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SPECIES: Pinus banksiana | Jack Pine 



ABBREVIATION : 
PINBAN

SYNONYMS : 
   Pinus divaricata (Ait.) Sudw.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   PIBA2


COMMON NAMES : 
   jack pine
   scrub pine
   northern scrub pine
   gray pine
   black pine
   Banksian pine
   Hudson Bay pine
   Banks pine
   princess pine


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of jack pine is Pinus banksiana
Lamb. [48].  A rarely described shrubby form, P. b. forma procumbens
Rouseau, occurs in Quebec and Nova Scotia on rocky headlands [64].  

Jack pine hybridizes with Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta
var. latifolia) where their ranges overlap in central and northwestern
Alberta and in scattered locations in Saskatchewan.  The hybrid is P.  X
murraybanksiana Righter & Stockwell [48].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Jennifer H. Carey, February 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Carey, Jennifer H. 1993. Pinus banksiana. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Pinus banksiana | Jack Pine