New Mexico State Tree

Leaf: Usually two needles per fascicle. Needles are coarse, thick, curved, blue-green or yellow-green, stiff, and one to two inches long.

Flower: Monoecious; males red, cylindrical, in clusters near ends of branches; females purplish at branch tips.

Fruit: Cones are ovoid, 2 inches long, short stalked, brown in color, with very thick cone scales. Each scale contains two very large edible "pine nuts". Maturing in September and October.

Twig: Stout and orange-brown, somewhat scraggly.

Bark: Scaly or with small plates, red brown to gray.

Form: A small tree with an irregular rounded crown.