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California Vegetation

What vegetation grows in California?

Goal:

Goal:

Choose one type of vegetation for each of the four regions of California. On your map key, draw a symbol for each type of vegetation and label each symbol. Then draw the symbols in the correct locations on your state map. Here are some examples of vegetation that grow in California.

Coastal Regions

Forest of Coastal Redwoods, the tallest trees on earth, taken in Muir Woods, California

coastal redwoods

California incense-cedar, Calocedrus decurrens, large conifer tree native of North America with flattened sprays with scale-like leaves, bright green on both sides and up to 35 mm long seed cones.

conifers

Deserts

bolder piles in joshua tree national park, california

Joshua tree

Spiked yucca plant with a rocky brown background

Mojave yucca

Pancake prickly pear (Opuntia Chlorotica), Joshua Tree National Park, south California

prickly pear cactus

Central Valley

California Valley Oak tree in vineyard at sunrise in Paso Robles vineyard in the Central Valley of California United States

grapes

Almond tree at the harvest time. California, USA

almonds

Pistachio nuts growing on a tree in an orchard in central California growing region

pistachios

Mountains

Huge Sequoia Trees In Sequoia National Park, California USA

giant sequoias

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - a protected area high in the White Mountains in Inyo County in eastern California.

bristlecone pine