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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pinus montezumae,
known as the Montezuma Pine, is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae
family. It is native to Mexico and Central America, where it is known as
Ocote. The tree grows about 35 m high and 80 cm in diameter;
occasionally it may reach a height of 40 m and diameter of 1 m. It has a
round crown. The bark is dark brown-grayish. It is found from the
Mexican states of Nuevo León (25° N). Lat. and Jalisco (22°) to the
North and to Nicaragua (15° S. Lat.) to the south. It occurs on both
mountain ranges of the Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre
Occidental.
