Pinaceae
Western white pine
Pinus monticola
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Genus
- Pinus
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- صنوبر أليف الجبال
- arz
- صنوبر اليف الجبال
- Chinese
- 西部白鬆, 银叶五针松, 加州五针松, 西部白松
- Czech
- Borovice pohorská
- English
- Western white pine, California mountain pine, Silver pine
- Esperanto
- Arĝenta pino
- Estonian
- Läänemänd
- Finnish
- Lännenvalkomänty
- French
- Pin argenté
- German
- Westliche Weymouth-Kiefer
- Hebrew
- אורן לבן מערבי
- Icelandic
- Hvítfura
- Japanese
- モンチコラマツ, アメリカシロマツ
- koi
- Рытвыв чочком пожум
- Lithuanian
- Kalvinė pušis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vestlig hvitfuru
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Vestleg kvitfuru
- Polish
- Sosna zachodnia
- Russian
- Сосна белая западная, Сосна айдахская белая, Сосна горная веймутова
- Swedish
- Vittall
- udm
- Шунды пуксён пал тӧдьы пужым
- Ukrainian
- Сосна гірська веймутова
- Vietnamese
- Thông trắng miền tây
Synonyms
- Pinus grozelieri Carrière
- Pinus monticola f. porphyrocarpa (A.Murray bis) P.Landry
- Pinus monticola var. digitata Lemmon
- Pinus monticola var. minima Lemmon
- Pinus monticola var. porphyrocarpa (A.Murray bis) Mast.
- Pinus porphyrocarpa A.Murray bis
- Pinus strobus subsp. monticola (Douglas ex D.Don) A.E.Murray
- Pinus strobus var. monticola (Douglas ex D.Don) Nutt.
- Strobus monticola (Douglas ex D.Don) Rydb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho, USA, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave Powell, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jordan M., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho, USA, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Brew, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho, USA, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David Anderson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Grant Chovil, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chris Schnepf, University of Idaho, USA, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Megan Blackmore, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Miguel Vieira from Walnut Creek, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.