Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Pinus banksiana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded11 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Lamb.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Descr. Pinus 1: 7 (1803)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1803	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Jack pine	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Pine family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Subarctic America to NC. & NE. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	500 cm	500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 169 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 68, 92, 156, 199, 214, 292, 431, 631, 662, 818, 873, 909, 918, 925	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 239 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 500, 918, 925	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Foliage color	yellow	green, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	medium	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	brown	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth form	Single Stem	Single Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree	Tree · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Rapid	Rapid · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Maximum height	2200 cm	2200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 68, 92, 156, 199, 214, 292, 431, 631, 662, 818, 873, 909, 918, 925	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 258 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 460, 818, 918, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity	empty	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record
Light	empty	6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 52 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 67, 71, 96, 110, 445, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 8.2	pH 8.2 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 6	pH 6 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Soil nutriments	empty	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record
Soil salinity	empty	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	110 cm	110 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432, 662, 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	40.3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 79	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	fuelwood, lumber, naval_stores, nursery_stock, ornamental, other, posts, pulpwood, timber · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	3 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 489	Not on the record

Pinus banksiana Lamb., 1803 43% complete

Jack pine

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