Bristle-Cone Pine (Pinus aristata)

Family: Pinaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Yellow. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Oval, Pyramidal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

rich seed has a slightly resinous flavour. — Seed - raw or cooked.; The oil-rich seed has a slightly resinous flavour.; A vanillin flavouring is obtained as a by-product of other resins that are released from the pulpwood.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry rocky slopes, often in pure stands, 2250 - 3450 metres in California. Trees grow right up to the tree line, where they are no more than gnarled shrubs. (Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9, Zone 10)