Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Eastern White Pine 2
Identification:
The white pine's cones are long and narrow. The needles are in clusters of five. White pines are different from other pines because the needles are in clusters of five and the red and pitch pine needles are in clusters of three. The white pine's bark is dark with deep cracks in it.
Energy Role:
The white pine is a producer. Young White pines are eaten by white-tailed deer and eastern cottontails. Squirrels, eastern chipmunks, voles, and mice eat the pine needles. The black-capped chickadee, pine warbler, yellow-bellied sapsucker, and the white-breasted nuthatch all eat the seeds from the pine cones.
Sources:
http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/eastern_white_pine.htm
http://www.google.com
Sources and Credits
- (c) copepodo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/63661371@N00/2923651680
- Adapted by blackbear4321 from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinus_strobus
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
