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Last Year’s Cones of the Western White Pine
In our neck of the woods the cones of this pine tree are the largest cones we can find and can reach up to 30cm long. They are great to bring in the house at Christmas time because those white ends of the “scales” are actually resin and fill the house with a lovely pine scent. Lucky to find this specimen right next to the road and have it laden with cones.
Western white pine, also called silver pine, and California mountain pine, in the family Pinaceae, is a species of pine that occurs in the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically the Sierra Nevada, the Cascade Range, the Coast Range, and the northern Rocky Mountains. The tree extends down to sea level in many areas, particularly in Oregon and Washington.
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