Taxon: Pinus strobus L.

Common names:

• eastern white pine   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• Weymouth pine   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• white pine   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• bei mei qiao song   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• pin blanc   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  
• pin de Lord Weymouth   (Source: HerbSpices ) – French
  
• pin Weymouth   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• Strobe   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• Weymouthskiefer   (Source: HerbSpices ) – German
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: agroforestry; ornamental
  
• Materials: gum/resin; wood   (fide AH 519; HerbSpices)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (used as a Christmas tree)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba [s.e.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

• cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Farjon, A. & B. T. Styles. 1997. Pinus (Pinaceae). In: Organization for Flora Neotropica, ed., Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 75:215. [var. chiapensis].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Krüssmann, G. 1985. Manual of cultivated conifers (English translation of Die Nadelgeholze, ed. 2. 1983). (KrussmannC)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Silba, J. 1986. Encyclopaedia Coniferae. Phytologia Mem. 8:163.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur) [introduced].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pinus strobus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pinus strobus. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Pinus strobus f. prostrata (Rehder ex Beissn.) Fernald & Weath.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Pinus strobus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Pinus strobus cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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