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Mature white pines intercept almost all the sunlight they receive. They leave a deep litter and grow tall enough so that little light reaches the forest floor even with little gaps between trees. White pines cannot regenerate in their own shade.
In a forest of mature white pines, it is unlikely that any adjacent pines differ widely in age.
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