Yosemite National Park - Plants

Yosemite has an elevation range from 2,000 to 13,123 feet and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral/oak woodland, lower montane, upper montane, subalpine and alpine. Of California ’s 7,000 plant species, about 50% occur in the Sierra Nevada and more than 20% within Yosemite . There is suitable habitat or documented records for more than 160 rare plants in the park, with rare local geologic formations and unique soils characterizing the restricted ranges many of these plants occupy.