Mexican Pinyon
Pinus cembroides
Mexican pinyon is a compact, drought-hardy pine of Southwestern highlands bearing large, sweet, edible pine nuts. Slow and long-lived, ideal for low-water gardens on lean soils.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 25–25 ft
- Spacing
- 15–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- NM, TX
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