Red pine lumber is not always separated from white pine on the market. 

 The wood is more resinous and darker in colour than white pine, and, being harder 

 and stronger, is more valuable for structural timber. 



PINUS BANKSIANA, Lam. JACK PINE 



Common names : Jack pine, Banksian pine, princess pine, grey pine, 



scrub pine*, cypress* (Quebec and Maritime Provinces), 



juniper* (Quebec). 



French names: Pin gris, pin de Banks, pin chetif, cypres*, pin 



des rochers. 



The jack pine is found right across Canada from Nova Scotia to the Rocky 

 mountains and the valley of the Mackenzie. It reaches its best development as a 

 timber tree in northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. 



In the open or on unfavourable sites the jack pine is small and scrubby, but 

 when growing in pure dense stands it develops a straight, clear trunk and reaches 

 a height of 60 ft. and a diameter of 24 in. It grows on very poor soils and is found 

 growing in pure stands on dry, deep, coarse, sandy lands. It is also found grow- 

 ing on bare, rocky situations in scrubby, open stands. In northwestern Alberta 

 the jack pine meets the lodgepole pine {Finns Murrayana), a tree which it closely 

 resembles and which is sometimes difficult to distinguish from it. For a comparison 

 of these two species see Lodgepole Pine. 



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