weymouth pine

Related to weymouth pine: Pinus strobus

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weymouth pine - tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree

American white pine, eastern white pine, Pinus strobus

white pine - any of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine

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Also known as soft pine, northern pine and Weymouth pine, the white pine is most easily identified by its soft, bluish-green 2-5" long needles, which are set in bundles (called fascicles) of five.

Eastern white pine: a monarch among trees

Other species include Atlas Cedar from North Africa, Giant Californian Redwood and Weymouth Pine with its six-inch cones.

Bombs proved to be for the crater good

They became known there as Weymouth Pines. In France, the same trees became known as Pin du Lord.