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Cone about 5 cm long on a tree in Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona [C.J. Earle, 1989].
Pinus leiophylla Schiede et Deppe

Common Names

Chihuahua pine, ocote blanco, ocote chino, pino real (1).

Taxonomic notes

Two varieties, leiophylla and chihuahuana .

Description

Range

Mexico at 1500 to 2500 m (2). See also (3).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

One of the few pines that can resprout from cut stumps (2).

Citations

(1) Elmore & Janish 1976 .

(2) Little 1980 .

(3) 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.

See also Farjon & Styles 1997 and Perry 1991 .


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/pi/pin/leiophylla.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail: earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 28-Jan-2000

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