North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Common Name:
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Pinus strobus

Pinus strobus L.

eastern white pine

Synonym(s): Strobus strobus
Cultivar(s): Fastigiata, Nana, Nana Blue, Redfield

Image ID: 16264
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: PIST
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pinus strobus
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

CULTIVAR INDEX

Cult_id	Cultivar_name	Action
1502	Fastigiata	View
1503	Nana	View
1504	Nana Blue	View
1505	Redfield	View

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: PINUS
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Pinus
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Pine
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 110 species, trees, of the Northern Hemisphere, south to Central America. The State Tree of North Carolina is the “Pine,” the species left (artfully and politically?) ambiguous.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: Young saplings generally have shorter needles than larger saplings and mature trees; measurements in the key are those of mature trees. Seedlings have needles single, rather than fascicled. “Cones” in the key below refers to mature (brown) female cones.
GENUS REFERENCES: Kral in FNA (1993b); Silba (2011)=Z; Duncan & Duncan (1988); Wang & Wang (2014); Gernandt et al. (2005); Price, Liston, & Strauss (1998); Richardson (1998); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: PINACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Pinaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Sprengel ex F. Rudolphi 1830
FAMILY COMMON: Pine Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 12 genera and about 220 species, trees and shrubs, almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Thieret in FNA (1993b); Price (1989)=Z; Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

NCBG DESCRIPTIVES

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Tree

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Fascicled
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION: Evergreen

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
SYMMETRY:
BLOOM TIME: Apr

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
			x	x

BLOOM COLOR:

White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
	x	x		x	x					x

FRUITING PERIOD: Aug-Sep.

DISTRIBUTION
HABITAT TYPE:
NATIVE RANGE: eastern North America

HORTICULTURAL
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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average, Moist/Wet
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Sun, Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
42	HORT	2015-02-01	Liloia	View

GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
40	2015-0002	2015-04-10	42	View
548	1985-0169			View
549	1985-0170			View
550	1985-0171			View
551	1985-0172			View
1369	1986-1146			View
2110	1986-1913			View
2586	1987-0018			View
3396	1991-0023			View
3866	1992-0009			View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
52	40	71	Liloia	2015-04-06	View
1179	548	171	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
1180	549	165	NCBG staff	1980-01-12	View
1181	550	165	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
1182	551	161	NCBG staff	1967-01-01	View
2382	1369	81	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
3528	2110	79	NCBG staff	1986-12-31	View
4363	2586	177	NCBG staff	1967-01-01	View
5630	3396	11	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View
5631	3396	1	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
6176	3866	70	NCBG staff	1967-12-31	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: PIST
USDA Common Name: Eastern White Pine
Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU				FACU	FACU		FACU	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

2018 Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina

NHP ID	S RANK	ROUNDED S RANK	G RANK	ROUNDED G RANK	STATE STATUS	FEDERAL STATUS
20400	S5	S5	G5	G5	W6

This information is derived from the 2018 North Carolina Natural Heritage Program List of Rare Plant Species.

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pinus strobus
COMMON NAME: Eastern White Pine
SYNONYMY: [= Ar, C, F, FNA, G, Il, K, Pa, RAB, Tn, Va, W, WV, Z; = Strobus strobus (Linnaeus) Small - S; > Pinus strobus ssp. cumberlandensis J. Silba - Z; > P. strobus ssp. strobus - Z]
PHENOLOGY: Apr; Aug-Sep.
HABITAT: Moist to dry forests, bottomlands, dry, rocky ridges in humid gorges.
COMMENTS: Widespread in ne. North America, south to VA, w. and (rarely) c. NC, nw. SC, n. GA, e. TN, KY, IN, n. IL, e. IA, and MN. P. strobus was probably the tallest tree in e. North America, reaching heights of 60-70 meters. It was a very important timber tree historically. In NC a notable relict and disjunct stand of P. strobus occurs on bluffs of the Deep River in the eastern Piedmont of Chatham County; in VA P. strobus is widely but irregularly distributed in the lower Piedmont.
RANGE MAP: Pinus strobus.png

Key to Map Symbols

ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Pinaceae Sprengel ex F. Rudolphi 1830 (Pine Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 12 genera and about 220 species, trees and shrubs, almost exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere.
REFERENCE: Thieret in FNA (1993b); Price (1989)=Z; Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Pinus L. (Pine)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 110 species, trees, of the Northern Hemisphere, south to Central America. The State Tree of North Carolina is the “Pine,” the species left (artfully and politically?) ambiguous.
REFERENCE: Kral in FNA (1993b); Silba (2011)=Z; Duncan & Duncan (1988); Wang & Wang (2014); Gernandt et al. (2005); Price, Liston, & Strauss (1998); Richardson (1998); Page in Kramer & Green (1990).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Pinus strobus in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Pinus strobus in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Pinus strobus in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Pinus strobus in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Pinus strobus in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Pinus strobus

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 16264 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 16264 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 16263 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 5439 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)