Snow loads are easily shed, as the branches hang downward, unlike most other upright evergreens. • Dwarf pinyon pine (Pinus edulis selections, Pinus monophylla “Blue Jazz”) grows to be 24 to 30 inches ...

It sounds to me like you have dwarf mistletoe in your pinyon. Mistletoe is a parasitic ... even other species of pine, they are probably not at risk. Dennis Hill is the nursery manager at ...

Seedling pinon pine trees have sharp blue awl-shaped needles distinctly ... This is where years of experience come into play. Pines infected with dwarf mistletoe develop swollen twigs and branches.

Pinyon, which can grow 56 feet tall, produces pine nuts prized by wildlife. Both species can live to be 1,000 years old. Conifers encroaching into the sagebrush steppe are sucking up scarce water ...

Creeping climate change in the Southwest appears to be having a negative effect on pinyon pine reproduction, a finding with implications for wildlife species sharing the same woodland ecosystems, says ...