Pinyon jay
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The pinyon jay is a species of jay, and is the only member of the genus Gymnorhinus. Native to Western North America, the species ranges from central Oregon to northern Baja California, and eastward a
Ponderosa forest near Forest Lakes, Arizona.
Pinyon jays perching in a tree.
Pinyon jay in flight
Pinus monophylla
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Pinus monophylla, the single-leaf pinyon, is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to North America. The range is in southernmost Idaho, western Utah, Arizona, southwest New Mexico, Nevada, eastern
Open cone with empty pine nuts
Hybrid individual showing the single-needles of P. monophylla and the two-needles of P. edulis. Logan-Dry canyon ridge, Bear River Range, N. Utah
Tree on Spruce Mountain, Nevada, in June