Pinus banksiana

Pinaceae Pinus banksiana Lamb.

Etymology
Pinus refers to the Latin name for pines.
banksiana refers to the English naturalist J. Banks, who collected it.

Colloquial Name
Jack pine

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 70, NWT, 71, ABT, MAN, SAS, 72, NBR, NSC, ONT, QUE, 74, MIN, WIS, 75, CNT, INI, MAI, MAS, MIC, NWH, NWJ, NWY, PEN, VER

Habitat
The natural habitats for Pinus banksiana are boreal forests, subarctic forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Pinus banksiana that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 2
Pinus banksiana is hardy to USDA Zone 2 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -45.6C (-50F) to -40C (-40F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Pinus banksiana is stable. There are no known threats for Pinus banksiana.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Pinus banksiana has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Pinus banksiana is Subsect. Contortae. The coordinate taxa for Pinus banksiana are therefore:

Pinus banksiana is further placed under Pinoideae. Pinus banksiana is also placed under Pinaceae.

Cultivars
‘Abš’, ‘Al Johnson’, ‘Angel’, ‘Annae’, ‘Arctis’, ‘Banská Štiavnica’, ‘Beehive’, ‘Bush’s Twister’, ‘Chippewa’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Elkin’s Dwarf’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Flach Creeper’, ‘Girard’s Weeper’, ‘HB Horstmann’, ‘H.J. Welch’, ‘Kimmerholz’, ‘Manomet’, ‘Nana’, ‘Neponset’, ‘Nidiformis’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Repens’, ‘Rochester Weeper’, ‘Schneverdingen’, ‘Schoodic’, ‘Teardrop’, ‘Tucker’s Dwarf’, ‘Uncle Fogy’, ‘Watts Golden’, ‘Weeper’, ‘Welch’, ‘West Hawk Lake’, ‘Winipek’, ‘Wisconsin’