Trees Native to Mariposa County, California

Pines (common name, scientific name; where generally found in Mariposa County):

Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa; 2,500-10,000'

Sugar Pine, Pinus lambertiana,

Gray (Foothill) Pine, Pinus sabiniana

Jeffrey Pine, Pinus jeffreyi

Western White Pine, Pinus monticola

Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta

Tamarack Pine, Pinus contorta ssp. murryana

Knobcone Pine, Pinus attenuata

Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis

Firs:

Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii

White (Balsam) Fir, Abies concolor

Red (Silvertip) Fir, Abies magnifica

Oaks:

Blue Oak, Quercus douglasii

Interior Live Oak, Quercus wislizeni

Canyon Live Oak, Quercus chrysolepis

Valley Oak, Quercus lobata

Black Oak, Quercus kelloggii

Garry's Oak, Quercus garryana

Scrub Oak, Quercus berberidifolia

Nuttall's Scrub Oak, Quercus dumosa

Huckleberry Oak, Quercus vacciniifolia

Willows:

Arroyo Willow, Salix lasiolepis

Red Willow, Salix laevigata

Goodding's Black Willow, Salix gooddingii

Sandbar Willow, Salix exigua

Shining (Pacific) Willow, Salix lucida (ssp. lasiandra)

Dusky Willow, Salix melanopsis

Other notables:

Bigleaf Maple, Acer macrophyllum

California Buckeye, Aesculus californica

Incense Cedar, Calocedrus decurrens

Western Redbud, Cercis occidentalis

California Ash, Fraxinus dipetala

Fremont Cottonwood, Populus fremontii

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides

Sierra Bladdernut, Staphylea bolanderi

California Laurel, Umbellularia californica

Last but not least:

Sierra Redwood (Giant Sequoia), Sequoiadendron giganteum