Common Names
Mexican white pine, Arizona white pine, Ayacahuite pine (3), pino (5).Taxonomic notes
Section Cembra (4). Three varieties: ayacahuite , brachyptera and veitchii .Description
Range
SW US to El Salvador (1). See also (6). Some authorities attribute populations of var. brachyptera , found in the U.S. and northern Mexico, to P. strobiformis (4).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986 .(2) Elmore & Janish 1976 (as P.f.r. ).
(3) Peattie 1950 (as P.r. ).
(4) Perry 1991 .
(5) P. 76 in Gentry 1942 .
(6) Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson and Patrick J. Bartlein. 1999. Atlas of Relations Between Climatic Parameters and Distributions of Important Trees and Shrubs in North America. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1650 A&B. URL= http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/ppapers/p1650-a/pages/conifers.html , accessed 22-Jan-2000.
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