White Pine (Pinus strobus)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Pink, Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Flowers, Bark/Inner Bark

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

flavouring in cooking. — Seed - raw or cooked.; Rather small and fiddly, it is only about 6mm long.; The seed is mainly used as a flavouring in cooking.; The fresh needles are brewed into an aromatic tea that is rich in vitamins A and C.

Habitat & North American Range

Woods, especially on sandy drift soils or fertile well-drained soils, sometimes on river banks and rarely in swamps. Often forming dense forests. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)