Pinus edulis
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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.Pinus edulis, Engelm. (Caryopitys edulis, Small). Nut Pine. Fig. 2966. Small tree, 10-20 or occasionally to 40 ft., with horizontal branches, bushy when young, with low, round-topped head in old age: branch- lets light yellowish brown, puberulous at first: lvs. 2-3, rigid, dark green, 3/4 -1 1/2 in long: cones almost sessile, broadly ovate, greenish yellow, lustrous, about 1 1/2 in. long; apophysis pyramidal, strongly keeled; umbo with minute recurved tip; seed Hin. long, with narrow wing remaining attached to the scale. Colo, to N. Mex. and Texas. S.S. 11:552. F.E. 29:205.—Hardy as far north as Mass., forming a slow-growing and compact bush. The seeds are an important article of food among the Indians. Var. albo-variegata, Hort., has white lvs. mixed with the green ones.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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