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WESTERN WHITE
PINE
pinus monticola
- Western
White Pine is also known as Silver Pine
- Western
White Pine gets its name from the light colour
of the wood
- 'monticola'
means "inhabiting mountains"
UNIQUE
FEATURES:
- Western
White Pine is susceptible to white pine blister
rust which turns parts of the tree an orangey
colour and kills it
- Western
White Pine has a short open crown
LOCATION:
- Western
White Pine is found in drier parts of Vancouver
Island, southern mainland coast, wetter areas
in the southern Interior
- Western
White Pine usually appears in lower elevations
- Western
White Pine likes sites rich in nutrients,
well drained, gentle slopes
SIZE:
- Western
White Pine can grow up to 60 metres in height
CONES:
- cylindrical
on a 2 cm stalk
- 10
to 25 cm long
- when
dry the cone scales often bend backwards
NEEDLES:
- occur
in bunches of 5
- 5
to 10 cm long
- slender,
straight and soft with finely toothed edges
- bluish
-green with a whitish tinge
BARK:
- young:
thin, smooth, greyish-green
- mature:
dark with deep vertical grooves, small rectangular
scaly plates
WOOD
CHARACTERISTICS:
- fine
grain, uniform texture
USES:
- modern
- carving, furniture making, pattern making
- traditional
- boughs: medicine
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