SPRING
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SPRING
Early settlers considered the Jack Pine to be an evil tree – probably
Because their crops failed to survive on the poor soil in which this
Tree sometimes grows.
Native Trees of Canada by R.C. Hosie
Copyright Minister of Supply and Services Canada 1979
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The Jack Pine, Pinus banksiana, holds its cones pointing outwards
and they stay closed until gray and lichened and grown into bark, and
fire is needed to spread the tree.
The Guide to Trees of Canada and North America by Alan Mitchell
Copyright Dragon’s World 1987
“And the dead tree gives no shelter.”
- T. S. Eliot 1888 - 1965
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