Eastern White Pine
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Eastern White Pine is lightweight, beautiful clear and red
knotted. Soft grain is easy to work. Excellent for paint, stain and urethane finishes.
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The Eastern White Pine has the distinction of being the tallest tree in eastern North America. White pine forests originally covered much of northeastern North America, though only one percent of the original trees remain untouched by extensive logging operations in the 1700s and 1800s. In natural pre-colonial stands it is reported to have grown to as tall as 70 meters (230 ft) tall, at least on rare occasions. Even greater heights have been attributed to the species referenced in popular accounts such as Robert Pike's "Tall Trees, Tough Men", but the accounts are unverifiable. The current tallest pines as measured by the Eastern Native Tree Society (ENTS) reach to between 50 and 57.54 meters (160-188.8 ft). Within the Northeast, currently, 8 sites located in 4 states have been confirmed by ENTS to have trees over 48 m (160 ft) in height.