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The pinyon or piñon pine group grows in southwestern North America, especially in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah, with the single-leaf pinyon pine just reaching into southern Idaho. The trees yield edible nuts , which are a staple food of Native Americans , and widely eaten as a snack and as an ingredient in New Mexican cuisine .
The Colorado pinyon (piñon) grows as the dominant species on 4.8 million acres (19,000 km 2 or 7,300 sq mi) in Colorado, making up 22% of the state's forests. The Colorado pinyon has cultural meaning to agriculture, as strong piñon wood "plow heads" were used to break soil for crop planting at the state's earliest known agricultural settlements.
Pinus monophylla, the single-leaf pinyon, (alternatively spelled piñon) is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to North America. The range is in southernmost Idaho , western Utah , Arizona , southwest New Mexico , Nevada , eastern and southern California and northern Baja California .
Pinus cembroides, also known as pinyon pine, [6] Mexican pinyon, [6] Mexican nut pine, [6] and Mexican stone pine, [6] is a pine in the pinyon pine group. It is a small pine growing to about 20 m (66 ft) with a trunk diameter of up to 50 cm (20 in).
Pine nuts, also called piñón (Spanish:), pinoli (Italian: [piˈnɔːli]), or pignoli, are the edible seeds of pines (family Pinaceae, genus Pinus).According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, only 29 species provide edible nuts, while 20 are traded locally or internationally [1] owing to their seed size being large enough to be worth harvesting; in other pines, the seeds are also ...
Pinon, Piñon, Piñón, or Pinyon may refer to: Pinyon pine (piñon pine), a group of several species of North American pine trees (genus Pinus) the edible pine nuts of these trees; Pinyon-juniper woodland; the edible seeds of the South American evergreen Araucaria araucana; Pastelón, a traditional Puerto Rican layered casserole
Pinus quadrifolia, the Parry pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group native to southernmost California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico, from 33° 30' N south to 30° 30' N. [5] The Parry pinyon has a lifespan of around 200 to 500 years. It is usually found in rocky areas that often have thin soil.
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