Photo of Pinus banksiana (Jack Pine conifer - pin)

Pinus banksiana - Jack Pine conifer - pin  - Trees to 27 m; trunk to 0.6 m diam., straight to crooked; crown becoming irregularly rounded or spreading and flattened. Bark orange- to red-brown, scaly. Branches descending to spreading-ascending, poorly self-pruning; twigs slender, orange-red to red-brown, aging gray-brown, rough. Buds ovoid, red-brown, 0.5-1 cm, resinous; scale margins nearly entire. Leaves 2 per fascicle, spreading or ascending, persisting 2-3 years, 2-5 cm x 1-1.5(2) mm, twisted, yellow-green, all surfaces with fine stomatal lines, margins finely serrulate, apex acute to short-subulate; sheath 0.3-0.6 cm, semipersistent.  Family : Pinaceae

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Author : Paul S Drobot
Photo # : 38778
Online since: June 23th 2021