jack pine
noun
: 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
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The bird nests almost exclusively in jack pine trees in a specific height range.
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Jeanine Santucci, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
Governor Earl Peshtigo River, Crivitz: Red, white and jack pines are the predominate evergreens in this forest in Marinette and Oconto counties in northeastern Wisconsin.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
The Huron forest is susceptible to seasonal forest fires, and home to jack pine trees, which are home to certain Kirtland’s warbler and which drop needles that are extremely flammable.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024
In the afternoon, after weeks of sunshine, severe thunderstorms suddenly rolled over the forest’s vast tracts of black and white spruce, subalpine fir, jack pine, and aspens.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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Jeanine Santucci, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
Governor Earl Peshtigo River, Crivitz: Red, white and jack pines are the predominate evergreens in this forest in Marinette and Oconto counties in northeastern Wisconsin.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
The Huron forest is susceptible to seasonal forest fires, and home to jack pine trees, which are home to certain Kirtland’s warbler and which drop needles that are extremely flammable.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2024
In the afternoon, after weeks of sunshine, severe thunderstorms suddenly rolled over the forest’s vast tracts of black and white spruce, subalpine fir, jack pine, and aspens.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
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“Jack pine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jack%20pine. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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