Conifers Of Mexico
Mexican conifers extend mainly in the main mountain ranges: Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental and the neo-volcanic axis, enclosed between these mountains there are disperse groups of conifers in mid and high elevations valleys when rainfalls conditions allow its growth. Mexican conifers grow in some places associated with oaks. The dry season is about 7–8 months. Most of rainfalls (80-95%) occur from June to October (5 months) and only four months in the north. Precipitations throughout the year are present only in a little portion of the Sierra Madre Oriental in the State of Veracruz. The greatest number of species belong the pinus genus, being about 60 the number of species and subspecies.
Among trees that grow in subtropical climates: Pinus chiapensis, Pinus oocarpa, pinus tecunumanii
Among the trees that grow in temperate and cool climates:
Pinus ayacahuite, Pinus cembroides, Pinus durangensis, Pinus engelmanii, Pinus greggii, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus leiophylla, Pinus lumholtzii, Pinus devoniana, Pinus montezumae, Pinus nelsonii, Pinus oocarpa var. trifoliata, Pinus patula, Pinus pseudostrobus, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus rudis, Pinus teocote, Taxodium mucronatum, Abies religiosa and Cupressus lusitanica.
Among trees that grow in exclusively in cool climates: Pinus hartwegii, Pinus rudis.
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