Editing Pinus cembroides (section)

{{Short description|North American species of pine}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = SierradeO_05.jpg
| image_upright = 1.1
| image_alt = Small stand of trees one a rocky hillside with cliffs in the background
| image_caption = Mexican pinyon in [[Sierra de Organos National Park]], [[Sombrerete]]
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 11 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=''Pinus cembroides'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T42350A2974560 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42350A2974560.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = {{TNCStatus}}
| status2_system = TNC
| status2_ref = <ref name="NatureServe">{{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=''Pinus cembroides'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.128155/Pinus_cembroides |access-date=22 October 2024 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2024}}</ref>
| genus = Pinus
| parent = Pinus subsect. Cembroides
| display_parents = 3
| species = cembroides
| authority = [[Zucc.]], 1832
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision_ref = <ref name="POWO">{{cite POWO |id=262850-1 |title=''Pinus cembroides'' Zucc. |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>
| subdivision = {{Species list
 | P. cembroides subsp. cembroides |
 | P. cembroides subsp. orizabensis | D.K.Bailey
}}
| range_map = Pinus_cembroides_range_map.png
| range_map_caption = Natural range
| synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite POWO |id=77169354-1 |title=''Pinus cembroides'' subsp. ''cembroides'' |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite POWO |id=282867-2 |title=''Pinus cembroides'' subsp. ''orizabensis'' D.K.Bailey |access-date=22 October 2024}}</ref>
| synonyms = {{Collapsible list | {{Species list
 | Pinus cembroides var. llaveana |(Schiede ex Schltdl.) Voss (1907)
 | Pinus cembroides var. orizabensis | (D.K.Bailey) Silba (1990)
 | Pinus llaveana | Schiede ex Schltdl. (1838)
 | Pinus orizabensis (D.K.Bailey) | D.K.Bailey & Hawksw. (1992)
 | Pinus osteosperma | Engelm. (1848)
}}
}}
}}

'''''Pinus cembroides''''', also known as '''pinyon pine''',<ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | access-date = 15 December 2017}}</ref> '''Mexican pinyon''',<ref name=GRIN/> '''Mexican nut pine''',<ref name=GRIN/> and '''Mexican stone pine''',<ref name=GRIN/> is a [[pine]] in the [[pinyon pine]] group.

It is a small pine growing to about {{convert|20|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} with a trunk diameter of up to {{convert|50|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}. It is native to western [[North America]]. It grows in areas with low levels of rainfall and its range extends southwards from [[Arizona]], [[Texas]] and [[New Mexico]] in the United States into Mexico. It typically grows at altitudes between {{convert|1600|and|2400|m|abbr=on}}.

The seeds are large and form part of the diet of the [[Mexican jay]] and [[Abert's squirrel]]. They are also collected for human consumption, being the most widely used [[pine nut]] in Mexico.