Puget Sound Native Tree
Botanical Garden
pinus albicaulis
pinus albicaulis
Introduced CONIFERS
National Champions
White Bark Pine
Champion Tree Statistics
HEIGHT
DIAMETER
AGE
50'
3'
400-1000
Typical Large Mature Tree Dimensions
Height
Diameter
15 FEET
1-2 FEET
400-600 YEARS
AGE
The Introduced CONIFERS
of the
Puget Sound Native Tree
Botanical Garden
White Bark Pine
pinus albicaulis
Introduced to the property in 2019. Very slow growing.
pinus albicaulis
Introduced CONIFERS
DOLPHIN PLACE Specimens
White Bark Pine
1 foot
1"
2020
HIEGHT
DIAMETER
YEAR AQUIRED
within 70 miles, Cascades
Provenance
Needles
Whitebark pine needles are short (1-3 inches), stiff, yellow-green, and grow in bundles of five (fascicles), often clumped at branch tips, feeling smooth in both directions when rubbed (unlike serrated western white pines) and featuring whitish stomata. They remain on the tree for several years, making the tree appear dense and "whitish" from afar.
Cones
Whitebark pine cones are small (2-3 inches), deep purple to brownish-purple, and ovoid (egg-shaped), with thick scales that don't open on their own but are easily broken apart by birds like Clark's Nutcracker to get the large, wingless seeds inside; male cones are small, scarlet, and found lower on the tree.
Bark
The bark of a whitebark pine starts smooth and pale grayish-white on young trees, giving it its name, but becomes thin, scaly, and blocky (like a jigsaw puzzle) with fissures revealing brown inner bark as it matures, eventually forming thin, irregular plates.
pinus albicaulis
pinus albicaulis