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Jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) is the most widely distributed pine in Canada (Farrah, 1995). Its range extends from the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia through central Canada and the Lake States, USA, to the Mackenzie River valley in the Northwest Territories (Rudolf and Yeatman, 1982). It is a common tree on poor quality, sandy, shallow, and dry sites, and occurs in pure stands or mixed with other shade-tolerant species. In boreal regions, the serotinous cones remain closed for many years; thus, natural regeneration usually takes place after a forest fire (Morgenstern, 1996). Taxonomically, jack pine is a member of subsection Contortae within the genus Pinus, and, therefore, closely related to P. contorta, P. virginiana, and P. clausa (Critchfield and Little, 1966). In central Alberta, where the range of jack pine overlaps with P. contorta, natural hybrids occur (Moss, 1949).
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Park, Y.S. et al. (1999). Somatic Embroygenesis in Jack Pine (Pinus Banksiana Lamb). In: Jain, S.M., Gupta, P.K., Newton, R.J. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3032-7_21
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