Pinus edulis two-needle pinyon pine
Seven Oaks Native Nursery
29730 Harvest Drive SW
Albany, OR 97321
Phone: 541-757-6520
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slow growing conifer that can grow in the form of a tree at higher elevations or a multi-stemmed shrubby form at lower elevations. Crown is compact, rounded and spreading. Bark is slightly furrowed and reddish brown. The yellow green to blue green needle-like leaves are short and in fascicles of two. The whole plant is usually wide and short. Squat and woody seed cones are produced when a tree is 25 years of age and take 2 years to mature. The seeds rest in a deep cone-scale, do not readily fall out and are completely dependent on birds that gather, cache and eat the seeds for distribution. Seeds are edible and considered a delicacy, commonly known as pine nuts.
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