The pine & the jay. (symbiosis between blue pinon jays and pine trees) (Forest Facts) From: American Forests | Date: January 1, 1992| Author: Heiner, Terry | COPYRIGHT 1992 American Forests. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Blue pinon jays store the seeds of the pinon pine in the bark of canopies of other trees. Unconsumed seeds germinate into seedlings, which are then dispersed thereby ensuring its propagation in other locations.

There's more than symbiosis going on between these two denizens of the Southwest. By TERRY HEINER

The October afternoon is quiet, the pinon pine forest seemingly dozing in the autumn sun under a clear blue New Mexico sky. The air is filled with a resinous pine ...