The White Pines are a soft wood. The soft blue-green needles are in a bundle of 5 and about 5 inches long. The needles stay on the branches 2 to 4 years. The cones are 5 to 8 inches long without spines.
Older trees have bark that has pieces that are small and rectangular.
The Eastern White Pine, which grows in the north eastern part of the United States, grows to be 75 to 100 feet tall, while the Western White Pine, from the north western part of the United States, grows 100 to 150 feet tall.