Along with aspen, white spruce, tamarack and jack pine are evident. The Nordhouse Dunes are interspersed with woody vegetation such as juniper, jack pine and hemlock. He rode a BSA B33 to a second-place finish in the 1949 Jack Pine Enduro. There is a layer of jack pine and a few black oaks. For example, fire dependent species like lodgepole and jack pine have resin sealed cones. The Nordhouse Dunes are interspersed with woody vegetation such as jack pine, juniper and hemlock. The region is widely forested with white and black spruce, balsam fir and jack pine. Tom Thomson had little to say about "The Jack Pine" or his painting in general. A combination of jack pine and northern pin oak dominated the park before European settlement. Mountain pine beetles inhabit ponderosa, whitebark, lodgepole, Scots, jack pine, and limber pine trees. Their favorite trees are Scots pine, red pine, Jack pine, and Japanese pines. Jack pine cones are usually and curved at the tip. Black spruce, jack pine once again are the main trees of the area. These include&colon; black spruce, white spruce, balsam fir, larch (tamarack), lodgepole pine, and jack pine. Mature jack pine forests are usually open and blueberries are often abundant in the understory.