Engelmann spruce, mountain hemlock, subalpine fir and whitebark pine can be found in the higher elevations, with Douglas-fir, white fir, western larch, and lodgepole pine elsewhere.
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Tree species found on the mountain peak include Jeffrey Pine, White Fir, Incense Cedar, and a few remaining Limber Pine can be found beneath the lookout tower.
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The North Rim gets more precipitation than the south and is heavily forested, with pine, white fir and Douglas fir, spruce and aspen interrupted periodically by large meadows.
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These have been identified by the forest service for having ancient forests of white fir, western white pine, sugar pine, lodgepole pine, red fir, incense cedar and Jeffrey pine.
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For example, removal of incense-cedar and white fir from 1 to 10 feet ( 0.3 3 m ) tall in giant sequoia forests had little impact on western tanager density.
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The Skakavitsa Waterfall is one of the chief tourist attractions in the area owing also to the century-old endemic white fir ( " Pinum peuce " ) forests surrounding it.
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In spite of being native to the mountains of western North America, the white fir ( A . concolor, Zones 3 to 7 ) thrives in the Midwest and East.
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In the surrounding mountains, the extent of dead white fir and pine trees in the national forest is alarming _ nearly 30 percent _ and is much higher in some places.
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Even as the call went out to conserve energy, Gov . Gray Davis switched on the lights decorating the 56-foot white fir at the state Capitol, continuing a tradition dating to 1931.
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It then descends again to its large lower section, which includes an open forest of aspen and white fir trees, sagebrush flats, and the junction with the south branch of the canyon.
