Vegetation includes conifers such as sugar, lodgepole and Jeffrey pine with almost pure stands of red fir on the highest elevations.
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Foxtail pine is restricted to the southern part of the Sierra, forming pure stands where whitebark pine would dominate further north.
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This species forms dense, pure stands on protected slopes with moist soil, but can also co-occur with Sierra juniper and whitebark pine.
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Vostok's major portion is covered with a pure stand of " Pisonia " trees rooted in moist peat soil one meter thick.
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Scrub communities, including pure stands of bracken " Pteridium aquilinum " occur on the cliff slopes and tops and particularly in the valleys.
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Western white pine ( " Pinus monticola " ) can be found in pure stands, especially on exposed slopes, where snowpack is shorter-lived.
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Another type of climax community is the Parinari forest, consisting of almost pure stands of Parinari excelsa, associated in the understorey with Carapa grandiflora.
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"Nageia ", like many podocarps, can usually be found scattered throughout the forest mixed with other trees, and is rarely if ever found growing in pure stands.
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But as Senate majority leader, Dole often has to cajole and compromise to get legislation passed, which makes it tough for him to take ideologically pure stands.
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Pure stands of hollies can grow into a labyrinth of vaults in which thrushes and deer take refuge, while smaller birds are protected among their spiny leaves.
