Tree about 8 m tall, 25 cm dbh, growing at 1800 m elev. near N base of Nevado de Colima [C.J. Earle, 2005.02.14].
Bark on the above tree [C.J. Earle, 2005.02.14].
Foliar units on above tree [C.J. Earle, 2005.02.14].
Nearly mature cones on the tree above [C.J. Earle, 2005.02.14].
Cone from above tree [C.J. Earle, 2005.02.15].
Cone scale, abaxial view, from above tree [C.J. Earle, 2005.02.15].
Distribution of P. michoacana (= devoniana) (Critchfield and Little 1966).
Pinus devoniana
Many synonyms (see Farjon 1998 for the full listing), of which you are only likely to encounter P. michoacana Martínez 1944, or one of the many varieties and formae of P. michoacana described by Martínez.
Mexico: Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas (Perry 1991, Farjon and Styles 1997). See also Thompson et al. (1999) (as P. michoacana).
This species is a principal host to the dwarf mistletoes Arceuthobium aureum subsp. petersonii (in Oaxaca and Chiapas), A. durangense (in Durango, Sinaloa and Jalisco), A. globosum subsp. grandicaule (in southern Mexico), and A. oaxacanum (rare, in Oaxaca) (Hawksworth and Wiens 1996).
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