Subalpine Forests

Ecology: Subalpine forests are a combination of several forest types, all occurring above 4500 feet in the Cascades, Siskiyou, and Wallowa mountains. These forests vary widely depending on stand age, fire history, and local conditions. Common trees include Pacific silver fir, California red fir, noble fir, white fir, subalpine fir, western hemlock, mountain hemlock, Douglas-fir, Alaska-cedar, incense-cedar, lodgepole pine, western white pine, Engelmann spruce, and quaking aspen. Many species of huckleberries occur in the understories.