Calocedrus decurrens
The higher portions of the Peninsular Ranges, especially the west-facing slopes, are home to coniferous and mixed evergreen forests. Cleveland National Forest covers much of the higher Southern California Peninsular Ranges. The vegetation includes oak woodlands and forests of Jeffrey Pine ("Pinus jeffreyi") and Coulter Pine ("Pinus coulteri"). The Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir pine-oak forests cover upper slopes of Sierra Juarez and San Pedro Martir ranges in Baja California. These isolated forests, predominantly Tamarack Pine ("Pinus contorta" subsp. "murrayana"), Sugar Pine ("Pinus lambertiana"), Parry Pinyon "(Pinus quadrifolia)", White Fir ("Abies concolor"), California Incense Cedar ("Calocedrus decurrens"), and junipers. Oak species include Coast Live Oak ("Quercus agrifolia"), Engelmann Oak ("Quercus engelmannii"), Canyon Live Oak ("Quercus chrysolepis"), and Baja Oak ("Quercus peninsularis"). These higher portions of the Peninsular Ranges harbor many rare and endemic species.