VALUE AND USE
SPECIES: Pinus engelmannii | Apache Pine 



WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : 
The limited distribution of Apache pine restricts its commercial
importance [13,18,33].  The wood of Apache pine is hard and heavy
[25,61].  It is sometimes harvested with associated pines for lumber and
construction timbers.  Apache pine is used locally for fuel [45].
  


IMPORTANCE TO LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE : 
Apache pine is of limited use to wildlife [18].  Birds, rodents, and
other animals consume its seeds [25,32,59].  The intensity of seed
predation was not described in the literature.  However, Apache pine has
synchronous cone crops at irregular intervals [52]; such masting may
have evolved in response to heavy seed predation.

Mexican spotted owls are yearlong residents of the Madrean oak-pine
forests to which Apache pine belongs [23].


PALATABILITY : 
NO-ENTRY


NUTRITIONAL VALUE : 
NO-ENTRY


COVER VALUE : 
Apache pine provides cover for wildlife [32].


VALUE FOR REHABILITATION OF DISTURBED SITES : 
Apache pine was planted with 37 other pine species in trials on sandhill
sites in northwestern Florida.  It did not survive [10].


OTHER USES AND VALUES : 
NO-ENTRY


MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS : 
Apache pine was evaluated for suitability as a timber tree at the Wind
River Arboretum in Wyoming.  Most transplanted trees died; three trees
survived for 55 years.  At that time, they had poor vigor, needle
disease, snow and ice damage, and no reproduction [51].

Apache pine was included in a breeding program that studied pollen
production at the Eddy Arboretum in California.  Apache pine produced
pollen from April through June over a 6-year period [17].

Equations to estimate understory production have been developed for the
oak-pine forests in which Apache pine occurs [22].

In the oak-pine forests where Apache pine is an overstory tree, the
removal of large nest trees for fuelwood can reduce habitat suitability
for the Mexican spotted owl [23].

Apache pine is susceptible to southwestern dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium
vaginatum ssp. cryptopodum).  Control methods are discussed in the
literature [27].

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