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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Tree
Onion Valley, Inyo County.
September 30, 2002.
(Same tree that cones where collected from.)
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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Cone
Collected September 30, 2002.
Onion Valley, Inyo County.
Altitude : 9,200 feet.
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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Cone
Onion Valley, Inyo County.
Altitude : 9,200 feet.
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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Cone
Onion Valley, Inyo County.
Altitude : 9,200 feet.
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Abies magnifica
- Cone
With slightly exerted bracts.
Minnaret Summit, Mono County.
Altitude : 9,100 feet.
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Abies magnifica
- Cone
Cone with partially exerted bracts,
collected September 30, 2002
at Minnaret Summit, Mono County.
Altitude : 9,100 feet.
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Abies magnifica
- Trees
At Minnaret Summit, Mono County.
These are the same trees from which the cones with partially exerted bracts where collected.
Altitude : 9,100 feet.
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Abies magnifica
- Cones
Typical cones of the Central and Northern Sierra Nevada
without exerted cone bracts.
Luther Pass, El Dorado County.
Altitude : 7,600 feet.
August 3, 2002.
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Abies magnifica
- Trees
With typical cones.
Carson Pass, Alpine County.
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Abies magnifica
- Trees
The typical cone variety near Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County.
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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Cone
Collected many years ago on Mount Shasta.
Some of the bracts have been broken off.
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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Trees
Lower slopes of Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County.
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Abies magnifica
- Trees
Castle Peak, Nevada County.
Photo taken by Don Bisbee.
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Abies magnifica
- Scenery
Forest in winter.
Near Luther Pass, highway 89, south of Lake Tahoe.
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Abies magnifica
- Scenery
Typical habit in the southern Cascades of Northern California.
Mount Lassen National Park.
Altitude : 7,200 feet.
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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Avalanche
Damage from an avalanche that occured on the slopes of Mount Shasta in January of 1995.
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Abies magnifica var. shastensis
- Avalanche
Damage from an avalanche that occured on the slopes of Mount Shasta in January of 1995.
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Abies magnifica
- Cone scales of Abies magnifica-shastensis-procera, from South to North, starting at Onion Valley in Inyo County, California, to Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Left to right:
First row: (#1 Abies magnifica shastensis, #2-4 Abies magnifica)
1. Onion Valley, Inyo County, Calif. Southern Sierra Nevada, east side. (9,100 feet) 8/12/03
2. Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, Calif. Central Sierra Nevada, east side. (8,000 feet) 9/27/03
3. Red Lake, Alpine County, Calif. Northern Sierra Nevada. (8,000 feet) 10/17/03
4. Mt. Lassen National Park, Lassen County, Calif. Southern Cascade Mts. (7,000 feet) 8/29/03
Second row: (Abies magnifica shastensis)
5. Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou County, Calif. Southern Cascade Mts. (7,300 feet) 8/30/03
6. Mt. Eddy, Siskiyou County, Calif. Klamath Mts. (7,200 feet) 8/30/03
7. Near Russian Pk., Siskiyou County, Calif. Marble Mts. (6,200 feet) 8/31/03
8. Highway 48, Del Norte County, Calif. Siskiyou Mts. (4,800 feet) 9/01/03
Third row: (Abies magnifica shastensis)
9. Crater Lake National Park, Klamath County, Or. Southern Cascades. (6,500 feet) 9/02/03
10. Willamatte Pass, Hwy. 58, Klamath County, Or. Central Cascades. (5,100 feet) 9/02/03
(Abies procera)
11. Mt. Hood, Clackamas County, Oregon. (4,500 feet) 9/04/03
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