The cone of an Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus), which usually grows to between 6 and 8 inches. The seeds from the cone are eaten by nuthatches, chickadees, grosbeaks, blue jays, juncos, woodpeckers, brown thrashers as well as black bears, rabbits, and squirrels.
The needles of the Eastern White Pine grow in bundles (fascicles) of 5. They reach a length of 3 to 5 inches and are very soft, with a pretty blue-green color.
The tree can grow to between 80 and 150 feet in height with some growing to over 180 feet. It has a pretty impressive life span of perhaps 200 years, but also has the possibility of living for 450 years if all goes well.
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