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PLANTS

Jack pine

Pinus banksiana

Plants
NativeTreePerennialYellow flowers
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24.4 mHeight

Perennial tree reaching 24.4 m. Grows in forests and in conifers.

There are 37,668 observations of Jack pine in Québec, mostly in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in June and August and become rare from November to March.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean9,179
  2. Abitibi-Témiscamingue9,065
  3. Nord-du-Québec7,833
  4. Mauricie5,665
  5. Côte-Nord2,196
  6. Outaouais1,216
  7. Laurentides744
  8. Capitale-Nationale623
  9. Lanaudière540
  10. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine224
  11. Bas-Saint-Laurent222
  12. Centre-du-Québec46
  13. Chaudière-Appalaches34
  14. Montérégie33
  15. Estrie26
  16. Montréal21
  17. Laval1

Habitat

ForestCephas
ConifersMario Hains

Similar species

Scots pinePinus sylvestris
Norway pinePinus resinosa
Eastern white pinePinus strobus
Pitch pinePinus rigida
Mugo pinePinus mugo
Black Hills sprucePicea glauca
TamarackLarix laricina
Austrian pinePinus nigra
Eastern red-cedarJuniperus virginiana
Balsam firAbies balsamea
Blue sprucePicea pungens
Norway sprucePicea abies