W ATSON-- Plants of Bernalillo County 
ter when full grown, with furrowed gray bark; leaves: 
1.2 t o 2 in. long, subtermnal, light brown with some- 
oval 3 to 5 in. long, subterminal, light brown with some- 
what spreading scales only slightly thickened at apex 
and wkithout prickle or point. On Rim Rock towards 
North Mountain. Not as common as the others. 
P. nupuis, Hngelm. (Pinon, Nut Pine.) 
A low tree 20 to 30 ft. high or rarely more; much 
branched; leaves 1 to 1 1-2 in. long, rigid, spreading, 
sheathes close cones sessile, subglobose, 2 in. long, tips 
of the scales thickened but awnless; seeds brown. The 
commonest pine-of the mountains and growing in much 
more Xerophytic situations than the others. It covers 
the middle slopes of the Sandia, Manzanellas, and 
Manzans and most of the country to the east of them. 
P. ponpErosa, Doug. (Yellow P. Bull Pine). A 
large tree said to grow to be 275 ft. high and 9 ft. in 
diameter but there are no such giants here; bark red- 
dish brown and very thick, deply furrowed and split 
into large sections; leaves 5 to 7 in. long; cones oval, 
3 to 5 in. long and 1.6 in. thick, brown, sessile or 
nearly so and often 3 to 5 together; scales thickened at 
apex and with a stout recurved prickle. Common low 
down in the canons and towards the top of the east 
slope where is also found var scopulorum, which is 
smaller, leaves 3 to 6 in. long and often in pairs, cones 
2 to 3 in. long, grayish brown. The forests towards 
the south end of Rim Rock are of this variety. 
Asises, Luik. Fir. 
Conical trees of rapid growth, but wood brittle and 
decaying quickly ; the leaves on the horizontal branches 
are twisted so as to appear 2-ranked. Ours show 2 
longitude resinducts. 
A. concotor, Lindl. ‘Blue Spruce.” 
Grows to be 80 to 150 ft. high with a diameter of 
2 to 4 feet, and a rough gray bark; cones oblong-cylin- 
drical 3 to 5 in. long and 1 to 1.8 in. in diameter; 
pale green or dull purple, scales 5 to 6 in. wide and 
only about 1-2 as high. Called also ‘‘White Fir.” 
Grows in the canons high up on north-facing slopes and 
sparingly on Rim Rock. 
Psrupotsuea, Carr. Douglas Spruce. 
Quite similar to the last in form but larger and more 
spreadng with age, from which it differs also in its 
stomata on the lower surface of the leaf only. 
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