There are 7 species of pine trees that were used by indigenous people, but it is only those few known as pinyon pines, abundant in the drier southern climates that are most productive of easily processed pine nuts. These pine nuts became staple foods around which many indigenous groups structured their annual migrations and ceremonies.
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