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Shrubs such as azaleas, raspberries, wood roses, and coast huckleberries carpet small openings in the forest. Pinemat manzanita and thimbleberries are common members of the understory. Large expanses of brush are uncommon at these elevations, but where they do occur, huckleberry oaks and other scrub oaks, which do not appear at lower elevations, are the principal plants.

Red-Fir Forest Red firs and their subspecies, Shasta red firs, occur almost equally in the Klamath Mountains between 5,000 and 7,000 feet. They often overlap considerably with conifers from the next lowest community, especially white firs. Slightly larger, beautiful cones distinguish Shasta red firs from the standard red firs, with longer bracts than scales, giving the cones a silver-flecked appearance.

At these elevations, western white pines begin to replace their close relatives, the sugar pines, while Jeffrey pines take over completely from their relatives, the ponderosa pines. Mountain junipers are not particularly common in the Klamath Mountains, but a few do show up here and there in this community. Pockets of mountain hemlocks and weeping spruces can be found at the upper limits of this zone on north-facing slopes and cirques. This zone is the highest with large stands of trees. Above these elevations trees grow alone or in small clusters.