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

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jack pine

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

Today, water from the lake is processed and piped from the treatment plant to about 40 homes and government buildings on the reserve, which is encircled by forests of black spruce and jack pine.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2022

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

A few trees of jack pine, Pinus banksiana Lamb., are found in Lake County.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.