Botanical Name: Pinus edulus
Family: Pinaceae
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- Native
- Evergreen
- Reaching 15 – 35′ in height
- Tolerant of drought
- Edible nuts
- Insect Pest and Major Diseases : Pinyon Needle Scale (Matsucoccus acalyptus) Armillaria Root Disease (Armillaria spp.), Pinyon Decline, Black stain Root Disease (Leptographium wagneri), Dwarf Mistletoe (Arceuthobium divaricatum), Pinyon Spindlegall Midge (Pinyonia edulicola), Pinyon Pitch Nodule Moth (Retinia arizonensis), Pinyon Tip Moth (Dioryctria albovittella),
- Zones 5-8