ADAPTATION OF EASTERN WHITE PROVENANCES TO PLANTING SITES

Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) is one of the most important tim ber trees in Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada. Provenance and/or genetic variation studies of this species have been underway s ince 1959 (Garrett et al. 1973; Demeritt and Kettlewood 1976, Funk et al. 1975; Thor 1975; Kriebel et al. 1974).