Pinus pinea - Stone pine

Stone pine trees produce edible seeds known as pine nuts. They are grown for their nuts and as ornamental trees.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Manganese²
• Magnesium²
• Copper²

Outputs

• Human food³

Type

• Tree
• Evergreen
• Pinus spp. - Pine

Footnotes

1. Pinus pinea | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. USDA FoodData Central, “Pine nuts, dried” ↩ ↩² ↩³

3. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 10-1 ↩