Piñones (Loíza, Puerto Rico)
Piñones may refer to: * The seeds of the tree genus ''Araucaria'' * Piñones State Forest, Puerto Rico * Battle of Puerto de Piñones, a battle of the War of Mexican Independence * Pablo Piñones Arce Pablo Piñones Arce (born 27 August 1981) is a Swedish former footballer. He played as a forward throughout his career and won 7 caps for the Swedish national under-21 team. He is the manager of Hammarby IF's women's team, competing in the Swed ...

Araucaria
''Araucaria'' (; original pronunciation: [a.ɾawˈka. ɾja]) is a genus of evergreen Conifer, coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 20 extant taxon, extant species in New Caledonia (where 14 species are endemism, endemic, see New Caledonian Araucaria, New Caledonian ''Araucaria''), Norfolk Island, eastern Australia, New Guinea, East Argentina, South Brazil, Chile and Paraguay. They are still common in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific rejoin and Eastern states of Australia, Eastern Australia. Description ''Araucaria'' are mainly large trees with a massive erect stem, reaching a height of . The horizontal, spreading branches grow in whorls and are covered with leathery or needle-like leaf, leaves. In some species, the leaves are narrow, awl-shaped and lanceolate, barely overlapping each other; in others they are broad and flat, and overlap broadly. The trees are mostly dioecy, dioecious, with male and female Conifer cone, cones found on separate tree ...
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Piñones State Forest
Piñones State Forest, (in es, Bosque Estatal de Piñones), and named after the ''Casuarina'', locally called (after an invasive species of salt-tolerant tree from Australia used for lumber), is a timberland forest near one of the longest beaches in Puerto Rico. It is located in Torrecilla Baja barrio in the municipality of Loíza. It is a tourist attraction and is managed by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Geographical location Home of a mangrove forest, Piñones is a natural reserve located east of Isla Verde north of Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. It is operated by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and located in Loiza. Flora and fauna The extremely rare tree ''Schoepfia arenaria'' grows here at a place called Punta Maldonado. Less than 200 of these Puerto Rican endemic trees are known to exist. The Piñones Trail There is a boardwalk and trail used for biking and walking through parts of the f ...
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Battle Of Puerto De Piñones
The Battle of Puerto de Piñones was a battle of the War of Mexican Independence that occurred on 1 April 1811 at Puerto de Piñones, Coahuila. The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown, commanded by José Manuel de Ochoa, and the Mexican rebels fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire, commanded by Ignacio López Rayón. The battle resulted in a victory for the Mexican rebels. This battle was one of many battles that occurred between the armies of Ignacio López Rayón and José Manuel de Ochoa as López Rayón marched to take the industrial city of Zacatecas for the rebel cause. He had begun his march after hearing news of the capture of many of the rebel leaders at Acatita de Baján. Zacatecas was an important objective because it would provide much needed war supplies to rebel forces and thus, López Rayón was pursued by José Manuel de Ochoa in his march to the city. Lopez Rayon and his army defeated their royalist pursuers ...
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War Of Mexican Independence
The Mexican War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de México, links=no, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from Spain. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional struggles that occurred within the same period, and can be considered a revolutionary civil war. Independence was not an inevitable outcome, but events in Spain directly impacted the outbreak of the armed insurgency in 1810 and its course until 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte's Peninsular War, invasion of Spain in 1808 touched off a crisis of legitimacy of crown rule, since he had placed his brother Joseph Bonaparte, Joseph on the Spanish throne after forcing the abdication of the Spanish monarch Charles IV of Spain, Charles IV. In Spain and many of its overseas possessions, the local response was to set up juntas ruling in the name of the House of Bourbon, Bourbon monarchy. Delegates in Spain and overseas ter ...
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