🌳 Tree
ANX-TREE-0000012
Mexican Weeping Pine
Pinus patula
Mexican Weeping Pine (Pinus patula), a timber, fuelwood tree of the Pinaceae family.
- Family
- Pinaceae
- Tree type
- Timber, Fuelwood
- Mature height (m)
- 20-35
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Lifespan (years)
- 60-80
- Native region
- Eastern Mexico, widely planted commercially in subtropical highlands worldwide.
Environment
Growing Conditions
- Climate requirements
- Subtropical highlands, typically 1800-2800m altitude with moderate to high rainfall.
- Soil types
- Well-drained acidic soils; grows poorly on heavy clay or waterlogged ground.
- Water requirements
- Moderate; not particularly drought-tolerant compared to other conifers.
Cultivation
Planting & Care
- Planting guide
- Grown from nursery seedlings, typically in plantation blocks at 2.5-3m spacing.
- Care guide
- Requires pruning and thinning through the rotation for timber quality; susceptible to certain pine pests/diseases in some regions.
Phenology
Flowering & Fruiting
- Flowering season
- Wind-pollinated male and female cones rather than true flowers
- Fruiting season
- Distinctive drooping (weeping) needle clusters and woody cones
Value
Uses & Economic Importance
- Uses
- Softwood timber for construction, pulpwood, and fuelwood; a major commercial plantation species in East African highlands.
- Economic importance
- One of the principal commercial softwood plantation species in the East African highlands (notably Kenya's highland forests).
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