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==Conservation status in the United States== Old white pines are treasured in the United States. An American National Natural Landmark, [[Cook Forest State Park]] in Pennsylvania, contains the tallest known tree in the Northeastern United States, a white pine named Longfellow Pine.<ref>{{cite web |last=Luthringer |first=Dale |url=http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna/old_growth_forests_in_pa.htm |title=Old Growth Forests in the Pennsylvania Wilds |access-date=2019-10-15 |archive-date=2019-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190919171724/http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/penna/old_growth_forests_in_pa.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Some white pines in Wisconsin are over 200 years old.<ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Christopher and Barbara |url=https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/menominee-forest-keepers/ |title=Menominee Forest Keepers |access-date=2019-10-15 |archive-date=2019-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015193908/https://www.americanforests.org/magazine/article/menominee-forest-keepers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although widely planted as a landscape tree in the Midwestern states,<ref>Ruh, G., Creswell, T. (2017 Feb.) Tree Diseases: White Pine Decline in Indiana. Purdue Extension. https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-34-W.pdf | https://web.archive.org/web/20200702142925/https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-34-W.pdf</ref> native White pine is listed as "rare or uncommon" in [[Indiana]].<ref name="PLANTS" /><ref>Indiana Department of Natural Resources. (9 March 2020). Endangered, Threatened, and Extirpated Plants of Indiana. https://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepreserve/files/np-etrplants.pdf | https://web.archive.org/web/20200702141630/https://www.in.gov/dnr/naturepreserve/files/np-etrplants.pdf</ref>
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