and becomes quite furrowed in older trees. 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 ...

Needles on an affected tree will turn yellow and eventually brown and fall off prematurely (Figure 1). A symptom of white pine decline includes stems that have shriveled or desiccated bark because ...

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 ...