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

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

In the northern forest the timber is black and white spruce, larch or tamarack, jack pine, aspen or white poplar, balsam or black poplar, and white birch.

From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior