PINE PINON 5'
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PINYON PINE, TWO-NEEDLE PINON PINE
PINUS EDULIS
USDA HARDINESS ZONE: 5A: TO 8A
HEIGHT:
20-30 FT.
30-40 FT.
OVER 40 FT.
SPACING:
15-20 FT.
20-30 FT.
SUN EXPOSURE: FULL SUN
FOLIAGE: EVERGREEN
OTHER DETAILS:
DROUGHT-TOLERANT; SUITABLE FOR XERISCAPING
NEEDLES ARE SHORT (1.2 TO 2 INCHES) AND PRACTICALLY ALWAYS CLUSTERED IN TWOS. THE SHINY CONES, WHICH USUALLY GROW SINGLY AT THE ENDS OF BRANCHLETS, OPEN WIDELY AS THEY DRY, RELEASING AROUND TWO DOZEN THIN-SHELLED WINGLESS SEEDS. THE BARK IS DARK AND ROUGH.
IF THE WINTER-SPRING IS WET, THE PI0ON WILL PRODUCE A GOOD CROP OF PI0ONES (PI0ON NUTS) THE FOLLOWING YEAR BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER.
A NATIVE TO HIGH PLAINS, MESAS, PLATEAUS (SUCH AS THE IMMENSE COLORADO PLATEAU), CANYONS, FOOTHILLS AND LOWER MOUNTAIN SLOPES, THE PINION PINE REQUIRES LITTLE WATER, PRODUCES WONDERFUL CONES (BOTH MALE AND FEMALE) AND THE NUTS TEND TO BE LARGE FOR PINE, AND QUITE EDIBLE AND TASTY.
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- Part Number
- PINEPINO05
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