Preferred Citation: Hall, Clarence A., Jr., editor Natural History of the White-Inyo Range, Eastern California. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1991 1991. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3t1nb2pn/


 
4— Plant Zones

Subalpine Zone (9,500–11,5OO ft, 2,896–3,505 m)

 
 

COMMON NAME

SCIENTIFIC NAME

FAMILY

 

Trees

Limber Pine

Pinus flexilis

Pinaceae

 

Bristlecone Pine

Pinus longaeva

Pinaceae

 

Quaking Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae

 

Shrubs

Dwarf Sagebrush

Artemisia arbuscula

Asteraceae

 

Broom Sagebrush

Artemisia nova

Asteraceae

 

Great Basin Sagebrush

Artemisia tridentata

Asteraceae

 

Curly Rabbitbrush

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus

Asteraceae

 

Clokey Blue Sage

Salvia dorrii var. clokeyi

Lamiaceae

 

Mountain Mahogany

Cercocarpus ledifolius

Rosaceae

 

Fern Bush

Chamaebatiaria millefolium

Rosaceae

 

Cream Bush

Holodiscus dumosus var. glabrescens

Rosaceae

 

Wax Currant

Ribes cereum

Saxifragaceae

 

Herbs

Clokey Daisy

Erigeron clokeyi

Asteraceae

 

Gray Goldenflower

Hymenoxys cooperi var. canescens

Asteraceae

 

Basin Senecio

Senecio multilobatus

Asteraceae

 

Beadpod

Lesquerella kingii ssp. kingii

Brassicaceae

 

Prickly Sandwort

Arenaria aculeata

Caryophyllaceae

 

Little Gray Milk-vetch

Astragalus calycosus

Fabaceae

 

Dolomite Milk-vetch

Astragalus kentrophyta var. implexus

Fabaceae

 

Limestone Lupine

Lupinus argenteus var. tenellus

Fabaceae

 

Palmer Lupine

Lupinus palmeri

Fabaceae

 

Limestone Evening Primrose

Oenothera caespitosa ssp. crinita

Onagraceae

 

Cushion Phlox

Phlox condensata

Polemoniaceae

 

Raspberry Buckwheat

Eriogonum gracilipes

Polygonaceae

 

Limber Pine Buckwheat

Eriogonum rupinum

Polygonaceae

 

Shooting Star

Dodecatheon redolens

Primulaceae

 

Clokey Paintbrush

Castilleja martinii var. clokeyi

Scrophulariaceae

 

Showy Penstemon

Penstemon speciosus

Scrophulariaceae


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4— Plant Zones
 

Preferred Citation: Hall, Clarence A., Jr., editor Natural History of the White-Inyo Range, Eastern California. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1991 1991. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft3t1nb2pn/