Colorado Wild Plants and Fungi
by DaySounds © 2013-16



Pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis)

The seeds grow under the scales of the cones--sometimes 1, sometimes 2 per scale. They
are edible and very nutritious. The wood is excellent to start a campfire, but burns
quickly. The leaves grow in groups of 2 per cluster (at the end of new twigs, the needles
look like 1 per cluster, but in reality there are 2, which are united but become separated
later).

See next page for the Single-Leaf Pinyon Pine.
                                     

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