Potosi Pinyon

It is a medium-size shrub, reaching 1.5-5 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 25 cm. The bark is grey-brown, thin and scaly at the base of the trunk. The leaves are in fascicles of five, slender, 3-5.5 cm long, and deep green to blue-green, with stomata confined to a bright white band on the inner surfaces.

Pinus culminicola, commonly known as Potosi Pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to northeast Mexico. The range is highly localised, confined to a small area of high summits in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila and Nuevo León, and only abundant on the highest peak, Cerro Potosí (3713 m). It occurs at very high altitudes, from 3000-3700 m, in cool, moist subalpine climate conditions. It is a medium-size shrub, reaching 1. More

* Pinus culminicola – Potosi Pinyon * Pinus remota – Texas Pinyon or Papershell Pinyon * Pinus edulis – Colorado Pinyon or Two-needle Pinyon * Pinus monophylla – Single-leaf Pinyon * Pinus quadrifolia – Parry Pinyon (includes P. juarezensis). More

* Pinus culminicola - Potosi Pinyon * Pinus edulis - Colorado Pinyon * Pinus johannis - Johann's Pinyon (syn. P. More