pinyon

NOUN
  1. any of several low-growing pines of western North America
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  • Amid the gurgling of pine sap and slow flexing of the trees can be heard a stream of chirps: the calls of pinyon engraver beetles. Beetle Mania
  • The pinyons died mainly because of an Ips epidemic I am not a big fan of the term decline as it is usually used for trees. Bristlecone/Foxtail Site #1: Cirque Peak « Climate Audit
  • In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.
  • Vegetative cover is predominantly desert grassland and arid shrubland, except for high elevation islands of oak, juniper, and pinyon pine woodland. Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA)
  • Balda started studying pinyon jays and Clark's nutcrackers in the late 1960s.
  • Lying at 3,600 to 4,200 feet, Agua Caliente Canyon harbors mostly desert grassland and isolated stands of oak, while pinyon pine and alligator juniper are scattered on the surrounding dry, rocky slopes.
  • The woodland zone is the most extensive, dominated by open stands of two-needle pinyon pine and several species of juniper, often termed a pygmy forest. Colorado Plateau Semidesert Province (Bailey)
  • With an unpredictable monsoon season ahead, Wilmore is watching closely as things such as pinyon-juniper and sagebrush begin to lose their moisture content. Vail Daily - Top Stories
  • In their desert habitats their diet consists of spiny cactus, yucca pods, creosote bush, cholla, pinyon nuts, seeds, prickly pear, and any available green vegetation.
  • He described how he had screwed the speaker into a pinyon pine and listened as the output reverberated up and down the trunk. Beetle Mania
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