Northern Lights #5
Northern Lights #5 has its own Leafly entry and should not be collapsed into the broader Northern Lights label. It appears in the reported histories of Shiva Skunk and Jack Herer. The source genetics panel identifies Afghani, but does not establish a complete authenticated cross.
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Reported effects
Subjective feelings described by readers.
These are subjective reports, not guaranteed effects or medical conclusions. The report total covers the whole profile; individual tag frequencies are unavailable.
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Reported parentage
Afghani is listed in the source genetics panel. The remaining parentage is not established; the Northern Lights family name alone is not a second parent.
Reported parents
AfghaniOpen strain profileAfghani is listed in the source genetics panel. The remaining parentage is not established; the Northern Lights family name alone is not a second parent.
Leafly — Northern Lights #5 identity and lineage ↗Children & later selections 2
Jack HererOpen strain profileLeafly — jack herer ↗
Shiva SkunkOpen strain profileLeafly reports Skunk 1 and Northern Lights #5 as the cross and attributes it to Sensi Seeds. This is a catalog pedigree, not DNA verification.
Leafly — Shiva Skunk identity and lineage ↗How to read these relationships
Parent links describe a reported cross. Ancestry components may be several generations back. A phenotype selection comes from a named line rather than a new two-parent cross. Disputed links retain the uncertainty of their source.
Names in this catalog open a strain profile. Other names open the reference describing the relationship. The family view shows the links currently documented here, not every known descendant.
Cannabinoid profile
Leafly catalog summary values, not laboratory results for a specific sample. A displayed 0% is a rounded source value, not proof of absence. Unlisted cannabinoids remain unknown.
Leafly source ↗ · Checked 2026-09-24Concentrations vary by sample. A cultivar name alone does not establish potency.
Terpenes & aroma
Catalog-listed terpenes. Dominance is shown only where the source states it; percentages are unavailable unless separately recorded.
Similar strains
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Trainwreck is associated by Leafly with Northern California and Mexican, Thai and Afghan ancestry. The source offers more than one story for its name rather than a single documented origin. Its summary classifies it as hybrid, while the narrative uses sativa language; these labels should not settle pedigree. Pine, earthy and woody are displayed reader tags, separate from a terpinolene-led catalog profile. The ancestry remains broader than an authenticated pair of immediate parents.
Ancestry documented ↗Afghani is a regional cannabis name associated with Afghanistan and appears in many reported family histories. A regional name can cover varied material, so this profile does not imply one uniform genetic or chemical sample.
Regional origin ↗
Strawberry Fields exposes a pedigree conflict: its Leafly page calls Strawberry Cough a parent, while the Strawberry Cough page proposes Strawberry Fields in its own background. This entry flags the contradiction instead of drawing a circular family tree. The other parent is described only as an undisclosed indica.
Disputed parentage ↗Compare with related strains
Choose another strain to compare →References & provenance
Editorial review pending. This public profile includes draft descriptions and attributed catalog information; source checks are not independent verification of every claim.
- Leafly — Northern Lights #5 identity and lineage
Afghani is listed in the source genetics panel. The remaining parentage is not established; the Northern Lights family name alone is not a second parent.
Accessed 2026-09-24 - Leafly — northern lights 5 catalog parameters
Leafly catalog summary values, not laboratory results for a specific sample. A displayed 0% is a rounded source value, not proof of absence. Unlisted cannabinoids remain unknown. Terpene names and documented order come from the catalog; concentrations are not supplied. Effects, flavors and negative effects are reader-reported tags. The report count covers the profile as a whole, not individual tags.
Accessed 2026-09-24
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