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Northern Sierra Subalpine Forests
Ecoregion
in
Sierra Nevada
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CA
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NV
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Above the upper montane forests of Ecoregion 5c, the Northern Sierra Subalpine Forests ecoregion is typified by lodgepole pine, whitebark pine, western white pine, and mountain hemlock. It mostly lacks the foxtail pine that is found in the Southern Sierra Subalpine Forests ecoregion (5k). Elevations generally range from 8,000 to 10,000 feet, although in some eastern areas, elevations can start and range higher. With heavy snowfall, high winds, cold climates, and shallow soils, trees at high elevations have slow growth rates and are not very large.
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Plants
Smokey Mariposa
Calochortus leichtlinii (species)
71
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lupinus sellulus
SPECIES ·
“Donner Lake Lupine”
70
Observations
JAN - DEC
Woolly Mule Ears
Wyethia mollis (species)
70
Observations
JAN - DEC
California False Hellebore
Veratrum californicum (species)
60
Observations
JAN - DEC
Elkweed
Frasera speciosa (species)
54
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Pseudacris sierra
SPECIES
15
Observations
JAN - DEC
Yellow-Bellied Marmot
Marmota flaviventris (species),
“Rock Chuck”
14
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Pika
Ochotona princeps (species),
“Cony”, “Little Chief Hare”, “Rock Rabbit”, “Whistling Hare”
13
Observations
JAN - DEC
Belding's Ground Squirrel
Urocitellus beldingi (species)
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel
Callospermophilus lateralis (species)
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli (species),
“Parus Gambelli”
2,697
Observations
JAN - DEC
Dark-Eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis (species)
2,539
Observations
JAN - DEC
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri (species),
“Steller's Blue Jay”
2,112
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
1,942
Observations
JAN - DEC
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronata (species),
“Butterbutt”, “Myrtle Warbler”
1,827
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
American Emerald
Cordulia shurtleffii (species)
8
Observations
JAN - DEC
Occidryas editha
SPECIES
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Cicindela oregona
SPECIES ·
“Western Tiger Beetle”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Chlosyne hoffmanni
SPECIES ·
“Hoffmann's Checkerspot”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Icaricia icarioides
SPECIES ·
“Boisduval's Blue”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Letharia columbiana
SPECIES ·
“Wolf Lichen”, “Brown-Eyed Wolf Lichen”
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Letharia vulpina
SPECIES ·
“Wolf Lichen”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Caloscypha fulgens
SPECIES ·
“Dazzling Cup”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Neolentinus ponderosus
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Phaeolus schweinitzii
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
Classified As
Ecoregion
Northern Sierra Subalpine Forests
Northern Sierra Subalpine Forests
Northern Sierra Subalpine Forests
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