Branchlet

Buds

Closed cone

Open cone

Name

Pinus nelsonii Shaw, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 36: 122 (1904).
[Nelson's pine]

Description

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Notes

P. nelsonii shares a number of characters with P. pinceana, but differs in the former having persistent needle sheaths, seed cones pointing backwards as opposed to deciduous leaf sheaths and pendulous seed cones in the latter, amongst others.

Natural Distribution

Mexico.