Excerpts from Jim Conrad's
Naturalist Newsletter

from the June 19, 2005 Newsletter issued from the Sierra Nevada foothills somewhat east of Placerville, California, USA
TREES ON AND AROUND SLATE MOUNTAIN
Here are the trees I identified during a  hike up Slate Mountain in June, 2005:

  1. Digger Pine/ Pinus sabiniana
  2. Ponderosa Pine/ Pinus ponderosa
  3. Sugar Pine/ Pinus lambertiana
  4. Douglas-fir/ Pseudotsuga menziesii
  5. Incense-cedar/ Libocedrus decurrens
  6. White Alder/ Alnus rhombifolia
  7. Tanoak/ Lithocarpus densiflorus
  8. California Hazel/ Corylus cornuta californica
  9. California Black Oak/ Quercus kelloggii
  10. Canyon Live Oak/ Quercus chrysolepis
  11. Bigleaf Maple/ Acer macrophyllum
  12. Pacific Dogwood/ Cornus nuttallii
  13. California Buckeye/ Aesculus californica
  14. Pacific Madrone/ Arbutus menziesii

It's interesting to compare this list with the one I made for my earlier home at Laurel Hill Plantation near Natchez. That list bore over 60 species -- nine just of oaks. Well, this much smaller number reflects two basic ecological generalisms when all other variables remain the same and no extremes are involved:

By the way, that tree list for Laurel Hill is at www.backyardnature.net/trees-lh.htm