The eastern white pine adds a ring of side branches and a terminal shoot yearly with age. The cones of this species are up to eight inches long, have relatively thin scales and are often covered with ...

Showy pink-red feathers on the male’s head, chest and back, and bold black-and-white bars on its ... Learn how to identify a rose-breasted grosbeak. Pine grosbeaks breed in evergreen forests ...

The tree is primarily threatened by an introduced fungal pathogen known as white pine blister rust. It is increasingly threatened by climate change, which is leading to increased fires and mountain ...