Temperate Conifer Forests
ESSENTIAL
BIOME ESSENTIAL
GENERAL LOOK
INDO_MALAYAN
NEARCTIC
PALEARCTIC
COMPONENTS
GROUND
TREES
SHURBS
GRASS
FLOWERS
MOSSES
LICHES
ECOREGIONS ESSENTIAL
SIERRA NEVADA FORESTS -
GENERAL LOOK - JOHN MUIR TRAIL
Tahoe National Forest
Eldorado National Forest
Stanislaus National Forest
Inyo National Forest
COMPONENTS OF ELDORADO FORESTS
GROUND
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TREES
Pines
Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffrey)
Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) subsp. murrayana
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Western White Pine (Pinus monticola)
Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana)
Grey Pine - Digger Pine (Pinus sabiniana)
Foxtail Pine - (Pinus balfouriana)
Knobcone Pine - (Pinus attenuata)
Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)
Single-leaf Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla)
Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)
Oaks
Other Conifers
Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
White fir (Abies concolor)
Red fir (Abies magnifica)
Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Riparian Trees
California Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)
White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia)
Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis)
Water Birch (betula occidentalis)
Water Birch (betula occidentalis)
Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum)
Aspen
Other
Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus)
California Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica)
California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis)
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis)
Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis)
Oregon Ash (Fraxinus latifolia)
Oregon Ash (Fraxinus latifolia)
Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus)
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mixed conifer
From 7,500-9,000 ft -sub-alpine zone / upper mountain forest
9,000-10,000 ft - alpine zone
SHURBS
GRASS
FLOWERS
Yellow monkeyflower (Erythranthe guttata)
Columbine (Aquilegia)
Tiger Lily (Lilium lancifolium)
Pinedrops (Pterospora)
Snow plant (Sarcodes sanguinea)
Mountain pride (Penstemon newberryi)
Sierra primrose (Primula suffrutescens)
Iris versicolor (Blue flag)
Lupinus
MOSSES
LICHES
ECOREGIONS
INDO_MALAYAN
Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
Western Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
NEARCTIC
Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
Arizona Mountains forests
Blue Mountains forests
Atlantic coastal pine barrens
British Columbia coastal conifer forests
Central-Southern Cascades Forests
Central British Columbia Mountain forests
Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
Colorado Rockies forests
Eastern Cascades forests
Fraser Plateau and Basin conifer forests
Great Basin montane forests
Klamath-Siskiyou forests
North Cascades conifer forests
Northern California coastal forests
Northern Pacific Alaskan coastal forests
Northern Rockies conifer forests
Okanogan dry forests
Piney Woods
Puget lowland forests
Queen Charlotte Islands conifer forests
Sierra Nevada forests
South Central Rockies forests
Wasatch and Uinta montane forests
PALEARCTIC
Altai montane forest and forest steppe
Alps conifer and mixed forests
Caledon conifer forests
Carpathian montane forests
Da Hinggan-Dzhagdy Mountains conifer forests
East Afghan montane conifer forests
Elburz Range forest steppe
Helanshan montane conifer forests
Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests
Hokkaido montane conifer forests
Honshu alpine conifer forests
Khangai Mountains conifer forests
Mediterranean conifer and mixed forests
Northeast Himalayan subalpine conifer forests
Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests
Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests
Qilian Mountains conifer forests
Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests
Sayan montane conifer forests
Scandinavian coastal conifer forests
Tian Shan montane conifer forests
