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Parry Pinyon Pine
Pinus quadrifolia
  
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About Parry Pinyon Pine (Pinus quadrifolia) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Pinus quadrifolia, the Parry pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group native to southernmost California in the United States and northern Baja California in Mexico, from 33 degrees 30' N south to 30 degrees 30' N. It occurs at moderate altitudes from 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft), rarely as low as 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) and as high as 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). It is scarce and often scattered in this region, forming open woodlands, usually mixed with junipers. Other common names include nut pine and fourleaf pinyon pine. Pinus quadrifolia is a small to medium size tree, reaching 8 metres (26 ft) to 15 metres (49 ft) tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 40 centimetres (16 in), rarely more. The bark is thick, rough and scaly. The leaves ('needles') are in fascicles of 4-5, moderately stout, 2. 5 centimetres (0. 98 in)-5. 5 centimetres (2. 2 in) long; glossy dark green with no stomata on the outer face, and a dense bright white band of stomata on the inner surfaces. The cones are globose, 4 centimetres (1. 6 in)-5. 5 centimetres (2. 2 in) long and broad when closed, green at first, ripening yellow to orange-buff when 18-20 months old, with only a small number of thick scales, with typically 5-10 fertile scales. The cones open to 5 centimetres (2. 0 in) to 7 centimetres (2. 8 in) broad when mature, holding the seeds on the scales after opening. The seeds are 10 millimetres (0. 39 in)-14 millimetres (0. 55 in) long, with a thin shell, a white endosperm, and a vestigial 1 millimetre (0. 039 in)-2 millimetres (0. 079 in) wing; they are dispersed by the pinyon jay, which plucks the seeds out of the open cones. The jay, which uses the seeds as a food resource, stores many of the seeds for later use, and some of these stored seeds are not used and are able to grow into new trees.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Tree

Size
Size
26.3 ft tall

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 33 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Callophrys eryphon Image
Western Pine Elfin Callophrys eryphonCallophrys eryphon
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Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
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Antheraea polyphemus Image
Polyphemus moth Antheraea polyphemusAntheraea polyphemus
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Neoalcis californiaria Image
Brown-lined Looper Neoalcis californiariaNeoalcis californiaria
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Orthosia hibisci Image
Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth Orthosia hibisciOrthosia hibisci
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Caripeta aequaliaria Image
Red Girdle Moth Caripeta aequaliariaCaripeta aequaliaria
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Egira perlubens Image
Brown Woodling Egira perlubensEgira perlubens

Landscaping Information
Common uses
Common uses
Hedges

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 9.2" - 27.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.24" - 2.94", Coldest Month: 36.6" - 54.4", Hottest Month: 58.6" - 79.6", Humidity: 0.81" - 29.91", Elevation: 6" - 7892"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Four-needle Pinyon, Fourleaf Pinyon Pine, Nut Pine, Piņon De California


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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