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Pinus edulis
Also called Pinyon Pine, Two-needle Pinyon Pine, Twoneedle pinyon, Nut Pine, Pinyon, American Pinon, Piñon Pine
Colorado pinyon is a slow-growing, drought-tolerant native pine of the southwestern US, valued for its large edible seeds and used mainly as a landscape tree in dry climates. Keep it on dry, well-drained ground and avoid overwatering, which spoils its shape.
Pinus edulis, the pinyon pine, Colorado pinyon, or simply pinyon (US: /ˈpɪnjən/ PIN-yuhn, UK: /piːˈnjɒn/ pee-NYON, or /pinˈjɑn/ peen-YAHN), is a species of pinyon pine from the southwestern United States noted for its large, edible seeds. Although all of the species in its section of the pine genus are called pinyon pines this is the species most associated with the name.
The central part of the pinyon pine's native range is in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Arizona forming a primary part of the pinyon–juniper woodlands in these states.
Pinyon nuts are a traditional food of the Western Apache, Hopi, Tewa, and other native peoples of the southwest.
Rocky Mountains Bristlecone Pine · Arizona Pine · Chinese White Pine · Mexican White Pine · Jack pine · Turkish Pine · Lacebark Pine · Canary Islands Pine · Caribbean pine · Swiss Pine · Mexican Pinyon · Sand Pine
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinus edulis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
