Jack Pine Pinus banksiana - Jack Pine Trees

The jack pine is also called scrub pine, Banksian pine or Hudson Bay pine.

Description

General - medium to large-sized, averaging 17 - 20 m (55 - 65 ft) high, evergreen conifer. Crown small, irregular; dead branches self-prune poorly. Cones are retained for several years, resulting in a coarse appearance. Trunk bark at first dark and scaly, later develops scaly ridges. Branchlets yellow to greenish-brown when young, turning gray-brown with age; very resinous buds.

Ulf T. Runesson

Faculty of Natural
Resources Management,
Lakehead University

955 Oliver Road,
Thunder Bay, Ontario,
Canada P7B 5E1

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