Plants For Yellow Pine Forest

Pinus monophylla, Pinyon Pine, is growing here among boulders in Joshua Tree National Monument, Mojave Desert, California. - grid24_12
Pinus monophylla Pinyon Pine

A very slow growing conifer. Do not expect 15 ft. in your lifetime. The biggest one we've been able to grow was about 3' tall in 7 years. It has 1" grey green needles , edible nuts, ( twenty years to ... Learn more.

Quercus Kelloggi, Penstemon rostriflorus, Asclepias eriocarpa, and Ribes roezlii under Pinus Ponderosa, Ponderosa Pine. - grid24_12
Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa Pine

Ponderosa Pine,Pinus ponderosa can be fast to 50+ feet in its range. On the nursery grounds at Santa Margarita Ponderosa Pine has grown to 5' in 7 years without water.. Ponderosa pine made it throug... Learn more.

Poa fendleriana Mutton Grass - grid24_12
Poa fendleriana Mutton Grass

Mutton Grass is so called as it grows a bunch grass in many of the drier plant communities of the west and plains and is preferred by sheep. A fair sized bunch grass of soft texture, humm-m, tasty. I ... Learn more.

Polypodium hesperium Western Polypody - grid24_12
Polypodium hesperium Western Polypody

A small creeping perennial fern that grows throughout much of the west to B.C. and Mexico. Western Polypody is usually found in rocky crevices that are seasonally(winter) wet drying in summer to no mo... Learn more.

Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern - grid24_12
Polystichum munitum Western Sword Fern

A fern with 3' dark green fronds. A very refined, very tight clump that looks like a palm tree top cut off. We saw them growing on Cone Mountain above Big Sur at 4000' under Ponderosa Pines, Tan bark ... Learn more.

Populus angustifolia Mammoth Narrow Leaf Cottonwood - grid24_12
Populus angustifolia 'Mammoth' Narrow Leaf Cottonwood

This Sierran tree looks like a narrow leaf Black Cottonwood. crossed with a quaking aspen. The cottonwood of much of the Rockies makes it into California around Bishop, Mammoth and the White Mountains... Learn more.

Populus fremontii, Western Cottonwood along hwy 58 - grid24_12
Populus fremontii Western Cottonwood

A deciduous tree. Plant and stand back, very fast with regular water, on one site 30' in a year. We grow male trees, females have cotton. An excellent shade tree. Keep away from septic system. Do not ... Learn more.

Populus fremontii,  Zapata Fremont Cottonwood tree with fall color - grid24_12
Populus fremontii 'Zapata' Fremont Cottonwood

''Zapata'comes from a parent tree that is 80' tall and 40' wide out in a stream bed of a customers property. I had to stand on my pickup roof with a 10' pole pruner to get a bottom branch. It is nativ... Learn more.

a Populus fremontii ,Carrizo Fremont Cottonwood tree - grid24_12
Populus fremontii var. Carrizo Fremont Cottonwood

'Carrizo', This form is for interior plantings only. It will get rust if the climate is too moist. This form is very tough. It should do fine in most desert sites and even into parts of the Great Basi... Learn more.

Populus fremontiiX Calm Fremont Cottonwood - grid24_12
Populus fremontiiX var. Calm Fremont Cottonwood

'Calm' is from the California Living Museum in Bakersfield, this is at the mouth of Kern Canyon.This is a series of plants and they are not sex defined, they can have cotton. We use these for revegeta... Learn more.

Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen - grid24_12
Populus tremuloides Quaking Aspen

A deciduous tree to 20 or 30 foot. It does not like to live at lower elevations. It has survived in some spots where it shouldn\'t for a long time. But it is slow compared to its speed at higher eleva... Learn more.

Populus trichocarpa,  Black Cottonwood fall color - grid24_12
Populus trichocarpa Black Cottonwood

Populus trichocarpa,  Black Cottonwood.is a deciduous tree, fast to 100'. Native from San Diego County to Alaska. I've seen it a quarter mile from the ocean where the salt spray had blown the top... Learn more.

