pinyon
Americannoun
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In the eyes of the BLM, pinyon pine and juniper trees are weedy species that invade sagebrush rangelands and increase the risk of wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
It is high desert; ocotillos, scrubby junipers and sagebrush bushes dot the earth between the pinyon pines that give her unincorporated community its name.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Pale blue with a white bib, the pinyon jay typically mates for life and can be choosey about where to build a nest.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Firefighters fled the 750-foot-high fire front — as tall as a 53-floor building — as it chewed through pine, pinyon and juniper dried by a record-hot spring.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2022
Stony soils support mixed shrubs as well as pinyon and juniper trees; the additional cover and source of food probably allow a greater abundance of P. truei than would be possible without the shrubs.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
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