From mountain peaks to steep canyons, the extraordinary range of habitat types within the Sierra Nevada support many unusual plant and animal communities. Half of all of California's vascular plants occur here, with 400 being endemic. Many other species, from chipmunks to salamanders, are also found nowhere else. Groves of giant sequoia trees that are more than 3,000 years old, alpine meadows filled with gentians and larkspurs, and rivers teeming with golden trout are just some of the habitats you can find in this ecoregion.
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