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jack pine

noun

Definition of jack pine

: a slender pine (Pinus banksiana) of northern North America that has two stout needles in each fascicle and wood used especially for pulpwood — see cone illustration

Recent Examples on the Web

//Wildfires historically swept through the region every few decades, burning down overgrown jack pines and popping open cones that produced new ones.
— John Flesher, chicagotribune.com, "Once nearly extinct, a yellow-bellied songbird living in the jack pine forests of northern Michigan is coming off the endangered list," 8 Oct. 2019
//Wildfires historically swept through the region every few decades, burning down overgrown jack pines and popping open cones that produced new ones.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, "Once nearly extinct, songbird coming off endangered list," 8 Oct. 2019
//Snow falls in a blanket of diamonds/ all around the shack./ The jack pines sway above as we/ fall asleep close together./ but Mom stays awake/ into the night…whispering/ to/ the/ stars.
— Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, "Readers and writers: Eliza Wheeler builds a charming ‘Home in the Woods’," 28 Sep. 2019
//The property features a mixed forest of mature oak, jack pine, white pine and red pine as well as lowland conifers near the river, including cedar.
— Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan adds 1,000-acre forest near Au Sable to public lands," 8 Aug. 2019
//Kirtland’s warblers lay eggs in nests built on the ground under the low-hanging branches of jack pine trees.
— Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, "Pining for a comeback: Habitat management boosts Kirtland’s warbler numbers," 4 June 2019
//To circumvent this the state instituted tree harvests for some of Michigan’s oldest jack pine and aspen stands about 30 years ago.
— Michigan Wildlife Council, Detroit Free Press, "Seeing the forest for the trees: Healthy forests bring abundant wildlife," 7 Mar. 2018
//The southern pine beetle’s primary targets are pitch pines, red pines and jack pines.
— Washington Post, "Pine-killing southern beetle may be more deadly in North," 10 June 2018
//Regional replanting can include up to 19 native species, from white spruce and jack pine to hemlock and Douglas fir.
— Luc Forsyth, National Geographic, "For Cash and Pride, Replanting Canada's Forests by the Millions," 8 June 2018

First Known Use of jack pine

1863, in the meaning defined above

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