A high sierra environment, Washoe County benefits from a variety of flora including pine trees
A high sierra environment, Washoe County benefits from a variety of flora including pine trees

Coniferous Forest Zone Zone

Coniferous Zone Image
  • The Coniferous Forest Zone is found at 5,000 ft and up.
  • Plants which grow here are Ponderosa Pine, Jeffrey Pine, White Fir, Snowbrush, and Squaw Carpet.
  • Precipitation ranges from 16 inches and up.


Plants of the
Pinyon-Juniper Zone

 Plants of the Coniferous Forest Zone

 

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