Plant Communities in the San Gabriel Mountains
Valley & Foothill Woodland
- coast live oak
- interior live oak Quercus wislizenii
- Englemann oak Quercus engelmannii
- valley oak -
- Southern California black walnut Juglans californica
- California buckeye Aesculus californica
Hard Chaparral
- Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
- Manzanita Arctostaphylos spp.
- Ceanothus spp.
- Mountain mahogany Cercocarpus betuloides
- Yucca Yucca whipplei
Riparian
- white alder Alnus rhombifolia
- California sycamore Platanus racemosa
- bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum
- Fremont cottonwood Populus fremontii
- willows Salix spp.
Montane Forests
- low elevation:
- bigcone Douglas fir -
- canyon oak-
- middle elevation:
- Ponderosa pine -
- Coulter pine -
- canyon oak -
- incense cedar -
- high country:
- Jeffrey pine -
- sugar pine -
- white fir -
- incense cedar -
- black oak
- 8000'+ lodgepole pine, limber pine
Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands
- Pinyon pine Pinus monophyllum
- junipers Juniperus spp.
