Editing Pinus strobus (section)

==== Diameter ====
[[Diameter at breast height|Diameters]] of the larger pines range from {{cvt|1.0|-|1.6|m|ftin}}, which translates to a circumference (girth) range of {{cvt|3.1|-|5.0|m|ftin}}. However, single-trunked white pines in both the Northeast and Southeast with diameters over {{cvt|1.45|m|ftin}} are exceedingly rare. Notable big pine sites of {{cvt|40|ha}} or less often have no more than two or three trees in the 1.2- to 1.4-m-diameter class. Common diameter of 2-3 feet.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:White pine shedding old foliage in autumn.jpg|thumb|left|White pine boughs, showing annual yellowing and [[abscission]] of older foliage in the autumn, upstate New York, USA]]

Unconfirmed reports from the colonial era gave diameters of virgin white pines of up to {{cvt|8|ft|m|order=flip}}.<ref name=ling>{{cite journal |last=Ling |first=H. |date=2003 |title=The Eastern White Pine |journal=Native Plant Society of NJ Newsletter Winter 2003 |pages=2–3}}</ref>