights of 200 feet with diameters of 6 feet. Current national champions are taller than 140 feet. Most of the large trees had been logged prior to the late 1800′s. The genus Pinus is composed of about 100 species native to temperate and tropical regions of the world. Wood of pine can be separated microscopically into the white, red and yellow pine groups. The word pinus is the classical Latin name and strobus is the Latin name for pine cone, from the Greek strobos (whirling around) and strobilos (pine cone). The species Pinus stobus is composed of two varieties; the typical Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus var. strobus L.) and Chiapas White Pine (Pinus strobus var. chiapensis Martinez [P. chiapensis (Martinez) Andresen]), native to the mountains of southern Mexico and Guatemala.

Weight:
approximately 26 pounds per cubic foot

Uses:
The bark is used to produce white pine tar, an antiseptic and expectorant. The wood is used for furniture, patterns, matches, boxes, sashes, doors, trim, caskets and toys. The tree is a popular Christmas tree.

General Characteristics:
The heartwood  is a light brown, sometimes with a reddish tinge, turning darker on exposure. The sapwood is, tinged with yellow. It has a uniform texture.

Working Properties:
it is easily worked with tools and straight grained and has a high ability to stay in place. It has medium strength values, is easily worked and takes stains, glue and finishes well. It also has good nail-holding ability. It is light weight, moderately soft, moderately weak, not stiff, and low in shock resistance

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