Trees of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Pines
Grey Pine - Digger Pine
(Pinus sabiniana)
Foxtail Pine - (
Pinus balfouriana
)
Knobcone Pine - (
Pinus attenuata
)
Ponderosa Pine - (
Pinus ponderosa
)
Limber Pine (
Pinus flexilis
)
Jeffrey Pine (
Pinus jeffreyi
)
Sugar Pine (
Pinus lambertiana
)
Western White Pine (
Pinus monticola
)
Single-leaf Pinyon Pine (
Pinus monophylla
)
Whitebark Pine (
Pinus albicaulis
)
Lodgepole Pine (
Pinus contorta
)
Other Conifers
Douglas-Fir (
Pseudotsuga menziesii
)
Incense Cedar (
Calocedrus decurrens
)
White Fir (
Abies concolor
)
Mountain Hemlock (
Tsuga mertensiana
)
Giant Sequoia (
Sequoiadendron giganteum
)
Western Juniper
(Juniperus occidentalis
)
Red fir (
Abies magnifica
)
Riparian Trees
California Sycamore (
Platanus racemosa
)
White Alder
(Alnus rhombifolia
)
Quaking Aspen
(Populus tremuloides
)
Fremont Cottonwood (
Populus fremontii
)
Arroyo Willow (
Salix lasiolepis
)
Water Birch (
betula occidentalis
)
Bigleaf Maple (
Acer macrophyllum
)
Oaks
Valley Oak
(Quercus lobata
)
California Black Oak (
Quercus kelloggii
)
Canyon Live Oak (
Quercus chrysolepis
)
Coast Live Oak (
Quercus agrifolia
)
Other trees and tree-like shrubs
Tanoak (
Lithocarpus densiflorus
)
California Bay Laurel (
Umbellularia californica
)
California Buckeye (
Aesculus californica
)
Western Redbud (
Cercis occidentalis
)
California Black Walnut (
Juglans californic
a)
Dogwood (
Cornus sessilis
)
Oregon Ash (
Fraxinus latifolia
)
Bitter Cherry (
Prunus emarginata
)
Mountain Mahogany (
Cercocarpus
)
