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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 .
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 .
Pinus johannis is a recently described pinyon pine, discovered by Elbert L. Little in 1968 when comparing pinyons growing in Arizona with those of typical Mexican pinyon (Pinus cembroides) in Mexico; he described it as a variety of Mexican pinyon, Pinus cembroides var. bicolor, noting the very different stomatal placing on the leaves; it also differs in needle number, with 3–4 per fascicle ...
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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.
Tracy Neal, a retired horticulturist, hopes a strong year for piñon nut production will help pinyon jays, a bird that plays a key role in the ecosystem by spreading the seeds of piñon trees ...
Board president Matthew Gelazela speaks during the January planning meeting of the South Western School Board, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Penn Township. Students learn best when they feel ...
Orizaba pinyon shows better adaptation to rainy temperate climate like England than Pinus cembroides which grows in dryer habitats. Pinus orizabensis is most closely allied to Johann's pinyon and Potosi pinyon , with which it shares the leaf structure with the stomata confined to the inner faces; it differs from these in the larger cones and ...