Graver Home Virtual Tour Collections	Pinus ayacahuite Common Name:  Mexican White Pine Family: Pinaceae		Collection Number:  449 Entry Author:  Jeff Chichester Description:  Straight trunk, pyramidal shaped crown. Needles:  Bluish green color in bundles of five. Cones:  Up to 12 in. length. Bark:  From light gray and smooth, to gray-brown and rough as tree ages. Branching Pattern:  Horizontal spread. Height:  Up to 90 ft. Conditions/Habitat/Kind of Forest:  Grows best in moist or dry sandy soil in direct sunlight. Range:  Central America to Northern Mexico. Conservation Status-US/ World Wide:  Low risk of becoming endangered,  although under pressure from urban development. Uses (Human):  Used by local carpenters for word-working.  The needles can be used to produced a green and tan dye.  References: Gymnosperm Database, University of Bonn http://www.botanik.uni-bonn.de/conifers/pi/pin/ayacahuite1.htm IUCN Red List of Threatened Species http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=35759 University of Delaware Botainic Gardens, Pinus ayacahuite http://ag.udel.edu/udbg/conifers/description/p_ayacahuite.html
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