Pinus devoniana description

Tree about 8 m tall, 25 cm dbh, growing at 1800 m elev. near N base of Nevado de Colima [C.J. Earle, 14-Feb-2005].

Bark on the above tree [C.J. Earle, 14-Feb-2005].

Foliar units on above tree [C.J. Earle, 14-Feb-2005].

Nearly mature cones on the tree above [C.J. Earle, 14-Feb-2005].

Cone from above tree [C.J. Earle, 15-Feb-2005].

Cone scale, abaxial view, from above tree [C.J. Earle, 15-Feb-2005].

Distribution of P. michoacana (= devoniana) (Critchfield and Little 1966).

Pinus devoniana Lindley 1839

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

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.

Description

Range

Mexico: South Sinaloa to Chiapas; Guatemala Farjon 1998. See also Thompson et al. (1999) (as P. michoacana).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

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).