Pinaceae

Eastern white pine

Pinus strobus L.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus

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Common names

By language (43)

Arabic: الصنوبر الأبيض
arz: صنوبر ستروبوس
azb: وئیموت شامی
Azerbaijani: Veymutov şamı
Basque: Weymouth pinu
Belarusian: Хвоя веймутава
Bulgarian: Веймутов бор
Catalan: Pin blanc
Chinese: 北美乔松, 北美喬松, 美国五针松, 美国白松
Croatian: Američki borovac
Czech: Borovice vejmutovka, Vejmutovka
Danish: Weymouth-Fyr, Weymouthfyr
Dutch: Weymouthden
English: Eastern white pine, Northern white pine, Soft pine, Weymouth pine, White pine
Esperanto: Vejmuta pino
Estonian: Valge mänd
Finnish: Strobusmänty
French: Pin blanc, Pin blanc d'Amérique, Pin de Weymouth, Pin du Lord
German: Pin blanc, Seidenföhre, Seidenkiefer, Streichelkiefer, Weymouth-Kiefer, Weymouthkiefer, Weymouths-Kiefer, Weymouthskiefer
Hebrew: אורן לבן
hsb: Židźana chójna
Hungarian: Simafenyő
Icelandic: Sandfura
Indonesian: Tusam putih
Italian: Pino bianco orientale, Pino di Weymouth, Pino strobo
Japanese: ストローブマツ
koi: Асыввыв чочком пожум, Веймут пожум
Korean: 스트로브잣나무
Lithuanian: Veimutinė pušis, Pin blanc
Norwegian Bokmål: Weymouthfuru
Persian: کاج نرم
Polish: Sosna wejmutka
Russian: Сосна веймутова, Ваймутова сосна, Веймутова сосна, Сосна белая восточная, Сосна Веймута
Serbian: Вајмутов бор
Serbian (Latin): Američki borovac
Slovak: Borovica hladká
Slovenian: Gladki bor, Weymouthov bor, Zeleni bor
Spanish: Pino blanco americano, Pino canadiense, Pino de Weymouth, Pino estrobo
Swedish: Weymouthtall, Pin blanc
Turkish: Veymut çamı
udm: Шунды ӝужан пал тӧдьы пужым, Шунды ӝужан тӧдьы пужым
Ukrainian: Сосна Веймута, Веймутова сосна, Сосна Веймутова, Сосна-веймутка, Сосна-веймутівка, Східна біла сосна
Welsh: Pinwydden wen

Synonyms

Leucopitys strobus (L.) Nieuwl.
Pinus nivea Booth ex Carrière
Pinus strobus f. brevifolia (Carrière) Rehder
Pinus strobus f. fastigiata (Beissn.) Beissn.
Pinus strobus f. glauca Voss
Pinus strobus f. prostrata Fernald & Weath.
Pinus strobus f. strobus
Pinus strobus f. umbraculifera (Carrière) Beissn.
Pinus strobus subsp. cumberlandensis Silba
Pinus strobus var. brevifolia Carrière
Pinus strobus var. fastigiata Beissn.
Pinus strobus var. umbraculifera Carrière
Pinus tenuifolia Salisb.
Pinus umbraculifera K.Koch
Strobus strobus (L.) Small
Strobus weymouthiana (L.) Opiz

Flowers

Flower colour: red (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Emm Baum, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: MILADA JILKOVA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Pierre Dargis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: stef90, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.