Potentilla glandulosa nevadensis,  Nevada   Cinquefoil with flowers - grid24_12
Potentilla glandulosa var. nevadensis Nevada Cinquefoil

This Potentilla grows from Southern California mountains through the Sierra Nevada up into Nevada and Washington. A very nice little perennial that looks like it belongs on a Quebec balcony. Use with... Learn more.

Potentilla pectinisecta Bodie Buttercup - grid24_12
Potentilla pectinisecta Bodie Buttercup

A 1 ft. perennial with deeply cut dark green leaves. Native to the mountains bordering the Mojave Desert. A different rock garden plant. It has grown here in full sun with no water or care. If you tri... Learn more.

An old picture of Prunus andersonii - grid24_12
Prunus andersonii Desert Peach

A deciduous shrub that grows to 3-6 ft., with rose flowers emerging in the spring. Native to east slope Sierra Nevada up into Nevada. This Prunus species likes sun, dry conditions, and good drainage.... Learn more.

Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry - grid24_12
Prunus emarginata Bitter Cherry

I've seen Prunus emarginata in only two spots now. One was around Grants Grove at @7800 ft in the Sierras, under Pines in seeps and draws on the north slopes and above Cambria in a seep at about 2000 ... Learn more.

Prunus subcordata, Sierra Plum and Pacific Plum leaves. Sorry we do not have a plant big enough in the ground, yet. - grid24_12
Prunus subcordata Sierra Plum

Sierra Plum, Prunus subcordata, grows through most of the Sierras from about 2000 to 6000 feet as you you closer to the coast it grows to sea level from Monterey up into British Columbia. The flower... Learn more.

Prunus virginiana demissa, Western Chokecherry flowers - grid24_12
Prunus virginiana var. demissa Western Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana demissa, Western Chokecherry forms a small tree or large shrub. Western Chokecherry does great at higher elevations in California, but grows in small numbers on north slopes everywh... Learn more.

Swallowtail butterfly on Prunus virginiana melanocarpa, Black chokecherry in the Santa Margarita garden. - grid24_12
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa Black Chokecherry

Prunus virginiana melanocarpa, Black Chokecherry, forms a small tree or large shrub. Black Chokecherry grows from the middle elevations of California's Sierra Nevada Range to the other side of the Roc... Learn more.

Pseudotsuga macrocarpa Bigcone Spruce - grid24_12
Pseudotsuga macrocarpa Bigcone Spruce

Bigcone Spruce, Pseudotsuga macrocarpa, is native to the mountains of Southern California from 1500' to 6000'. At the lower elevations these trees hide in north side ravines along the desert edge. B... Learn more.

Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir - grid24_12
Pseudotsuga menziesii Douglas Fir

A conifer that will get to 80'. It needs regular garden water. It likes afternoon shade in the hot interior, full sun at higher elevations or near coast. A large tree or large hedge. This tree has sup... Learn more.

Ptelea crenulata, Western Hop tree with Lorquin's BAdmiral Butterfly - grid24_12
Ptelea crenulata Western Hop tree

A small deciduous tree that grows in the lower elevations of northern California and one spot in Orange County. "This shrub because of its glossy green foliage and light green fruits which turn brown ... Learn more.

Purshia tridentata, Antelope Bitterbrush flowers. - grid24_12
Purshia tridentata Antelope Bitterbrush

Antelope Bitterbrush is a gray small-leaved shrub to six feet. You will generally see it only 4-5 foot tall. Antelope Bitterbrush grows on dry slopes, east Sierra Nevada, Tulare Co. North, 3000-10000f... Learn more.

Quercus chrysolepis is known as a lot of names, some include Canyon Live Oak, Maul Oak, Iron Oak, Hickory Oak, Goldenleaf Oak and Goldencup Oak
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Quercus chrysolepis Canyon Live Oak

Canyon Live Oak, Quercus chrysolepis, is an evergreen tree that grows to about 40ft. In the Sierras or California's Northern Coastal areas the trees are fast and can reach 60 f... Learn more.

Quercus garryana breweri, Brewer's Oak - grid24_12
Quercus garryana var. breweri Brewer's oak

Brewer's oak is the dwarf form of Oregon oak. A bonsai or small garden oak. Easy to fit into a small garden. An excellent 'tree' for your leprechaun forest. Plant it in remembrance of someone you ... Learn more.

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