Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis; or Golden-Cup Oak, Hickory Oak, Maul Oak, or White Live Oak), 4, 5, 8, 9, 87, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 100, 101-2, 123

Ceanothus, see Wild lilac

Cherry, 4

Chinquapin, 95

Classification of trees, 4-7, 12, 13; Angiosperms, 88-89; charts, 5, 9, 16-19, 89; by families, 5; Gymnosperms, 16-19; by leaves, 89; by life zones, 9

Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), 67, 68, 73, 77, 90

Conifers, 12, 15-22, 90; see also Gymnosperms

Cornaceae, see Dogwood family

Cornus nuttallii, see Nuttall Dogwood

Creek Dogwood (Red-Stemmed Dogwood), 90, 105

Cypress family (Cupressaceae), 5; see also Incense Cedar, Sierra Juniper

Dicotyledons, 5

Digger Pine (Pinus sabiniana; or Blue Pine, or Gray Pine), 5, 8, 9, 16-17, 22, 40, 41-42, 96

Dogwood family (Cornaceae), 5; see also Creek Dogwood, Nuttall Dogwood

Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga taxifolia; or Douglas Spruce, or Oregon Pine), 5, 6, 9, 18-19, 21, 43, 50, 51-53, 59, 123

Douglas Spruce, see Douglas Fir

Dwarf Maple (Acer glabrum), 120

Fagaceae, see Oak family

Families of trees, 4; chart, 5

Ferns, see Pteridophyta

Fir family (Abies), 5, 21, 55-56, 90; see also Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga), Red Fir, White Fir

Giant Sequoia (Sequoia gigantea; or Big Tree), 5, 8, 9, 15, 18-19, 35, 65-75

Golden-Cup Oak, see Canyon Live Oak

Grizzly Giant, 66, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75

Gymnosperms, 12, 15-22, 90; chart, 16-19

Hemlock family (Tsuga), 5; see also Mountain Hemlock

Hickory Oak, see Canyon Live Oak

Huckleberry Oak (Quercus vaccinifolia), 90, 95-96

Identification of trees, 12-13; see also Classification of trees

Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens), 5, 8, 9, 11, 15, 18-19, 35, 59, 76, 77-79, 81, 82, 85

Jeffrey Pine (Pinus ponderosa var. Jeffreyi), 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16-17, 26, 37-39

Knobcone Pine (Pinus attenuata), 16-17, 21, 22

Lauraceae, see Laurel family

Laurel family (Lauraceae), 5, 91; see also California Laurel

Libocedrus decurrens, see Incense Cedar

Life zones, 8-12; chart, 9

Little Sugar Pine, see Western White Pine

Lodgepole Pine (Pinus murrayana; or Tamarack Pine, or Tamrac Pine), 5, 6, 9, 11, 16-17, 22, 27, 43-46, 47, 49

Manzanita, 4, 95

Maple family (Aceraceae), 5; see also Big-Leaf Maple, Dwarf Maple

Maul Oak, see Canyon Live Oak Mistletoe, 97

Mountain Ash, 90

Mountain Dogwood, see Nuttall Dogwood

Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana), 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18-19, 21, 27, 46, 47-49, 53, 64

Mountain Pine, see Western White Pine

Myrtle, see California Laurel

Nomenclature of trees, 4-7

Nuttall Dogwood (Corpus nuttallii; or Western Dogwood, Mountain Dogwood, or Pacific Dogwood), 5, 9, 87, 89, 91, 103-5, 123

Oak family (Fagaceae), 5, 91 see also Blue Oak, California Black Oak, Canyon Live Oak, Huckleberry Oak

Oregon Pine, see Douglas Fir

Pacific Dogwood, see Nuttall Dogwood

Pepperwood, see California Laurel

Pine family (Pinaceae), 5, 21-22; see also Digger Pine, Jeffrey Pine, Knobcone Pine, Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Single-Leaf Pine, Sugar Pine, Western White Pine, White-Bark Pine

Piñon Pine, see Single-Leaf Pine

Pinus albicaulis, see White-Bark Pine

Pinus attenuata, see Knobcone Pine

Pinus lambertiana, see Sugar Pine

Pinus monophylla, see Single-Leaf Pine

Pinus monticola, see Western White Pine

Pinus murrayana, see Lodgepole Pine

Pinus ponderosa, see Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa var. Jeffreyi, see Jeffrey Pine

Pinus sabiniana, see Digger Pine

Polycotyledons, 5

Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa; or Western Yellow Pine), 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16-17, 22, 26, 33-36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 59, 62

Populus tremuloides, see Quaking Aspen

Populus trichocarpa, see Black Cottonwood

Pseudotsuga taxifolia, see Douglas Fir

Pteridophyta (Ferns), 5

Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides), 5, 9, 11, 59, 87, 89, 90, 91, 106, 107, 111, 113, 115-17

Quercus chrysolepis, see Canyon Live Oak

Quercus douglasii, see Blue Oak

Quercus kelloggii, see California Black Oak

Quercus vaccinifolia, see Huckleberry Oak

Red Fir (Abies concolor), 5, 9, 11, 18-19, 27, 35-36, 49, 53, 54, 55-56, 59, 60, 61-64, 79

Red-Stemmed Dogwood, see Creek Dogwood

Redwood family (Taxodiaceae), 5; see also Coast Redwood, Giant Sequoia

Salicaceae, see Willow Family

Salix lasiandra, see Yellow Willow

Salix nigra, see Black Willow

Salix scouleriana, see Scouler Willow

Scouler Willow (Salix scouleriana; or Nuttall Willow), 9, 111

Seed-bearing plants, see Spermatophyta

Sequoia gigantea, see Giant Sequoia

Sequoia sempervirens, see Coast Redwood

Sierra Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis; or Red Cedar), iv, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18-19, 27, 47, 80, 81-82

Silver Pine, see Western White Pine

Single-Leaf Pine (Pinus monophylla; or Piñon Pine), 16-17, 22

Spermatophyta (Seed-bearing plants), 5

Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana), 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16-17, 20, 22, 23-26

Sword-Leaf Willow, see Yellow Willow

Tamarack Pine, see Lodgepole Pine

Tamrac Pine, see Lodgepole Pine

Taxaceae, see Yew family

Taxodiaceae, see Redwood family

Torreya californica, see California Nutmeg

Tsuga mertensiana, see Mountain Hemlock

Umbellularia californica, see California Laurel

Wawona Tree, 71

Western Dogwood, see Nuttall Dogwood

Western White Pine (Pinus monticola; or Little Sugar Pine, Mountain Pine, or Silver Pine), 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16-17, 22, 27-29

White Alder (Alnus rhombifolia), 5, 9, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93-94

White-Bark Pine (Pinus albiaulis), 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16-17, 22, 27, 30, 31-32, 47, 49

White Fir (Abies magnifica), 5, 8, 9, 11, 18-19, 35, 52, 53, 55 56, 57-59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 117

White Live Oak, see Canyon Live Oak

Wild lilac (Ceanothus), 4

Willow family (Salicaceae), 5, 91, 107-8

Yellow Willow (Salix lasiandra; or Sword-Leaf Willow), 5, 9, 87, 89, 109-11

Yew family (Taxaceae), 5; see also California Nutmeg

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