Eastern White Pine
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Eastern White Pine or Northern White Pine | |
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Species: | P. strobus
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Pinus strobus |
The eastern white pine (Pinus strobus), also known as the white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine, is a large pine native to eastern North America, occurring from Newfoundland west to Minnesota and southeastern Manitoba, and south along the Appalachian Mountains to the extreme south of Georgia.
It is the state tree of Maine and Michigan.
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