nut-pine

They occasionally found a "nut-pine" tree, from which they gathered its fruits, but they disliked the taste of them, and gathered them more for the light they gave when on fire, than for eating.

The American Family Robinson or, The Adventures of a Family lost in the Great Desert of the West

The mountain here was wooded very slightly with the nut-pine, cedars, and a dwarf species of oak; and among the shrubs were _Purshia tridentata, artemisia_, and

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

On the lower part they were covered with nut-pine trees, and above with masses of pine, which we easily recognised, from the darker color of the foliage.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

The lower parts of the mountain were covered with the nut-pine.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

The stream is prettily wooded with sweet cottonwood trees -- some of them of large size; and on the hills, where the nut-pine is often seen, a good and wholesome grass occurs frequently.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

A family was living in each; and the only trail I saw in the neighborhood was from the door-hole to a nut-pine tree near, which supplied them with food and fuel.

The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851

We did not take our horses near the water; but, having reached a defile in the mountain, we rode into it, and "cached" them in a thicket of nut-pine.

The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850

This tree is called by the Mexicans "pinon," and also by travellers the "nut-pine."

The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

As I had conjectured, on viewing them from the plain, the trees of light-green foliage were "pinons" -- the "nut-pine" (_Pinus edulis_), of which there are several species in Northern Mexico, whose cones contain seeds edible and nutritious.

The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Mayne Reid 1850

In front of us was a low ridge covered with loose rocks and straggling trees of the nut-pine.

The Scalp Hunters Mayne Reid 1850