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Mexican Pinyon Pine  Pinus cembroides Zuccarini
     also called Three-leaved or Stoneseed Pinyon Pine

Range:  Highlands of central & northern Mexico to southern Arizona between
4800 & 8000 feet of altitude, southeastern New Mexico, and the Big Bend
regaion of western Texas.

Seeds:  1/2-3/4 in. long, hard shell, chocolate brown & yellow blotched on the
under-surface, cinnamon-brown above, with oily sweet flesh. 

Edibility:  Says Paul Standley:  "  The seeds... are highly esteemed.  They
are very palatable raw, but are improved by roasting, after which they possess
a flavor unexcelled, perhaps, by that of any kind of nut."  From his
description, they're eaten just like people eat sunflower seeds or pumpkin
seeds, by cracking the thin shell with the teeth & spitting the hull out
without use of fingers.

New Mexican Pinyon Pine     Pinus edulis Engelmann
     Also called Colorado, Mesa, Two-leaved, or Common Pinyon Pine

Range:  Foothills & mesas from the Uinta Mountains of Wyoming south thru Utah,
Nevada & Arizona & from southern Colorado thru New Mexico to western Texas &
south to Chihuahua.

Seeds:  wingless, thin-shelled, pale yellowish with reddish-brown markings on
one side, the other dull red-brown, sweet-tasting & oily.  Higher in protein &
carbs than pecans, but lower in fat.

Described by Cabeza de Vaca in 1535 as a native food in the region.

Four-leaved Nut Pine     Pinus quadrifolia Parry
     also called Parry's Nut Pine

Range:  San Pedro Mountains of Baja California, north to the Santa Rosa & San
Jacinto Mountains of Riverside County at 4500-5500 ft. chiefly on the eastern,
desert slopes.

Seeds:  3/8 inch long, chocolate-brown with yeloow blotches.

Most abundant in northern Baja as native food source.

One-leaved Nut Pine      Pinus monophylla Torry & Fremont
     also called Gray, Fremont, Singleleaf or Nevada Nut Pine

Range:  Foothills & lower slopes of desert mountains from southern Idaho thru
Utah & Nevada to northwestern & central Arizona, eastern desert sides of
southern California mountains, northern Baja, at 2000-4000 ft.

Seeds:  1/2-3/4 inch long, thin-shelled, dark chocolate-brown mottled with
yellowish patches, with sweet oily kernels.

Slow grower due to desert environment.  Cones are ripe by end of August.

Walk  in peace,
Wolfmother

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