Eastern White Pine

Thanks everyone!!! I think Dag suggested the correct ID!!!

@All: Here is the link to the pictures I took today:

http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/101...

Lars, yes, you're about the cones. Without more info, I'm stumped. Limber pine doesn't grow in this part of the country, and like white pine, it has five-needled clusters.

This is the typical cone of a Scots Pine:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/913...

It's definetely no Scots Pine - the cones don't match.

Look for little spikes and whitish stripes on the underside. It could be the most common one: Scots pine.

Yes I am in New York. These cones were fairly smooth, but I'll check again today.

J, aren't you in New York? Did the scales have little spikes?

Try to get shots of the branches tips (where usually the new shoots grow), the cones (as you got already), the base of the needles and the bark.

Thanks Lars, I'll do some research.

Ok thanks Mitch: I'll take some more pics today.

The cones don't match with the Eastern White Pine - it's more likely the Limber Pine (shorter cones, different shape of the cone's scales)

@Lars: What should I take a picture of to distinguish the species?

I'd definitely go with what some of these other guys are saying.

I'll measure them and take some more photos today.

No, it's not Pinus strobus, which has needles in clusters of five. How long are the needles? An inch or two?

Thanks Mitch! I think you are right!

Maybe Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus

Could you find something here, Mitch?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Mitch!

It's a pine...but I have no idea which pines you have up there

Cedar?