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Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Found in moist to dry forests, bottomlands, dry, rocky ridges in humid gorges, also planted in timber plantations. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
50–80 feet
Spread
20–40 feet
Light
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to moist

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At a glance

Life cycle
Woody perennial
Leaves
Evergreen
Bloom
April
Fruiting season
August to September

Recorded in 16 West Virginia counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Moist forests

Forests on moist but not wet ground, such as rich slopes and ravines.

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 145 animals.

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

134CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Pinus

  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth
  • Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
  • Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Aplectoides conditaX
  • Archips cerasivoranaCherry Tent Caterpillar, Cherry Worm, Ugly Nest Caterpillar
  • Argyrotaenia pinatubanaPine Tube Moth
  • Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
  • Battaristis vittellaOrange Striped-Back Moth
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  • Callophrys niphonPine Elfin
  • Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
  • Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
  • Caripeta angustiorataBrown Pine Looper Moth
  • Caripeta aretariaSouthern Pine Looper Moth
  • Caripeta divisataGray Spruce Looper Moth
  • Celypha nr.Celypha Moth
  • Choristoneura conflictanaLarge Aspen Tortrix
  • Choristoneura fumiferanaSpruce Budworm Moth
  • Choristoneura pinusJack Pine Budworm
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Citheronia sepulcralisPine-Devil Moth
  • Cladara limitariaMottled Gray Carpet, Yellow-Lined Conifer Looper, Yellow-Lined Forest Looper, Black-Angled Wave
  • Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
  • Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
  • Dasychira vagansVariable Tussock Moth
  • Decantha boreasellaReticulated Decantha Moth
  • Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
  • Dioryctria disclusaWebbing Coneworm
  • Dioryctria merkeliLoblolly Pineconeworm
  • Dioryctria zimmermaniZimmerman Pine Moth
  • Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
  • Elaphria versicolorVariegated Midget
  • Epirrita autumnataThe Autumnal Moth, November Moth
  • Euchlaena madusariaScrub Euchlaena
  • Euchlaena tigrinariaMotted Euchlaena
  • Eucopina cocanaShortleaf Pine Cone Borer
  • Eucopina monitoranaRed Pinecone Borer
  • Eucopina tocullionanaWhite Pine Cone Borer
  • Eufidonia notatariaPowder Moth
  • Eupithecia palpataSmall Pine Looper, Palpata Pug
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Exoteleia pinifoliellaPine Needle Miner
  • Feralia comstockiComstock's Sallow
  • Feralia jocosaJocose Sallow, The Joker
  • Feralia majorMajor Sallow, Pine Sallow
  • Hesperumia sulphurariaSulphur Moth
  • Hydriomena divisariaBlack-Dashed Hydriomena, Transverse-Banded Looper
  • Hydriomena renunciataRenounced Hydriomena
  • Hydriomena transfigurataTransfigured Hydriomena
  • Hypagyrtis estherEsther Moth
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Hypoprepia miniataScarlet-Winged Lichen Moth
  • Hypsopygia intermedialisRed-Shawled Moth
  • Iridopsis vellivolataLarge Purplish Gray
  • Lambdina fervidariaCurve-Lined Looper Moth
  • Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
  • Lambdina pellucidariaYellow-Headed Looper, Eastern Pine Looper
  • Lapara bombycoidesNorthern Pine Sphinx
  • Lapara coniferarumSouthern Pine Sphinx
  • Lithophane baileyiBailey's Pinion
  • Lithophane innominataNameless Pinion
  • Macaria bicolorataBicolored Angle
  • Macaria bisignataRed-Headed Inchworm
  • Macaria distribuariaSouthern Chocolate Angle
  • Macaria granitataGranite Moth
  • Macaria minorataMinor Angle
  • Macaria ulsterataBirch Angle, Peacock Moth
  • Macaria pinistrobataWhite Pine Angle
  • Macaria signariaPale-Marked Angle, Spruce-Fir Looper, Dusky Peacock
  • Macaria transitariaBlurry Chocolate Angle
  • Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
  • Metanema inatomariaPale Metanema
  • Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Nepytia canosariaFalse Hemlock Looper Moth, Evergreen Span Worm
  • Nepytia semiclusariaPine Conelet Looper
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
  • Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
  • Palthis angulalisDark-Spotted Palthis
  • Panthea acronyctoidesBlack Zigzag, Tufted Spruce Caterpillar
  • Panthea furcillaEastern Panthea, Tufted Pine Panthea
  • Paralobesia palliolanaSpruce Mlcromoth
  • Patalene olyzonariaJuniper Geometer
  • Pero morrisonariaMorrison's Pero
  • Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
  • Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
  • Pococera robustellaPine Webworm
  • Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
  • Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
  • Retinia comstockianaPitch Twig Moth
  • Retinia gemistrigulanaGray Retinia
  • Retinia virginianaWenzel's Pitch-Blister Moth
  • Rhyacionia busckanaRed Pine Tip Moth, Red Pine Shoot Borer
  • Rhyacionia frustranaNantucket Pine Tip Moth
  • Rhyacionia rigidanaPitch-Pine Tip Moth
  • Sicya maculariaSharp-Lined Yellow
  • Spaelotis clandestinaClandestine Dart, W-Marked Cutworm
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Sparganothis unifascianaOne-Lined Sparganothis
  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Synanthedon piniPitch Mass Borer
  • Synanthedon scitulaDogwood Borer, Pecan Borer
  • Syndemis afflictanaFall Dead-Leaf Roller, Gray Leafroller, Black-and-Grey Banded Leafroller
  • Syngrapha aliasSpruce Looper, Hooked Silver Y
  • Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Tolype notialisSmall Tolype
  • Trichodezia albovittataWhite-Striped Black
  • Virbia aurantiacaOrange Virbia, Orange Holomelina
  • Xestia badicollisWhite Pine Cutworm, Northern Variable Dart, White Pine Dart, Northern Pine Dart
  • Xestia elimataSouthern Variable Dart, Southern Pine Dart
  • Xestia praeviaEarly Conifer Dart, Praevia Dart
  • Zale bethuneiBethune's Zale
  • Zale confusaConfused Zale
  • Zale duplicataPine False Looper, Banded Zale
  • Zale helataBrown-Spotted Zale
  • Zale metataFawn Virginia Pine Zale
  • Zale metatoidesWashed-Out Zale
  • Zale obliquaOblique Zale
  • Zale squamularisGray-Banded Zale
  • Zale submedianaGray Spring Zale
  • Zanclognatha dentataToothed Zanclognatha, Toothed Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha marthaPine Barrens Zanclognatha, Pine Barrens Fan-Foot
  • Zanclognatha protumnusalisConifer Zanclognatha, Complex Fan-Foot
  • Zelleria haimbachiPine Needle Sheathminer
  • Homosetia marginimaculella
  • Olethreutes coruscana
  • Xenotemna pallorana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Pinus

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
15BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Pinus

  • Alectoris chukarChukar
  • Anthus rubescensAmerican Pipit
  • Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck
  • Coccothraustes vespertinusEvening Grosbeak
  • Conuropsis carolinensisCarolina Parakeet
  • Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
  • Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
  • Gymnorhinus cyanocephalusPinyon Jay
  • Loxia curvirostraRed Crossbill
  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
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  • Nucifraga columbianaClark's Nutcracker
  • Patagioenas fasciataBand-tailed Pigeon
  • Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
  • Rhynchopsitta pachyrhynchaThick-billed Parrot
  • Setophaga pinusPine Warbler
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Pinaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–8b
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
Yellow, green, inconspicuous or red
Growth rate
Rapid
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Dark green
Fruit begins
August
Fruit ends
September

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

White Pine

Conservation status

West Virginia rankS5
Global rankG5
WV statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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