Its colors
green, yellow-brown inner needles on white pine
no picture of it this autumn yet
When it turns here
this year, by the model, the forest here peaks about Oct 7, 2026.
Model of Oct 27, 2026.
How long it holds
Evergreen.
Where it grows thickest
The lower country of the whole region: white pine on sandy soils and old fields from Maine (the Pine Tree State) to Pennsylvania and through central and southern Ontario, hemlock in gullies, by swamps and on north-facing slopes.
sandy soils; gullies and north slopes
its range outline comes to this page
By height
White pine from sea level to about 460 m (1,500 ft) in New England and New York, occasionally higher; the Silvics chapter gives hemlock a range from sea level to about 730 m (2,400 ft) in the northeast.
From the road
Tall white pines with wispy, upturned branches standing above the colored canopy, and dense dark hemlock in gullies and on north slopes, the green that frames the color.
Its pictures this autumn
The sources’ own words
Conifers provide the green backdrop during the autumn color changes in New England forests. These are principally white pine and hemlock, although other pines may be introduced in plantations.
This large evergreen tree is very common in forests throughout this region. It has five needles in each cluster. Each autumn, one-third to one-half of its needles turn yellow-brown and drop.
This large evergreen tree has short single flat needles and is very tolerant of shade. It is common around swamps, in gullies and on north-facing slopes. It drops a small percentage of its needles in the autumn.
In New England and New York, white pine generally grows at elevations between sea level and 460 m (1,500 ft), occasionally higher.
In New England, white pine frequently pioneers on abandoned agricultural land but only on the well-drained to excessively drained deposits-outwash, sandy tills, and shallow bedrock.
The abundance and value of eastern white pine, Pinus strobes L., in Maine has caused it to be known as the Pine Tree State.
White pine is Ontario's provincial tree and is common throughout central and southern Ontario.
North facing slopes in the Sugar Maple forest can sometimes be green from large Hemlock stands, or the green of an occasional giant White Pine towering above the reds and oranges of the Sugar Maples.
A large tree with a very straight trunk often reaching well over 100 feet in height. The crown is conical when young, later developing wispy, horizontal, upturning branches.
A medium sized tree with a dense, conical crown, fine branches and a drooping terminal shoot reaching up to 80 feet tall, typically a poor natural pruner.