Pinon Pine

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Pinon Pine-Pinus monophylla. A native conifer that can grow in elevations up to 8,500 feet on poor, arid, drought soils. Slow growing but long lived. Can grow up to 15 ft tall. Irregular shaped crown.
All species are small bushy evergreen trees with short trunk, horizontal branching and rounded crowns. Found in semi-arid regions of the west. Sometimes called Mexican Nut Pine, it is native to both Arizona and New Mexico, where the seeds are harvested and sold as nuts, although the tree does not bear cones and nuts every year. Once a staple food of southwestern Indigenous Peoples, Piñon ranks first among the native nut trees of the United States that are not also cultivated. In autumn, pine nuts are harvested by local residents for local and gourmet markets. It occurs in mixed or pure stands of woodland in foothills, mesas or canyons, & often on dry, rocky ridges. It does well in cultivation, a wide variety of soil and moisture conditions, is winter-hardy, slow-growing, and very long-lived.