Sierra Nevada upper montane forest

[1] It is generally located above the mixed coniferous forest and below the alpine zone.

[1] Overstory trees are typically cone shaped to shed the snow.

[1] Characteristic trees including lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta subsp.

murrayana ), Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), western white pine (Pinus monticola) California red fir (Abies magnifica), and Sierra juniper (Juniperus grandis), and typical understory trees and shrubs such as huckleberry oak (Quercus vaccinifolia) and red heather (Phyllodoce breweri).

Precipitation in areas of upper montane forest vegetation type is 35 to 65 feet (11 to 20 m), mostly as snowfall.