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<br />White Fine - - -- -Finns strobus
<br />Jlle White Pine is a fast g-rowim, (2 -3 it per sear or more) t' !rgreen that has,
<br />needles of f rom 3 -6 inches long anti are a rranged in bundles of'{iwe oil the
<br />stern. In Sep -Oct this pine "sheds — all of its rce:dles that z r aw out the
<br />previous year. fliese needles make etcellent mulch bt €t are also -,,cry
<br />flammable, so fire and `parks must tie kept away Front the base of these trees.
<br />When i_�rown in file open its branches extend to the. ;ground. � %hen grown it)
<br />windbreaks they usually looses these lnaacrbranches. aahich is common i the
<br />pine faintly. It t5 a natlae of tio rthern third of the US extending as far south as
<br />the mountains in Geoq,lia.
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<br />It will prim up to 80 fi fall ' and 25 f(
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<br />F ';. ^ , sue " }�r IncJics are; slis fitly br'sttle and c; €n ",., '` f ;Y< "
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<br />windstorms. it can liv over 100
<br />,ears i3€ windbreak but tist€aliv has a .
<br />shorter lifespan beer €tile of'being
<br />brest:c °n tip 1 >y wind and ie= stt}rnns.
<br />Oil a well ofi-ained, moist Soil this species will outgroaw any other evergreen
<br />° t n that can be planted there, and a 1 0 year oltJ lice can be 2 {} It EaIE. Deer will
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<br />; ., ct : `: p� .;" readily eat this species and clue to all the new `growth coming out of file very
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<br />"•i tip oft€ branch, browsing can severely deform or kill this plant.
<br />It will , —,rote well in hardiness zones from 3-7 and will groaw quite fast in
<br />most soils. it prefi rs a well- drained boil and sloes not like to haw e its routs
<br />.: • "�� ` �� ^ °..r' eC too to °et, Oil clan soils they seers to olo quite c ell but tthen a tact year comes
<br />k x e ,ttons� have seen some de:vhs of^wtl- -3 trees and I blame it cite fine clan soil
<br />g :�� holding loo € uch moisture causin�o root death, Ilave wen them growing on
<br />l.f <::.: `''.'.; ' 1'l l soils of III to Q but are thin and showw sign, of cJnlc7rci5is. soils (if 7.5 Pit
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<br />Al&" ,, i „,» ' ttncI l +c }oaa. sire In(rclt preferivet.
<br />7165 W lit €' fine tis with rill11hies and
<br />rrrbon -ittle is "she dldfill; "rill rjt"tlrt The White trine can grow well in sand\ conditions where the spruce would
<br />rr�ds'rlr that rt 'd3' dirt tt7c ltrcritrirs 1 t'in's not du as as ell° it is clttite adaptable to dJr°y er sites if rim planted to closely
<br />This Ittpy; em chirirdh .' cps idolOc•t. rtr,tl logether ( 141 It dues have ? disease problems such a5 the blister rust and
<br />is rior•imit, lliesr clrojlj cd1 need h's do white Dine weevil, Be#bre planting it is hest to check other 'White }"line in the
<br />rr u t di raise onrdeli below rift' tre'c.°t- emit arezi and see if they have any disease problems, and check with your county
<br />art',S'omt'timeS tt t? 2tI.S'ran('c.' in the' ar11 \fifer ii)[n \went (dr t }dc It }efdl S!((l3tlftri,
<br />and van be wort lunntiable
<br />.t 'IC( tall potted white fine tree can he over } ' #'t tall in 5 years, in good hail,
<br />asith adequate moisture and total tweed} and m ass control Spacin_--single rots -16 fl apam. Double row -181) llett+ecn
<br />rtnts and plants, Multiple rows -with or more between trees and rddta ,,
<br />The White pine tree is ad recommended windbreak tree with its ("list 21`0\401 aindl adaptathility. On a scweral rata
<br />twindbrcak I would use other species atonw" w ith this one a €mi would consider deer activi - ty in the arc<a as theey ca
<br />sewercly inhibit growth.
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