Editing Pinus strobus (section)

==== Height ====
''P. strobus'' grows about {{cvt|1|m|ft}} annually between the ages of 15 and 45 years, with slower height increments before and after that age range.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Beck, D.E. |year=1971 |title=Height-Growth Patterns and Site Index of White Pine in the Southern Appalachians |journal=Forest Science |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=252–260 |url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs/1971/00000017/00000002/art00024 |access-date=2014-03-17 |archive-date=2014-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317212325/http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/saf/fs/1971/00000017/00000002/art00024 |url-status=live }}</ref> The tallest presently living specimens are {{cvt|50|–|57.55|m|ftin}} tall, as determined by the [[Native Tree Society]] (NTS).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nativetreesociety.org/ |title=NTS—Native Tree Society |access-date=2009-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817101700/http://www.nativetreesociety.org/ |archive-date=2018-08-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to their exploitation, it was common for white pines in northern Wisconsin to reach heights of over {{cvt|200|ft|m|order=flip}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Curtis |first=John |title=The Vegetation of Wisconsin: An Ordination of Plant Communities |year=1959 |publisher=The University of Wisconsin Press |location=Madison, WI |pages=[https://archive.org/details/vegetationofwisc0000curt/page/204 204]–205 |url=https://archive.org/details/vegetationofwisc0000curt |url-access=registration |isbn=9780299019402}}</ref> Three locations in the Southeastern United States and one site in the Northeastern United States have trees that are {{cvt|55|m|ft}} tall.{{where|date=September 2022}}{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}Common height of 80 feet or more.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grimm |first=William Carey |title=The Book of Trees |publisher=The Stackpole Company |year=1966 |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |pages=41 |language=en}}</ref>

The southern Appalachian Mountains have the most locations and the tallest trees in the present range of ''P. strobus''. One survivor is a specimen known as the "Boogerman Pine" in the [[Cataloochee (Great Smoky Mountains)|Cataloochee Valley]] of [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]]. At {{cvt|57.55|m|ftin}} tall, it is the tallest accurately measured tree in North America east of the [[Rocky Mountains]]{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}, though this conflicts with citations for [[Liriodendron tulipifera]]. It has been climbed and measured by tape drop by the NTS. Before [[Hurricane Opal]] broke its top in October 1995, Boogerman Pine was {{cvt|63|m|ft}} tall, as determined by Will Blozan and Robert Leverett using ground-based measurements.

The tallest specimens in [[Hartwick Pines State Park]] in Michigan are {{cvt|45|–|48|m|ft}} tall.

In the northeastern USA, eight sites in four states currently have trees over {{cvt|48|m|ft}} tall, as confirmed by the NTS. The [[Cook Forest State Park]] of [[Pennsylvania]] has the most numerous collection of {{cvt|45|m|ft}} eastern white pines in the Northeast, with 110 trees measuring that height or more. The park's "Longfellow Pine" is the tallest presently living eastern white pine in the Northeast, at {{cvt|55.96|m|ftin}} tall, as determined by tape drop.<ref>Luthringer, D.J. 2009. Big Trees of Cook Forest. Pennsylvania Forests 100(3):8-12.</ref> The [[Mohawk Trail State Forest]] of Massachusetts has 83 trees measuring {{cvt|45|m|ft}} or more tall, of which six exceed {{cvt|48.8|m|ft}}. The "Jake Swamp Tree" located there is {{cvt|51.54|m|ftin}} tall.<ref>Jake Swamp Tree: 51.54m in August 2008.</ref><ref>The Jake Swamp Tree was climbed and measured by tape drop in November 1998 and October 2001. It was scheduled to be climbed and measured a third time in November 2008.</ref> The NTS maintains precise measurements of it. A private property in [[Claremont, New Hampshire]], has approximately 60 specimens that are at least {{cvt|45|m|ft}}, with the tallest being {{cvt|50.63|m|ft}}.<ref>https://wokq.com/old-strong-and-tall-heres-where-the-largest-tree-in-new-hampshire-lives/}</ref>