Piñon pine (Pinus edulis) is New Mexico’s state tree. Slow-growing and long-lived, it supports our native ecosystem. Piñons provide cover for many birds year-round, and the piñon jay and the ...

Global Warming: Heat Could Kill Drought-stressed Trees Fast Date: April 15, 2009 Source: University of Arizona Summary: Widespread die-off of pinyon pine across the southwestern United States ...

Piñon and juniper trees make up the most abundant types of forest in New Mexico. They cover more than 13.6 million acres, and more than half of those acres include piñon groves old enough to ...

PECOS, N.M. (AP) – Mark Quintana gestures into the shady thicket of pine trees. His sons are in there somewhere, he says, along with a few of his cousins. Theirs is a familiar fall scene in ...

Seedling pinon pine trees have sharp blue awl-shaped needles distinctly different from the needles on a mature tree. The juvenile needles of a seedling pine cause people to mistake the baby tree for a ...

A new study finds that man-made noise has ripple effects on plants such as piñon pine, whose natural seed dispersers tend to avoid noisy areas.

We owe gratitude to Utes, Pueblo, Navajo, Shoshone, Cahuilla and Paiute for the knowledge of how to harvest pine nuts, and it is important to acknowledge the historic inhabitants of these lands by ...

Darr says declining Pinyon Jay populations and ongoing drought conditions are threatening piñon pine populations. She predicts if the birds go extinct, the pines will survive in smaller numbers.