General characteristics:

The Western White Pine ranges in height from 120 to 180 feet. Typically, it is free of branches from 1/3rd to 1/2 of its length. The bark of this tree is greyish green and often resin blisters are evident. This species is suseptible to white pine blister rust.

Needles occur in bundles of FIVE and the needles are somewhat finer than other pines like the Lodgepole or Ponderosa pines.

The large cone shown on the left side of the photo is a Western White Pine cone. It is usually curved as shown, and is many times the length of the Douglas-fir or the Mountain Hemlock cones which appear on the lower right side of the photograph.