Jack Pine

Pinus banksiana Lamb. - Pine family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 75.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree

Features

Flower Color: Red, Yellow

Bloom Time: Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Jack Pine: Acronicta oblinita, Amorbia humerosana, Anacamptodes vellivolata, Aphelia alleniana, Archips packardiana, Argyrotaenia niscana, Argyrotaenia tabulana, Callophrys eryphon, Callophrys eryphon eryphon, Callophrys niphon, Callophrys niphon clarki, Campaea perlata, Caripeta angustiorata, Caripeta divisata, Caripeta piniata, Choristoneura conflictana, Choristoneura fumiferana, Choristoneura pinus, Choristoneura rosaceana, Cingilia catenaria, Cladara limitaria, Clepsis persicana, Coleotechnites canusella, Coleotechnites coniferella, Coleotechnites resinosae, Cydia toreuta, Dasychira leucophaea, Dasychira manto, Dasychira pinicola, Dasychira plagiata, Dasychira vagans, Dioryctria abietivorella, Dioryctria banksiella, Dioryctria disclusa, Dioryctria ponderosae, Dioryctria reniculella, Dolichomia thymetusalis, Eacles imperialis pini, Ectropis crepuscularia, Eilema bicolor, Elaphria versicolor, Euchlaena madusaria, Eucosma gloriola, Eucosma monitorana, Eucosma sonomana, Eufidonia notataria, Eupithecia annulata, Eupithecia filmata, Eupithecia gibsonata, Eupithecia palpata, Exoteleia dodecella, Exoteleia pinifoliella, Feralia jocosa, Holcocera immaculella, Hypagyrtis piniata, Hypoprepia miniata, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria, Lapara bombycoides, Litholomia napaea, Lithophane baileyi, Lithophane lepida, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma disstria, Nematocampa filamentaria, Nepytia canosaria, Orgyia antiqua, Orthosia hibisci, Palthis angulalis, Panthea acronyctoides, Panthea furcilla, Panthea pallescens centralis, Papestra quadrata, Paralobesia piceana, Petrova albicapitana, Petrova comstockiana, Petrova pallipennis, Petrova wenzeli, Platynota idaeusalis, Pococera robustella, Prochoerodes transversata, Protoboarmia porcelaria, Protoboarmia porcelaria indicataria, Rhyacionia aktita, Rhyacionia busckana, Rhyacionia bushnelli, Rhyacionia frustrana, Rhyacionia granti, Rhyacionia sonia, Semiothisa banksianae, Semiothisa bicolorata, Semiothisa bisignata, Semiothisa distribuaria, Semiothisa granitata-group, Semiothisa minorata, Semiothisa oweni, Semiothisa perplexa, Semiothisa transitaria, Sparganothis sulfureana, Sparganothis tristriata, Sparganothis unifasciana, Synanthedon pini, Syngrapha abstrusa, Syngrapha alias, Syngrapha epigaea, Syngrapha selecta, Tolype laricis, Xestia elimata, Xestia perquiritata, Zale duplicata, Zale galbanata, Zale lunata, Zale obliqua, Zale submediana, Zanclognatha protumnusalis, Zeiraphera diniana, Zelleria haimbachi

Native Range

  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan
  • USA:  Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.