Ayacahuite (Pinus ayacahuite)

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Plant Habit:	Tree
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Plant Height:	90 to 150 feet
Leaves:	Evergreen Needled
Fruit:	Other: seed cones cylindrical about 6 to 16 inches long
Resistances:	Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds:	Self fertile
Pollinators:	Wind
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil Monoecious
Conservation status:	Least Concern (LC)

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Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 29, 2020 4:36 PM concerning plant:

This wonderful soft pine species is very similar to her sister species of the Eastern White Pine, the Western White Pine, or the Himalayan White Pine. Her soft, flexible, slender needles are in fascicles of 5, rarely 6. Her slightly curved cylindrical cones are 6 to 16 inches long in whorls of 2 to 4 with a one inch long peduncle. She is native to the mountains of southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, & Honduras. The species name comes from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word for the tree of Ayacahuite.

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Pinus Ayacahuite (Pinus ayacahuite)