A new study will explore how pine trees adapt to climate change, with Michigan State researchers aiming to identify and breed ...

A small- to medium-sized species, jack pine (Pinus banksiana) is found in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. This rapidly growing evergreen tree has a small, rounded crown with short ...

Budworm are caterpillars which feed off the needles of jack pine trees ... They are a short-lived species which often reach maturity at 40-55 years. Older trees suffering from multiple stressors ...

Jack pine is a short-lived species. They often reach maturity at 40 to 55 years. Trees older than 45 that grow on sandy sites and endure stressors, like drought, are most vulnerable to budworm ...

a scraggly tree species evolved to require fire to open its cones and regenerate. Foresters use soil-trenching equipment to plant jack pine in a distinctive pattern – high density trees with ...

the trees look bare or even a little gray. The caterpillars also lay their eggs on jack pine needles. Some good, some bad: Michigan DNR updates endangered species list The budworm is native to ...

The Hiawatha National Forest is paying for pinecones of Jack and red pines collected in the U.P. Jack Pine is paid at $60 ... Forest gets ‘glow-up’ with tree removal project ...