White Pine | Fourth and Gill Arboretum

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Native to:: Eastern North America
Sidewalk Visibility:: Excellent
Public?: No
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Conservation Status
Description:: Native to the eastern United States and Canada, Knoxville is located near the southern extreme of its natural range. Left alone in ideal conditions, White Pines will grow quickly and can reach a height of 200 feet, making them the tallest trees native to eastern North America. One specimen, known as the "Boogerman Pine" in the Cataloochee Valley of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, stands at 188 ft 10 in tall and is the tallest accurately measured tree in North America east of the Rocky Mountains. White pine needles are long (2-6”), soft, and come in bundles of 5. The female cones are 3 - 8” long and roughly cylindrical in shape. It takes 20 to 30 years for a White Pine to begin to reproduce and even then it only happens every 3 to 5 years. There are several White Pine trees scattered in the neighborhood, and while still large trees by neighborhood standards, they would all be considered quite small and young compared to their old growth neighbors in the GSMNP
Notes:: Owners say it was planted around 1995