Editing Pinus cembroides (section)

==Description==
''Pinus cembroides'' is a small to medium-size [[tree]], reaching {{convert|8 to 20|m|ft}} tall and with a trunk diameter of up to {{convert|50|cm}}. The bark is dark brown, thick and deeply fissured at the base of the trunk. The [[leaf|leaves]] ('needles') are in mixed pairs and threes, slender, {{convert|3|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} to {{convert|6|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} long, and dull yellowish green, with [[stoma]]ta on both inner and outer surfaces.

The [[conifer cone|cones]] are globose, {{convert|3|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} to {{convert|4|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} long and broad when closed, green at first, ripening yellow-brown when 18–20 months old, with only a small number of thick scales, with typically 5-12 fertile scales. The cones open to {{convert|4|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} to {{convert|5|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} broad when mature, holding the [[seed]]s on the scales after opening. The seeds are {{convert|10|mm|abbr=on|frac=8}} to {{convert|12|mm|abbr=on|frac=8}} long, with a thick shell, a pink [[endosperm]], and a vestigial {{convert|2|mm|abbr=on|frac=16}} wing.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

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|File:Big Bend National Park PB122661.jpg|Tree
|File:Pinus cembroides - foliage.jpg|Foliage
|File:Pinus cembroides.jpg|Detail of foliage, cones
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