Physical Characteristics : An evergreen Tree growing to 50 m (164ft 1in). It is hardy to zone 8 and is frost tender. It is in leaf 12-Jan, and the seeds ripen from Jan to February. The flowers are monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and are pollinated by Wind.The plant is not self-fertile. The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.The plant prefers acid and neutral soils..It cannot grow in the shade.It requires dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.

Patula Pine , Pinus patula (Mexican weeping pine, pino llorón in Spanish)( patula Latin = spreading ) is a tree native to Mexico . It grows from 24° to 18° North latitude and 1800 to 2700 m above sea level. 30 m tall. It does not stand long periods of temperatures as low as –10°C, but occasionally it resist them and even lower. It is moderately drought-tolerant, in this scope is superior than Pinus taeda . Rainfall range is from 750 to 2000 mm annual average, it happens mostly in summer but in a little area of the State of Veracruz on the Sierra Madre Oriental its habitat is rainy year round.