Southwestern White Pine
Pinus strobiformis
Southwestern white pine is a soft, five-needled pine of Southwestern mountains, bearing large wingless seeds prized by nutcrackers and jays. A handsome, drought-tolerant high-country pine. The large, oil-rich seed is an excellent traditional food, and the inner bark has served as a soup thickener.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 50–80 ft
- Spacing
- 20–35 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- June
- Bloom colors
- yellow, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~201 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AZ, CO, NM, TX
Related native plants
More Pinus species
- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
- Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida)
- Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta)
- Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)
- Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda)