Yellow Pine Forest (Transition Life Zone)

Non-technical Description: A middle-elevation forest of tall (often over 75-feet tall), evergreen (pine) trees in an open woodland or mixed with a variety of upland shrubs. These pine trees have long needles in fascicles of 3 (sometimes 2) and long, spreading branches.

The Yellow Pine Forest association occurs at middle-elevations on the higher mountains (over 7,000 feet). The forest is dominated by Ponderosa Pine. The understory can be open or shrubby, but usually there is a moderate understory of shrubs including Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany, Sagebrush, Shrub Live Oak, and Manzanita. Other trees in the Yellow Pine Forest include Quaking Aspen.