Joseph et al:

I have been working on a lumber case for the past four years and know 
way more that I ever cared to know about species of trees, so when I 
saw your question I got curious.  I know from having been in Jalisco 
that the mountainous areas are a mix of coniferous and deciduous 
forests, and that the plains are grasslands but this gives all of the 
details of the extent of those ecoregions as well as the actual 
species that grow there.  Pinus Montezumae... cool name... also known 
as Ocote as in Ocotlan, Jalisco (which literally means the place of 
Montezuma pines).

"Pine forests in Mexico grow at elevations of 2,275-2,600 m and are 
composed mainly of Pinus montezumae."

http://www.vivanatura.org/Maps%20Mexican%20ecosystems.html

The following website from Semarnat (Secretariat of Environment and 
Natural Reources) gives more details on all the major commericalized 
plant species in Mexico:

http://www.semarnat.gob.mx/pfnm/amplia.html

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
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> 
> 
> Edward Serros wrote:
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> >Joseph,
> >
> >Just trying to dull your "ax". I don't want you swing too hard and 
hurt yourself.
> >
> I'm an old woodsman from way back. I used to and still do heat a 
> majority of the time with a wood insert and split wood. One way to 
keep 
> from hurting yourself is to keep your Ax razor honed to make sure 
it 
> "bites" and doesn't glance off like a dull Ax is likely to do and 
catch 
> a leg. My Ax is currently ready to go, but I'm really expecting 
that 
> most on the Ax list will communicate and not stay on the list.
> 
> thanks for your concern, just trying to be fair to all.
> 
> joseph
> 
> ps: in an effort to keep this on topic, what kind of trees do they 
have 
> in Jalisco, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes.
> 
> pps: well here is a better effort. Check out this death cert for my 
GGG 
> grandfather. It seems he was a woodman too, but unfortunately he 
got in 
> the way of a Palo. That almost happened to me once. And it was one 
big palo!
> 
> >Ed
> >  
> >
>