jack pine

P. banksiana is a medium-sized conifer to 15m tall with a slender, conical habit, or, occasionally becoming gnarled and shrubby if grown in poorer soils. The yellowish-green, needle-like leaves in twisted pairs are 2-4cm long. Yellowish-brown cones that are curved at the tips and 3-6cm long, are usually borne in pairs and point forwards along the shoot