Pinaceae

Jack pine

Pinus banksiana Lamb.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus

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Common names

By language (32)

Armenian: Սոճի բանկսի
azb: بانکس شامی
Azerbaijani: Banks şamı
Belarusian: Хвоя Банкса
Chinese: 北美短叶松, 短叶松
Czech: Borovice Banksova, Banksovka
Dutch: Struikden
English: Jack pine, Grey pine, Hudson bay pine, Scrub pine
Esperanto: Banks-pino
Estonian: Hall mänd
Finnish: Banksinmänty
French: Pin gris, Pin de Banks
German: Banks-Kiefer, Banks Kiefer
Hebrew: אורן בנקס
Hungarian: Banks-fenyő
Icelandic: Gráfura
Italian: Pino di Banks
Japanese: バンクスマツ
koi: Банкс пожум
Lithuanian: Bankso pušis
Malayalam: ജാക്ക് പൈൻ, ഗ്രേപൈൻ, സ്ക്രബ്പൈൻ
Norwegian Bokmål: Banksfuru
Persian: کاج خاکستری
Polish: Sosna Banksa
Romanian: Pin roșu
Russian: Сосна Банкса
Slovak: Borovica Banksova
Spanish: Pino de Banks
Swedish: Banksianatall
Turkish: Banks çamı
udm: Банкс пужым
Ukrainian: Сосна Банкса

Synonyms

Pinus banksiana f. procumbens J.Rousseau
Pinus divaricata (hort. ex Aiton) Dum.Cours.
Pinus divaricata (hort. ex Aiton) Sudw.
Pinus divaricata f. procumbens (J.Rousseau) B.Boivin
Pinus hudsonica Poir.
Pinus rupestris F.Michx.
Pinus sylvestris var. divaricata hort. ex Aiton

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: DDumais, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.