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Juniperus occidentalis australis
- Tree
This tree is unusually tall and strait for this subspecies. It is growing along Highway 89 south of Lake Tahoe near Luther Pass. There are many such trees growing in this sheltered location.
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Ephedra viridis
- Shrub
Though not a conifer, it is a gymnosperm. Very common shrub in the Eastern Sierra and Western Nevada. March 2002.
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Juniperus californica
- Tree
Kern County. 4000 feet.
Growing near the Cupressus arizonica nevadensis on Bald Eagle Peak.
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Pinus sabiniana
- Tree
Tall tree center. Pinus monophylla monophylla right and left of Pinus sabiniana. Juniperus californica; left. Near Walker Pass, Kern County.
This is probably the only area where these widely separated pines grow together. Pinus sabiniana is found in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada and Pinus monophylla on the dry eastern side. These two come together only on the southern end of the Sierra, where the mountains are low enough for species from both sides of the mountains to cross over to the other side.
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Pinus washoensis
- Tree
Mount Rose, Highway 431.
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Pinus contorta contorta
- Tree
Growing along Mendocino Coast. This subspecies disappears a little south of Oregon, then reappears on the Mendocino Coast. Several other conifers follow the same pattern such as Tsuga heterophylla and Picea sitchensis. The trees are multi-trunked, where as Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana, of the Sierra Nevada is single trunked and straight. April 2002.
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Pinus contorta contorta
- Cones
Mendocino Coast. April 2002.
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Pinus jeffreyi
- Trees
Tree on right : Pinus jeffreyi.
Tree on left : Pinus ponderosa.
Several very large Pinus jeffreyi can be seen next to large Pinus ponderosa south of Camp Richardson on Highway 89, at Lake Tahoe. Interesting comparisons of the bark of old growth trees for these species can be made in this area.
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Pinus jeffreyi
- Bark
Bark and Cone from tree south of Camp Richardson, El Dorado County, along Highway 89.
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Pinus ponderosa benthamiana
- Bark
Bark from tree south of Camp Richardson, El Dorado County, along Highway 89.
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Pinus albicaulis
- Tree
At timberline near Sonora Pass, Mono County.
September 2001.
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Pinus attenuata
- Trees
Hopland Road, Lake County. 3,000 feet.
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Pinus attenuata
- Trees
Hopland Road, Lake County. 3,000 feet.
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