Mammals > Rodents
Belding’s Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi), fondly known across high Sierra trails as the ‘picket pin’ or ‘potgut,’ is an energetic, terrestrial squirrel ubiquitous throughout the pristine alpine meadows of the Sierra Nevada and...
Plants > Trees
The Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysolepis), also revered historically as the Maul Oak or Golden Cup Oak, is an exceptionally rugged, majestic evergreen oak native to the dramatic rocky canyons and granite slopes of California and the Southwest. Anchoring deeply into...
Plants > Trees & Shrubs
The California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii) is the preeminent deciduous oak of the Sierra Nevada and the cultural heart of the Yosemite Valley. Famous for its dark, checked charcoal bark, stately spreading crown, and brilliant golden-amber autumn foliage that...
Plants > Conifers
The Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) is an iconic, aromatic giant conifer native to the sun-drenched granitic slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. Famous for its cinnamon-red, deeply furrowed bark and delightfully pungent cedar fragrance,...
Plants > Conifers
The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the world’s most massive single living organism by total trunk volume, an ancient coniferous colossus that reigns over the moist, western slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada range. Confined to approximately...
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