Pinaceae

Parry pinyon

Pinus quadrifolia Parl. ex Sudw.

Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus

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Parry pinyon: Pinus quadrifolia , Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California, USA — Photo: fake_id, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 四針麨始松, 下加州四針松
English: Parry pinyon
Estonian: Neljaokkaline mänd
Hebrew: אורן ארבע-מחטי
Spanish: Piñon de Parry
udm: Ньыль лысо пужым

Synonyms

Pinus cembroides subsp. parryana (Voss) A.E.Murray
Pinus cembroides var. juarezensis (Lanner) Silba
Pinus cembroides var. parryana (Engelm.) Voss
Pinus cembroides var. quadrifolia (Parl. ex Sudw.) Silba
Pinus juarezensis Lanner
Pinus llaveana Torr.
Pinus parryana Engelm.
Pinus quadrifolia subsp. juarezensis (Lanner) Silba

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Photo: Kristen Francis, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: andy71, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Diego Maldonado de la Torre, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Loidi Javier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Amy Huie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: andy71, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Sula Vanderplank, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.