Pinus brachyptera
Englmn.
Rocky Mountain Yellow Pine
PinaceaeBark/Sap
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Bark
The inner bark is chewed as food.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A temperate tree in the pine family (Pinaceae) with over 100 species distributed across temperate regions. The inner bark is edible and traditionally chewed.
Notes
There are over 100 species of Pinus.
Names & Synonyms
Pinus scopuorum (Englmn.) Lemmon
References (3)
- Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994)
- CASTETTER,
- Yanovsky, E., 1936, Food Plants of the North American Indians. United States Department of Agriculture Miscellaneous Publication No 237. Washington, D.C.
