Pinus banksiana
jack pine
Silviculture
(silvics courtesy of Silvics Manual, USFS)
Fire
Effects On
(courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Fire Effects)
From Virginia Tech
w/Photos
(Big List courtesy of VT Dendrology)
Species
Documentation and Data
(The BEST conifer data on the Internet, Gymnosperm
Database, Editor C. J. Earle)
North American Timber Types
(courtesy About Forestry)
The Great American
Coniferous Forest
(courtesy About Forestry)
Recent Champion: 56' height, 61' spread, 116" circumf., Lake
Bronson State Park, Minn.
National Register of Big
Trees
Jack
Pine Images
(courtesy of ForestryImages.org)
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Pine Online
(Nurseries selling seedlings online)
Range Map
-The native range of pitch pine, USFS.
Quick Stats
Common Names: Banks-den, Banksian pine,
banksiana-tall, Banks-pijn, banks-tall, black jack pine, black
pine, blackjack pine, British Honduras pitch pine, bull pine,
Canada horn pine, Canada horn-cone pine, Canadian horn
pine, check pine, chek pine, cypres, cypress, eastern
jack-pine, grey pine, Hudson Bay pine, jack pine, jack-pine,
juniper, labrador pine, northern scrub pine, pin chetif, pin de
Banks, pin des rochers, pin gris, pin gris d'Amerique, pino
banksiano, princess pine, scrub pine, Sir Joseph banks pine,
Sir Joseph Banks pine, spruce pine, zwerg-kiefer.
Habitat: It usually grows in even-aged pure or mixed stands on less fertile and drier soils than those required by other native species in its range
Description: a small-to medium-sized coniferous tree of the northern forests of the United States and Canada. It grows farther north than any other American pine and is the most widely distributed pine species in Canada.
Uses: Jack pine is used for pulpwood, box lumber, pallets,
and fuel. Less important uses include railroad crossties, mine
timber, slack cooperage, poles, and posts.
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