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6000–6500 feet White fir, Jeffrey pine, ponderosa pine, sugar pine, lodgepole pine, aspen, and incense cedar

6500–7000 feet Red fir, Jeffrey pine, lodgepole pine, and aspen

7000–8000 feet Hemlock, western white pine, red fir, mountain juniper, and lodgepole pine

8000–9000 feet Hemlock, western white pine, juniper, lodgepole pine, and whitebark pine

Above 9000 feet Whitebark pine

Red Fir White firs’ red cousin dominates the landscape in some areas above 6500 feet, often living in dense stands. The red fir needle bunches are tighter than those of the white fir, curve inward, and grow to longer than an inch. The bark is reddish-brown to gray, and the tree sprouts medium-sized cones of 6 to 9 inches as compared to the shorter ones of white fir (3 to 5 inches).

Sugar Pine These beautiful, majestic trees can reach a height of 250 feet. They are rarely seen above 6500 feet and only occasionally seen in lower elevations since most were cut down for lumber at the end of the 19th century. The sugar pine has long cylindrical cones that grow 10 to 16 inches downward from the tips of long graceful branches. John Muir said of the sugar pine that it “is the noblest pine yet discovered, surpassing all others not merely in size but also in kingly beauty and majesty.”