Jack Pine Pinus banksiana Lamb.

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Pinus banksiana is easily recognized by the short, fascicled (paired) leaves and the orientation of the cones which point toward the tip of the branch rather than being reflexed as in P. sylvestris.

Author: Herbarium Curator, Cofrin Arboretum Botanist, Academic Staff, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, consulting botanist