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Picea sitchensis
- Trees
Jughandle State Reserve. The southern most grove of this species is a few miles south at Russian Gulch State Park. In between Jughandle State Reserve and Russian Gulch State Park, thousands of trees can be found growing along Caspar Creek.
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Picea sitchensis
- Young trees
Jughandle State Reserve. South of Fort Bragg.
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Picea sitchensis
- Branch
From a tree at Wages Creek.
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Picea sitchensis
- Trunk
From a small grove of trees at Wages creek, just north of Westport, about 16 miles north of Fort Bragg, in Mendocino County. These trees are at the mouth of the creek, just above Highway 1.
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Picea sitchensis
- Cone
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Pinus contorta bolanderi
- Tree
Mendocino County.
Pinus contorta ssp. contorta is common along the coast in Mendocino County. A different variety occurs on nutrient-poor podzolized soil, at Jughandle State Reserve, south of Fort Bragg. They are dwarf trees, because fo the soil condition, however, when they grow in good soil, they grow to normal size. They do differ from the Pinus contorta ssp. contorta growing on the coast a few miles away in other ways. They appear more yellow-green in color. This may however be due to the soil. The cones are more serotinous than Pinus contorta ssp. contorta, and are larger and heavier. These differences are are not very obvious. The needles lack resing canal, according to Lanner, making them unique among pines. They can be seen by hiking 4 miles on a trail that leave the shore at Jughandle State Reserve, gradually climbing threw a forest of Picea sitchensis, Abies grandis, Sequoia sempervirens, Cupressus goveniana pygmaea, which are also dwarfed by the soil in this area, Tsuga heterophylla and Pinus muricata borealis.
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Pinus contorta bolanderi
- Trees
Mendocino County.
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Pinus bolanderi bolanderi
- Cone
Mendocino Coast.
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Pinus coulteri
- Trees
Santa Lucia Mountains. 3,000 feet.
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Pinus flexilis
- Trees
McGee Creek, Mono County.
The long up-turned branches make this species recognizable from a distance.
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Pinus flexilis
- Tree
McGee Creek, Mono County.
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Pinus jeffreyi
- Tree
East shore of Lake Tahoe, near Incline Village.
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Pinus lambertiana
- Trees
Trees with Lake Tahoe in background; Emerald Bay, El Dorado County.
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Pinus lambertiana
- Trees
Very large tree growing along U.S. 50 near Twinn Bridges, El Dorado County.
There are many large trees in this area that can be seen from the Highway. The other pines in the picture are Pinus contorta murrayana, extreme left, and Pinus jeffreyi left of Pinus lambertiana. A few miles up the road, (east) one can see Pinus lambertiana growing next to Pinus monticola.
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Pinus lambertiana
- Trees
Tree with cones : U.S. 50 near Myers.
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Pinus lambertiana
- Trees
Tree with fresh snow on branches. Next the parking lot at the "Bonanza", near Incline Villiage. Uncommon on east side of Lake Tahoe.
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