Pinus banksiana

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pinus banksiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pinus banksiana, Lamb. (P. divaricata, Dum.-Cours.). Jack Pine. Tree, to 70 ft., usually lower, sometimes shrubby, with slender spreading branches, forming broad open head: branchlets yellowish to purplish brown: winter buds oblong-ovate, light brown, very resinous: lvs. stiff, twisted, spreading, acute or obtusish, dark or bright green, about 1 in. long: cones conic- oblong, usually curved, pale yellow-brown and lustrous, unarmed, 1 1/2 - 2 in. long, remaining on the tree for 12- 15 years; apophysis flattened, with a transverse line and a small dark obtuse umbo; seed black, 3/8 in. long. Hudson Bay to N. Y., west to Minn. S.S. 11:588.—The most northern of all American pines and quite hardy, but not of much ornamental value. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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