white pine
Broadly refers to several soft-wooded pines prized for timber, most famously Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) in North America, which was so valued by the British Crown that colonial trees were marked with the King's Broad Arrow.
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Broadly refers to several soft-wooded pines prized for timber, most famously Pinus strobus (eastern white pine) in North America, which was so valued by the British Crown that colonial trees were marked with the King's Broad Arrow. The name signals pale, lightweight wood compared to denser yellow or hard pines.
The old barn was framed entirely in white pine, still solid after two centuries.
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Any species of the subgenus.
“Macro photo of the needles of a white pine tree. #unedited #pine #forestphotography #naturephotography #fineartphotography”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(New Zealand, dated) kahikatea.
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