White Pine–pinus strobus

image of a White Pine forest.

White Pine is a common tree throughout central and southern °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû, and is °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû’s provincial tree. It has long needles (6 to 12 cm) that are soft to the touch and grow in bunches of five.

White Pine has long been used for trim, furniture and lumber, and has a light white, knotty wood. White Pine represents 2.5% of °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû’s annual harvest, and represents 4% of the provinces total growing stock volume.

Map of White Pine relative occurrence

map of White Pine in °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû indicating low (light brown), moderate and high (dark green-brown)levels of relative occurrence.

Area and proportion of White Pine in the AOU (area in hectares)

Statistic Crown Parks and protected areas Other Total
Total Area Containing White Pine 2,253,845 463,345 675,168 3,392,358
1-25% of stand 1,605,273 320,817 530,429 2,456,519
26-50% of stand 478,814 112,270 111,551 702,634
51-75% of stand 116,489 24,060 20,892 161,440
76-100% of stand 53,269 6,198 12,296 71,764
Average Proportion in All Forest (%) 1.9 3.2 4.3 2.2
  550,926 117,532 121,866 790,324

Growing stock volume of White Pine in the AOU (volume in thousands of cubic metres)

Statistic Crown Parks and protected areas Other Total
Gross Total Volume 115,582 26,848 35,846 178,276
Net Merchantable Volume 78,152 18,592 24,086 120,831
Current Annual Increment 859 160 277 1,297

White Pine working group area by age class

vertical bar chart of White Pine area by age class including brown for Crown, green for park and grey for other.