Mexican Pinyon
Pinus cembroidesMexican Pinyon is a tree native to Central Texas that grows 20–30 ft tall and 20 ft wide. It wants full sun and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms yellow in spring. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter. Good for birds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 20–30 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Bloom
- Spring · yellow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Soil
- Takes caliche and clay · recorded on caliche, clay, dry, limestone, loam, rocky, sand
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
No Level IV record in the launch area yet. Recorded in these Texas ecoregions:
1 occurrence record in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.
also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.