[1][2][6] [citation needed] It is 8 to 25 m tall with a dense and round top.

[citation needed]It is threatened by logging and wood harvesting.

[1] The bark is brown and fissured and smooth when young.

[1] It grows at altitudes between 850 and 3250 m. from 26° to 15° north latitude, from Sinaloa, Mexico to Nicaragua and Honduras.

[citation needed] In some forested areas like southern Nuevo León Pinus pseudostrobus is the tree with largest volume per hectare.