Pinus discolor

Common Name: Border Pinyon, Piñon
Oˊodham Name: Huk Audio
Group: Trees － Madrean Woodland

Description

Pinus discolor is a medium to large coniferous tree with needles and cones. The cones produce an abundance of nuts in September making this tree a valuable food source. This species grows above 5500 feet..

Classification

Kingdom Plantae － Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta － Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta － Seed plants

Division Coniferophyta － Conifers

Class Pinopsida

Order Pinales

Family Pinaceae － Pine family

Genus Pinus L. － pine

Species Pinus discolor D.K. Bailey & Hawksw. － border pinyon

More Information

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