Image: Pinyon pine Pinus monophylla needles close
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Description: Pinus monophylla "single needles" in closeup (pinyon pine), showing that species' unusual characteristic of one round, grooved, sharp-pointed, gray-green needle in each papery sheath. Pollen cones are clustered around the twig below. Pinus monophylla subspecies californianum — photographed at 2,120 m (6,960 ft) in Swall Meadows, Mono County, California.
Title: Pinyon pine Pinus monophylla needles close
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