DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Pinus banksiana | Jack Pine 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Jack pine occurs in Canada and in the north-central and northeastern
United States.  The northern boundary of its range extends east from the
Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories to Cape Breton Island, Nova
Scotia.  Its range extends southwest from Nova Scotia to Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, northern New York, Michigan, extreme northwestern
Indiana, and northeastern Illinois, and northwest through Wisconsin and
Minnesota to Manitoba, Saskatchewan, central Alberta, and extreme
northeastern British Colombia [48].  Jack pine has been planted outside
its native range in the Central States and in Alaska.


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES19  Aspen - birch


STATES : 
     IL  IN  ME  MI  MN  NH  NY  VT  WI  AB
     BC  MB  NB  NT  NS  ON  PE  PQ  SK


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  ALPO  APIS  FIIS  INDU  ISRO
     PIRO  SLBE  VOYA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K093  Great Lakes spruce - fir forest
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K108  Northern hardwoods - spruce forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     1  Jack pine
    12  Black spruce
    14  Northern pin oak
    15  Red pine
    16  Aspen
    18  Paper birch


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Jack pine is a dominant tree in the southern boreal forest region.
Associates are almost always subdominant except for aspen (Populus
spp.), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), and red pine (Pinus resinosa)
which may be codominant [34].

The following published classifications list jack pine as dominant or
codominant: 

The vegetation of Alberta [57]
Field guide to forest ecosystems of west-central Alberta [28]
Virgin plant communities of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area [59]
Plant communities of Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, U.S.A. [46]
The principal plant associations of the Saint Lawrence Valley [32]
The vegetation of Wisconsin [31]
Classification and ordination of southern boreal forests from the 
   Hondo-Slave Lake area of central Alberta [47]
Jack pine-lichen woodland on sandy soils in northern Saskatchewan and
   northeastern Alberta [16]

Related categories for Species: Pinus banksiana | Jack Pine