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Rainbow Trout With a bluish-gray to gray-green back, silvery belly, and dark black speckles, the rainbow’s most distinctive mark is a red streak down each side. Mountain men and prospectors introduced rainbows into the Sierra in the 1800s.

Trees

Aspen or Quaking Aspen The Sierra’s most colorful deciduous tree derives its name from the appearance it has when its leaves quake in gentle breezes or windstorms. With white bark and oval-shaped leaves, aspens are common in wet and moist areas, along creek beds, near springs, and in meadows. Their presence can indicate a groundwater source. Aspen trees spread by cloning themselves by means of root suckers, which grow up into more aspens around the base of their trunks; a single tree may put out dozens of shooters and thus a whole grove may have started with one tree. This tree provides most of the Sierra’s fall yellow and gold color.

Incense Cedar These trees can grow to a height of 150 feet. Incense cedar is commonly found near the lake (6200 feet) with an upper elevation of around 6500 feet, a little higher in sunny locations. Incense cedars have red to cinnamon-brown flaky bark, and dark green short needles, which lie in flat feathery groupings.