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Pinus maximartinezii
Also called Martinez Pinyon, Maxipiñon
Big-cone pinyon is a small, slow-growing pine from a few mountain pockets in west-central Mexico, prized for its huge cones and large edible seeds. It is endangered in the wild and rarely grown outside its native range or specialist collections.
Pinus maximartinezii, called Martinez pinyon, big-cone pinyon or maxipiñon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to west-central Mexico.
The range is highly localised, confined to two small areas of the southern Sierra Madre Occidental – the Sierra de Morones in southern Zacatecas, and La Muralla in Durango. It occurs at moderate altitudes, from 1800–2400 m and 21° North latitude, in warm and temperate, dry climate conditions.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinus maximartinezii 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.
