jack pine

American  

noun

1. a scrubby pine, Pinus banksiana, growing on tracts of poor, rocky land in Canada and the northern U.S., bearing short needles and curved cones.

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jack pine British  

noun

1. a coniferous tree, Pinus banksiana , of North America, having paired needle-like leaves and small cones that remain on the branches for many years: family Pinaceae

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Etymology

Origin of jack pine

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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jack pine

Urging the industry to plant faster-growing but commercially less valuable tree species, like the jack pine, would quicken forest regeneration.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

On Saturday, the wildfire pushed west and southwest, burning through stands of jack pine, mixed pines and oak, threatening multiple buildings.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 4, 2023

But the cold weather forest in northern Minnesota is a place where only the hardiest trees can survive winter: black spruce, jack pine and quaking aspen, to name a few.

From Scientific American ● May 5, 2023

Jackson, then a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University, had called looking for advice on how to tell jack pine from Virginia pine.

From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2021

The land on either side of the wash had once been burnt over and had grown up in brush and scraggly jack pine.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by William Patterson White