Editing Pinus edulis (section)

==Ecology==
The seeds are dispersed by the [[pinyon jay]], which plucks them out of the open cones. The jay, which uses the seeds as a food resource,<ref name=Knopf/> stores many of the seeds for later use, and some of these stored seeds are not used and are able to grow into new trees. The seeds are also eaten by wild turkey, [[Montezuma quail]], and various mammals.<ref name=Peattie>{{cite book |last=Peattie |first=Donald Culross |author-link=Donald C. Peattie |title=A Natural History of Western Trees |year=1953 |publisher=[[Bonanza Books]] |location=New York |pages=68–69}}</ref>