White Pine–pinus strobus

image of a White Pine forest.

White Pine is a common tree throughout central and southern Ontario, and is Ontario’s provincial tree. It has long needles (6 to 12 cm) that are soft to the touch and grow in bunches of five.

White Pine has long been used for trim, furniture and lumber, and has a light white, knotty wood. White Pine represents 2.5% of Ontario’s annual harvest, and represents 4% of the provinces total growing stock volume.

Map of White Pine relative occurrence

map of White Pine in Ontario indicating low (light brown), moderate and high (dark green-brown)levels of relative occurrence.

Enlarge map of White Pine relative occurrence

Area and proportion of White Pine in the AOU (area in hectares)

StatisticCrownParks and protected areasOtherTotal
Total Area Containing White Pine2,253,845463,345675,1683,392,358
1-25% of stand1,605,273320,817530,4292,456,519
26-50% of stand478,814112,270111,551702,634
51-75% of stand116,48924,06020,892161,440
76-100% of stand53,2696,19812,29671,764
Average Proportion in All Forest (%)1.93.24.32.2
 550,926117,532121,866790,324

Growing stock volume of White Pine in the AOU (volume in thousands of cubic metres)

StatisticCrownParks and protected areasOtherTotal
Gross Total Volume115,58226,84835,846178,276
Net Merchantable Volume78,15218,59224,086120,831
Current Annual Increment8591602771,297

White Pine working group area by age class

vertical bar chart of White Pine area by age class including brown for Crown, green for park and grey for other.