This will help preserve the natural habitat and encourage local wildlife. Trees Cuyamaca is blessed with many conifers and broadleaf trees. The conifers include the white fir, incense cedar, Coulter pine, Jeffrey pine, sugar pine and ponderosa pine. On the large size, are the chamise, Eastwood manzanita, Cuyamaca manzanita, Mexican manzanita, cupleaf mountain lilac, whitebark mountain lilac, Pamer mountain lilac, mountain mahogany, creek dogwood, Parish goldenbush, yerba santa, Parish burning bush, toyon, California barberry, laurel sumac, hollyleaf cherry, western choke cherry, scrub oak, coffeeberry, western azalea, white sage, and elderberry. Many people develop severe dermatitis from coming into contact with its leaves or stems.
Young leaves are usually reddish, turning glossy green, then red again in the fall.
Flowers are tiny and white and the fruit is a small whitish berry.