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Bird. California quail. Callipepla californica. 1931. [4] Colors. Blue and gold. Blue represents the sky, and gold represents the color of the precious metal found by forty-niners in the state's hills. 1951.
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, including official trees of the following of the states, of the federal district, and of the territories . State. federal district. or territory. Common name. Scientific name. Image. Year. Alabama.
Palm trees are a well-known feature of California, particularly in Southern California and Los Angeles; many species have been imported, though the Washington filifera (commonly known as the California fan palm) is native to the state, mainly growing in the Colorado Desert oases.
Sequoia sempervirens – MHNT. Sequoia sempervirens ( / səˈkwɔɪ.ə ˌsɛmpərˈvaɪrənz /) [3] is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae ). Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood.
Calaveras Big Trees State Park. / 38.27278°N 120.29056°W / 38.27278; -120.29056. Calaveras Big Trees State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving two groves of giant sequoia trees. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Arnold, California in the middle elevations of the Sierra Nevada.
Western white pine ( Pinus monticola) Single-leaf pinyon pine ( Pinus monophylla) Great Basin bristlecone pine ( Pinus longaeva ): the Methuselah, a 4,700-year-old specimen. Foxtail pine ( Pinus balfouriana ): endemic to California; 2,000-year-old specimens.
Quercus lobata, commonly called the valley oak or roble, is the largest of the California oaks. It is endemic to the state, growing in interior valleys and foothills from Siskiyou to San Diego counties. [4] Deciduous, it requires year-round groundwater, [5] [6] and may live up to 600 years. Its thick, ridged bark (resembling alligator hide) and ...
El Palo Alto. El Palo Alto ( Spanish: 'the tall stick' [1]) is a coast redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens) located on the banks of the San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, California, a city in the San Francisco Bay Area. The namesake of the city and a historical landmark, El Palo Alto is 1083–1084 years old and stands 110 feet (34 m) tall.