single-leaf pinyon
pinus monophylla latin

Single-leaf Pinyon is the world's only 1-needled pine.

The higher elevations have single-leaf pinyon pine and Jeffrey Pine trees.

They have recently been shown to be a two-needled variant of Single-leaf Pinyon from chemical and genetic evidence.

There the Single-leaf Pinyon was shown to have occurred as early as the Late Wisconsin glacial period.

It is most closely related to the single-leaf pinyon, which hybridises with it occasionally where their ranges meet in western Arizona and Utah.

Pinus monophylla (Single-leaf Pinyon)

Single-leaf Pinyon is also cultivated as an ornamental tree for native plant, drought tolerant, and wildlife gardens, and for natural landscaping.

The reserve also includes areas of Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla)-juniper woodland and pasture land.

Frémont collected a number of plants on his expeditions, including the first recorded discovery of the Single-leaf Pinyon by a European American.

These disruptions included the felling of single-leaf pinyon groves, a major food source for the Paiute, for the mining industry and monopolization of water sources.

Only occurs in Single-leaf Pinyon woods on Eagle Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park.

The Single-leaf Pinyon is one of two official state trees of the U.S. state of Nevada.

State trees: Single-leaf Pinyon pine and Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva)

The area around the Visitor Center is dominated by plants such as sagebrush, saltbush, Single-leaf Pinyon, and Utah Juniper.

Trees found in the range include: Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), and Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla).

Occasional two-needled pinyons in northern Baja California are hybrids between Single-leaf Pinyon and Parry Pinyon.

North-facing high elevation slopes are studded with Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla) and California juniper (Juniperus californica).

Joshua trees are numerous, as well as desert tea, hop sage, cheesebush, deerhorn cholla and in the highest elevations, single-leaf pinyon, big sagebrush and Utah juniper.

Utah Juniper/Single-leaf Pinyon (southern regions) and Mountain Mahogany (northern regions) form open Pinyon-juniper woodland on the slopes of most ranges.

The Single-leaf Pinyon, ( Pinus monophylla ), is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to the United States and northwest Mexico.

At around 5,000 feet, Utah Juniper -Juniperus osteosperma trees and Single-leaf Pinyon - Pinus monophylla are introduced, and above this elevation they dominate the terrain.

The lower elevations of the range are mostly shrublands, but at higher elevations one can find "Pygmy Conifers" and Single-leaf Pinyon pines, in the Pinyon-juniper woodland plant community.

This is the only species of pine with just one needle per fascicle, and this rare and easily observed character is reflected in the specific epithet monophylla and common vernacular name single-leaf pinyon.

Jeffrey Pine is the dominant species as the generally southwest-northeast range has unusual mostly acidic soils (most of Nevada is alkaline with Single-leaf Pinyon Pine and Utah Juniper).

The kilns were located here as the trees Single-leaf Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla) and Utah juniper ( Juniperus osteosperma) dominate the landscape in the upper Panamint Mountains.

It grows here with Pinus monophylla, Juniperus occidentalis, and Fremontodendron californicum.

The reserve also includes areas of Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla)-juniper woodland and pasture land.

Piñons, Pinus monophylla, and camas root, Camassia quamash are traditional vegetable foods for the Lemhi Shoshone.

Trees found in the range include: Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), and Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla).

North-facing high elevation slopes are studded with Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla) and California juniper (Juniperus californica).

The Single-leaf Pinyon, ( Pinus monophylla ), is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to the United States and northwest Mexico.

At around 5,000 feet, Utah Juniper -Juniperus osteosperma trees and Single-leaf Pinyon - Pinus monophylla are introduced, and above this elevation they dominate the terrain.

Archeologist W. Geoffrey Spaulding discovered yucca remains and macrofossils of piñon nuts (Pinus monophylla) at the site in pack rat waste that date between 1990-5210 BP.

In California it is uncommon below 1500 m (5000 ft) in canyons in the Mojave Desert and its sky island pinyon-juniper habitats (Pinus monophylla and Juniperus californica).

Further west up Manhattan Gulch and toward the town of Manhattan, trees become dominant, with juniper and pine species (particularly Pinus monophylla) being prevalent (MINES Group, 2009).

The kilns were located here as the trees Single-leaf Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla) and Utah juniper ( Juniperus osteosperma) dominate the landscape in the upper Panamint Mountains.

Here in the Waterman Hills researchers found that Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus monophylla were early to mid-Holocene dominant trees, while Monardella arizonica has been a continuously present understory plant.

Sierra Juárez contains several coniferous species; the most abundant are: pinus jeffreyi, pinus ponderosa, pinus cembroide, pinus quadrifolia, pinus monophylla, juniperus, arctostaphylos drupacea, artemisa ludoviciana, and adenostoma esparcifolium.

Z. tristis lives under the bark of the desert tamarisk in the Colorado Desert, while Z. granicollis bores into the root crowns of Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi) and single-leaf pine (Pinus monophylla).

One of the most detailed studies has been conducted in the Waterman Mountains of Arizona, where C. holacantha has been documented to have occurred during the Late Wisconsin glacial period, along with dominant trees Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus monophylla.