northern Mexico. However, in 1966, botanist Elbert L. Little first described a subspecies of the Mexican piñón with "thin shelled seeds" and in 1979 the thin-shelled piñón was proposed to be considered as a separate species with the name Pinus remota or papershell piñón. In 1996, scholars traveled to the Monclova, Mexico area and collected specimens of the papershell piñón, thus proving that Cabeza de Vaca might have encountered thin-shelled piñón seeds in Mexico as well as in Texas. The trans-Mexico route of Cabeza de Vaca, proposed by Krieger, now has the support of many scholars. References External links Photo of cones (scroll half-way down) remota Trees of the South-Central United States Trees of Coahuila Trees of Chihuahua (state) Trees of Nuevo León Trees of Northeastern Mexico Flora of the Southwestern United States Least concern plants