Leaves – 3-5” long ... often covered in white resin. Bark – Thin bark on young trees, thick grey brown scaly on old trees. Silvics – The eastern white pine is the largest conifer in the northeast ...

Beyond identification, learning how to use the trees ... mature leaves are known to give off a bitter taste. If you're going to master any species, it should be the white pine.

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

Eastern white pine is a very handsome tree widely used for landscaping, windbreaks and visual barriers. It can be hard to ...

The pine beetle epidemic has peaked in Colorado, but attacks by spruce beetles—which also burrow through bark ... a tree’s water supply, by pulling even more moisture out of leaves and ...

The beauty of Door County’s landscape owes thanks to the variety of trees growing here. Many are native, while others have ...

This time of year, without leaves, they are still interesting, charismatic trees with their ... eastern white pine – position chlorophyll under the thin and tender bark of their young twigs ...