GRAY PINE; JACK PINE; SCRUB PINE (Pinus divaricata, D\. 

 Mont de Cours). 40 to 70 feet. Tall tree with open, sym- 

 metrical head, or crouching, sprawling habit; branches long, 

 spreading, made ragged by the clumps of old cones, and shed- 

 ding, rusty foliage. Bark rough, thin, reddish. Wood light, 

 orange or pale brown to white, weak, close-grained, used for 

 canoe frames by Indians, for railroad ties and fuel. Leaves 

 rarely 2 inches long, in 2's, the bundles scattered, yellowish 

 green, becoming dark and rusty gray, falling irregularly for 

 several years. Flowers staminate pale yellow spikes, crowded; 

 pistillate clustered, dark purple cones, on new growth. Fruits 

 tapering, curved, without stems, erect, purple, becoming yel- 

 low, shining, with minute prickles. Dist.: Northern Canada 

 to middle of northern tier of states, and west to the Athabasca 

 River. Forests of it cover barren plains in Michigan and in 

 the far North. 



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