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Mexican Pistache

Pistacia mexicana

Mexican pistache is a graceful, compound-leaved small tree of the Texas-Mexico borderlands with brilliant fall color and fruit for birds, drought-hardy and underused as a shade tree.

Family
Anacardiaceae
Type
tree
Lifespan
perennial
Height
15–30 ft
Spacing
15–25 ft apart
Light
sun
Soil moisture
dry
Soil pH
neutral, alkaline
Bloom
March, April
Bloom colors
red, green
Wildlife value
songbirds
Landscape uses
specimen, hedge or screen
Native states
TX