Apache Pine
Pinus engelmannii
Apache pine is a long-needled pine of Southwestern 'sky island' mountains, its drooping foot-long needles giving a striking, almost tropical look. Fire-adapted and drought-hardy at elevation.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–80 ft
- Spacing
- 25–40 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown, green
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AZ