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

Gorge and stream vanished, the versatile fish faded to blue sky showing through the green needles of a jack pine.

From Somewhere in Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon