"some pinyon species, as, less often, is the Clark's nutcracker. Many other species of animal also eat pinyon nuts, without dispersing them. Pinyon pine The pinyon or piñon pine group grows in the southwestern United States, especially in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The trees yield edible nuts, which are a staple of the Native Americans, and still widely eaten as a snack and as an ingredient in New Mexican cuisine. The name comes from the Spanish ""pino piñonero"", a name used for both the American varieties and the stone pine common in Spain, which also produces edible pine nuts"
"Geoffroea decorticans Geoffroea decorticans, the chañar, kumbaru, or Chilean palo verde (green wood), is a small deciduous tree, up to 8 meters (25 ft) tall that inhabits most arid forests (montes or espinales) of southern South America. The chañar is cold and drought deciduous; it loses its leaves in winter, and possibly in summer if conditions get too dry. It is natural to Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, also present in Paraguay and southern Peru. It is a very characteristic tree in local culture and folk because of its vivid visual presence, propagation, and ancient ethnomedical uses. The common name Chilean Palo"
"Chilean pintail The Chilean pintail (""Anas georgica spinicauda""), also known as the golden peck duck or brown pintail, is a subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail (""Anas georgica""), a duck in the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae. Its local names are ""pato jergón grande"", ""pato maicero"" and ""pato piquidorado"" in Spanish, and ""marreca-parda"" or ""marreca-danada"" in Portuguese. The Chilean pintail is one of three subspecies of the yellow-billed pintail, and by far the most numerous and widespread. It is found throughout much of South America from extreme southern Colombia southwards to Tierra del Fuego, as well as in the Falkland Islands. The"
"Prosopis chilensis Prosopis chilensis is a species of tree in the genus ""Prosopis"", belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is found in parts of central Chile, southern Peru, Bolivia, and Andean (northwestern) Argentina. Its common names include Chilean mesquite (""algarrobo chileno"", in Spanish), cupesí (in eastern Bolivia), and Chilean algarrobo. It is used for providing shade, for animal feed and for firewood. ""Prosopis chilensis"" is a medium-sized deciduous tree reaching a height of about . The trunk is stout and gnarled, and can reach a metre (yard) in diameter. The bark is pale brown and thick, with cracks and vertical"
"Swiss pine (""Pinus cembra"") is also used to a very small extent. In North America, the main species are three of the pinyon pines: Colorado pinyon (""Pinus edulis""), single-leaf pinyon (""Pinus monophylla""), and Mexican pinyon (""Pinus cembroides""). The other eight pinyon species are used to a small extent, as are gray pine (""Pinus sabineana""), Coulter pine (""Pinus coulteri""), Torrey pine (""Pinus torreyana""), sugar pine (""Pinus lambertiana"") and Parry pinyon (""Pinus quadrifolia""). Here, the nuts themselves are known by the Spanish name for the pinyon pine: ""piñon"" (plural: ""piñones""). In the United States, pine nuts are mainly harvested by Native American"
"Schinus polygama Schinus polygama, the Hardee peppertree or Chilean pepper tree, is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family which is native to Argentina and Chile and naturalized in California. The species name has been spelled ""Schinus polygamus"", which according to the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (article 62.1) is incorrect Latin grammar, and is ""to be corrected"" to ""Schinus polygama"". This is because botanical tradition uses feminine grammatical gender for the genus name ""Schinus"", as is the classical tradition for most genus names of trees that end in -""us"", and ""polygama"""
"Pais Pais is a red wine grape that has played a prominent role in the Chilean wine industry. Up until the turn of the 21st century, it was Chile's most planted variety until it was overtaken by Cabernet Sauvignon. Today it is most commonly used in the production of jug wine in the Bío-Bío, Maule and Itata River regions in the south. The grape is sometimes known as ""Negra Peruana"". In Argentina the grape is known as ""Criolla Chica"". The Pais has one of the longest viticultural history in Chile, believed to have been brought to the region by Spanish"
"""Prockia"", ""Banara"", ""Hasseltiopsis"", and ""Neosprucea"". ""Pineda"" was named in honor of Antonio Pineda, a Guatemalan botanist who was coordinator of the naturalists aboard the Pacific expedition of Alessandro Malaspina. ""Pineda incana"" is known as ""lloqui,"" ""lloque,"" ""lloquecillos,"" or ""manzanitas cimarronas,"" and ""Pineda ovata"" is known as ""duraznillo."" ""Pineda ovata"" is commonly misidentified as ""Prockia crucis"" (Salicaceae). Pineda (plant) Pineda is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. It contains two species of shrubs: ""Pineda incana"", which is native to the Andes of Ecuador and Peru, and ""Pineda ovata"", which is native to the Andes of Bolivia. ""Pineda"""
"is red or pink-flowered. Etymology: ""Crinodendron"" (Greek: ""lily tree"") and patagua (mapuche name of the tree). Formerly named ""Tricuspidaria dependens"" Ruiz et Pav. Crinodendron patagua Crinodendron patagua, the patagua or lily of the valley tree (also a name for ""Clethra arborea""), is an evergreen tree that grows in Chile from 33° to 36° South latitude, up to 1200 m (4000 ft) above sea level in elevation. It lives in wet places and prefers ravines. An endangered associate tree is the Chilean wine palm, ""Jubaea chilensis"", whose distribution was much wider prehistorically. This tree reaches a height up to 10 m"
"Chile de árbol The Chile de árbol (Spanish for ""tree chili"") is a small and potent Mexican chili pepper also known as bird's beak chile and rat's tail chile. These chilis are about long, and in diameter. Their heat index is between 15,000 - 30,000 Scoville units. The peppers start out green and turn a bright red color as they mature. Chile de árbol peppers can be found fresh, dried, or powdered. As dried chiles, they are often used to decorate wreaths because they do not lose their red color after dehydration. Since they are largely for decorative and garnishing"
"plains are open and there are forests on the mountain slopes. One of the most striking forest trees is the pehuén or Chilean pine (""Araucaria araucana""), which often grows to a height of 100 ft. and is prized by the natives for its fruit. Three native species of the genus ""Nothofagus"": the roble (""Nothofagus obliqua""), coihue (""Nothofagus dombeyi""), and raulí (""Nothofagus alpina"")--are widely diffused and highly prized for their wood, especially the first, which is misleadingly called roble (oak). Chile's thickest forest are found between the Bío-Bío River and the Taitao Peninsula. Among those trees are the alerce (""Fitzroya cupressoides""),"
"Pinus pinceana Pinus pinceana, with the common names weeping pinyon and Pince's pinyon pine, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. This pine species is endemic to Mexico, in the states of: Durango; northern Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas; central San Luis Potosí; and southern Querétaro and Hidalgo. Its distribution extends over a distance of more than from north to south. The majority of its range it is found at altitudes between in elevation, within arid areas. ""Pinus pinceana"" forms a small tree or large shrub. Seeds are edible but produced infrequently. It is an IUCN Red List"
"species). Other names include blue pine, Himalayan pine and Himalayan white pine. In the past, it was also known by the invalid botanic names ""Pinus griffithii"" McClelland or """"Pinus excelsa"""" Wall., ""Pinus chylla"" Lodd. when the tree became available through the European nursery trade in 1836, nine years after the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich (1784~1856) first introduced seeds to England. The leaves (""needles"") are in fascicles (bundles) of five and are 12–18 cm long. They are noted for being flexible along their length, and often droop gracefully. The cones are long and slender, 16–32 cm, yellow-buff when mature, with thin"
"has two subspecies as follows: The Chilean tinamou can be found in the high altitude shrubland at altitude. This species is native to all of Chile except southern Los Lagos, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Aisén, and Magallanes y Antarctica Chilena, and can also be found in adjacent areas of Argentina. This tinamou can also be found in arid mountain forests in association with such trees as ""Acacia caven"", ""Porlieria chilensis"" and the endangered ""Jubaea chilensis"". It has been introduced to Easter Island. The Chilean tinamou is approximately in length. It is almost tail-less and is stocky in shape. It has a bill"
"that the locals call ""la Depresión intermedia"" (Intermediate Depression). The terrain is known for its low elevation in relation to sea level and for being surrounded by hills, as well as emergent so-called ""island hills"", such as Santa Lucía (an ancient extinct volcano), Blanco, and Renca, present today in the city of Santiago. There is some occurrence of the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, ""Jubaea chilensis"" within the Santiago Province; this iconic tree of central Chile had a much larger range prehistorically, before the decimation of much of its habitat by the expanding human population. Before the Iberian conquest, the central"
"Near threatened species, endangered by habitat loss. Pinus pinceana Pinus pinceana, with the common names weeping pinyon and Pince's pinyon pine, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. This pine species is endemic to Mexico, in the states of: Durango; northern Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Zacatecas; central San Luis Potosí; and southern Querétaro and Hidalgo. Its distribution extends over a distance of more than from north to south. The majority of its range it is found at altitudes between in elevation, within arid areas. ""Pinus pinceana"" forms a small tree or large shrub. Seeds are edible but produced"
"Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum Capsicum annuum"" var. ""glabriusculum is a variety of ""Capsicum annuum"" that is native to southern North America and northern South America. Common names include chiltepin, Indian pepper, chiltepe, and chile tepin, as well as turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers, due to their consumption and spread by wild birds. ""Tepin"" is derived from a Nahuatl word meaning ""flea"". This variety is the most likely progenitor of the domesticated ""C. annuum"" var. ""annuum"". Another similar-sized pepper 'Pequin' (also called 'Piquin') is often confused, the Tepin fruit is round to oval and the Pequin is oval with"
"of common names including: ""guinea henweed"", ""anamu"" in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Brazil (where it is also known as ""tipi""), ""apacin"" in Guatemala, ""mucura"" in Peru, and ""guine"" in many other parts of Latin America, ""feuilles ave"", ""herbe aux poules"", ""petevere a odeur ail"", and, in Trinidad, as ""mapurite"" (pronounced ""Ma-po-reete"") and ""gully root"", and in Jamaica as ""guinea hen weed"" and many others. ""Petiveria alliacea"" is a herbaceous shrub. Leaves are simple, alternate, pinnate in the first order and netted the second order. It has determinate inflorescences. Although the plant is capable of reproducing throughout the year,"
"Schinus molle Schinus molle (Peruvian pepper, also known as American pepper, Peruvian peppertree, escobilla, false pepper, molle del Peru, pepper tree, peppercorn tree, California pepper tree, pirul and Peruvian mastic) is an evergreen tree that grows to 15 meters (50 feet). It is native to the Peruvian Andes. The bright pink fruits of ""Schinus molle"" are often sold as ""pink peppercorns"" although ""S. molle"" is unrelated to true pepper (""Piper nigrum""). The tree is host to ""Bombycomorpha bifascia"", known as the pepper-tree moth. ""Schinus molle"" is a quick growing evergreen tree that grows up to 15 meters (50 feet) tall"
"Nothofagus obliqua Nothofagus obliqua, commonly known as the Patagonian oak, roble,pellín,roble pellín,and ""hualle in its early state of growth or roble beech""', is a deciduous tree from Chile and Argentina. It grows from 33 to 43° south latitude. The northern extent of this tree's range in Chile is considered to be the Vizcachas Mountains and La Campana National Park. ""N. obliqua"" was propsed to be renamed ""Lophozonia obliqua"" in 2013. ""Nothofagus obliqua"" reaches a height of 50 meters (175 ft). and 2 m (6.5 ft) diameter. The trunk has greyish-brown to dark brown bark and is often forked. The leaves"
"Pinus leiophylla Pinus leiophylla, commonly known as Chihuahua pine, smooth-leaf pine, and yellow pine (in Mexico, tlacocote and ocote chino), is a tree with a range primarily in Mexico, with a small extension into the United States in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. The Mexican range extends along the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur from Chihuahua to Oaxaca, from 29° North Lat. to 17°, between 1600 and 3000 meters altitude. It requires about a rainfall 600 to 1000 mm a year, mostly in summer. It tolerates frosts in winter. This member of family Pinaceae grows to"
"Most of the region is made up of an extremely fertile, level prairie that the locals call ""la Depresión intermedia"" (Intermediate Depression). The terrain is known for its low elevation in relation to sea level and for being surrounded by hills, as well as emergent so-called ""island hills"", such as Santa Lucía (an ancient extinct volcano), Blanco, and Renca, present today in the city of Santiago. There is some occurrence of the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, ""Jubaea chilensis"" within the Santiago Province; this iconic tree of central Chile had a much larger range prehistorically, before the decimation of much of"
"to the Mapuches of central Chile and south-west Argentina, whose territory incorporates natural stands of this genus. The Mapuche people call it ', and consider it sacred. Some Mapuches living in the Andes name themselves ' (""people of the """""") as they traditionally harvested the seeds extensively for food. No distinct vernacular name exists for the genus. Many are called ""pine"", although they are only distantly related to true pines, in the genus ""Pinus"". Members of ""Araucaria"" are found in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Guinea. There is also a significant, naturalized population of ""Araucaria"
"Crinodendron patagua Crinodendron patagua, the patagua or lily of the valley tree (also a name for ""Clethra arborea""), is an evergreen tree that grows in Chile from 33° to 36° South latitude, up to 1200 m (4000 ft) above sea level in elevation. It lives in wet places and prefers ravines. An endangered associate tree is the Chilean wine palm, ""Jubaea chilensis"", whose distribution was much wider prehistorically. This tree reaches a height up to 10 m (33 ft). Leaves are simple, oblong with serrate margin. It produces white flowers with bell-shaped corolla of five petals, the fruit is a"
"and promote conservation by sponsoring restoration projects, publishing a newsletter called ""Nutcracker Notes"", and hosting an annual science and management workshop for anyone interested in whitebark pine. This U.S. group collaborates closely with the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada. Pinus albicaulis Pinus albicaulis, known by the common names whitebark pine, white pine, pitch pine, scrub pine, and creeping pine, is a conifer tree native to the mountains of the western United States and Canada, specifically subalpine areas of the Sierra Nevada, Cascade Range, Pacific Coast Ranges, and Rocky Mountains from Wyoming northwards. It shares the common name ""creeping pine"""
"of Texas. In 1999, Native Seeds/SEARCH and the United States Forest Service established the Wild Chile Botanical Area in the Coronado National Forest. Located in the Rock Corral Canyon near Tumacacori, Arizona, the preserve protects a large ""C. a."" var. ""glabriusculum"" population for study and as a genetic reserve. Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum Capsicum annuum"" var. ""glabriusculum is a variety of ""Capsicum annuum"" that is native to southern North America and northern South America. Common names include chiltepin, Indian pepper, chiltepe, and chile tepin, as well as turkey, bird’s eye, or simply bird peppers, due to their consumption and spread"
"2,600 known species of palms, ""Jubaea chilensis"" is the second most massive, exceeded only by the floodplain or river bottom variety of ""Borassus aethiopum"". The species is partially protected within Chile, although pressures of human overpopulation and expansion of grazing areas have reduced the population of the Chilean Wine Palm in recent centuries. Jubaea Jubaea is a genus of palms with one species, ""Jubaea chilensis"" or ""Jubaea spectabilis"", commonly known as the ""Chilean wine palm"" or ""Chile cocopalm"". It is native to southwestern South America and is endemic to a small area of central Chile between 32°S and 35°S in"
"pine seems to prefer already disturbed, unvegetated areas where it probably faces less competition from oaks and shrubs. The common name ""bishop pine"" resulted from the tree having been first identified near the Mission of San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California. This tree has a large number of common names and other prior scientific names, due primarily to numerous variant forms. Other English names that have occasionally been used are prickle cone pine, Obispo pine, Santa Cruz pine and dwarf marine pine. ""Pinus muricata"" is a coniferous evergreen tree growing to a height of 15–25 m, rarely up"
"different names. In its native Mexico, the tree is known as huamuche, guamuche / huamúchil/ guamúchil / cuamúchil / deriving from its Nahuatl name ""cuauhmochitl"". In the wider region, it is also called ""pinzán""', or 'guamá americano"" (Puerto Rico). It is called ""seema chintakaya"" (సీమ చింతకాయ) in Telugu. Monkeypod is an English name but is also used for several other plants, including ""Albizia saman"". Other names include blackbead, sweet Inga, ផ្លែអំពិលទឹក (Plaeh umpel tek) (Khmer), ""Makham thet"" i.e. ""Foreign Tamarind"" (), ""opiuma"" (Hawaiian), ""kamunsil"" (Hiligaynon), ""damortis"" or ""kamantiris"" (Ilokano), ""kamachile"" (Tagalog), கொர்கலிக்காய்/ கோணக்காய்/ கோன புளியங்கா/ கொடுக்காப்புளி / கொடிக்காய் ""kodukkappuli or"
"Solanum crispum Solanum crispum is a species of flowering plant in the Solanaceae family, native to Chile and Peru. Common names include Chilean potato vine, Chilean nightshade, Chilean potato tree and potato vine. Growing to tall, it is a semi-evergreen, woody-stemmed climbing plant. The small blue fragrant flowers, 2.5 cm in diameter, with prominent yellow ovaries, appear in clusters in summer. They resemble those of the closely related potato. Very small poisonous berries are produced in autumn. The berries start out green, then yellow-orange, and finally purple. The leaves are oval. The specific epithet ""crispum"" means ""closely curled"". ""S. crispum"""
"(not generally cultivated in the U.K.) being ""C. tucumanum"" Lillo, a 25m tree native to Argentina, and the Brazilian ""C. brasiliense"" Reitz & L.B.sm. The plant has several names, derived from the native language of the Mapuche people and colonial Spanish, the most common of which is chaquihue (pronounced 'chaki-way'). Others include the variant forms chequehue and chaquehua, polizón (Spanish : 'vagrant', 'stowaway'),polisones, copío, coicopío and patagua roja (- Spanish : ""red patagua"" - patagua being the vernacular name in Mapudungun for the white-flowered ""Crinodendron patagua"" - also endemic to Chile). ""Crinodendron hookerianum"" is a shrub or small tree with"
"Aristotelia chilensis Aristotelia chilensis, known as maqui or Chilean wineberry, is a tree species in the Elaeocarpaceae family native to South America in the Valdivian temperate rainforests of Chile and adjacent regions of southern Argentina. Limited numbers of these trees are cultivated in gardens for their small fruits, known as maqui berries. Most of the fruits commercially marketed come from the wild. ""A. chilensis"" is a small dioecious evergreen tree that can reach in height. Its divided trunk has a smooth bark. Its branches are abundant, thin and flexible. Its leaves are simple, opposite, hanging, oval-lanceolate, naked and coriaceous, with"
"possible names, such as Peruvian ""coqueret, alkékenge, lanterne chinoise"" (""Chinese lantern"") (""Physalis alkekengi""), ""cerise de terre"" (""earth cherry""), or tomatillo (""Physalis philadelphica""). Native to the mountain slope regions of Perú and Chile, where the fruits grow wild, physalis is locally eaten and frequently sold in markets in western South America. It has been widely introduced into cultivation in other tropical, subtropical, and even temperate areas, such as Australia, China, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines. The plant was grown in England in 1774 and by early settlers of the Cape of Good Hope before 1807. Whether it was grown there before"