VR Panoramas of California Vegetation Types
This classification is from "Introduction to California Plant Life", by Robert Ornduff, Phyllis M. Faber, and Todd Keeler-Wolf, 2003. University of California Press.
Coastal Strand
Gold Bluffs Beach south of Fern Canyon, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County.
 
Coastal Prairie
North coastal prairie, a native grassland, Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County.
 
Coastal Salt Marsh
 
Northern Coastal Scrub
 
Closed-Cone Pine Forest
Monterey pine forest above Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos State Reserve
 
North Coastal Coniferous Forest
 
Redwood Forest
Huge trees and chest-high ferns in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Bald Hills, Redwood National Park.
Douglas-fir Forest
Mixed Evergreen Forest
Live oak forest in the winter, Wildcat Canyon, Berkeley Hills.
Coastal Sage Scrub
South coastal sage scrub on the clifftops south of San Onofre, Orange County.
 
Chaparral
The Old Priest Grade, one of the steepest roads in the west, near Moccasin, Mariposa County.
 
Valley and Foothill Woodland
Blue oak woodland on Indian Gulch Road, north of Catheys Valley, Mariposa County.
 
Valley Grassland
Lower foothils, between Planada and Catheys Valley on Highway 140, Mariposa County.
 
Riparian Woodland
Merced River, high water, McConnel State Recreation Area, near Delhi, Merced County.
 
Freshwater Marsh
 
Montane Chaparral
 
Montane Coniferous Forest
 
Red Fir Forest
 
Lodgepole Forest
 
Subalpine Forest
 
Bristlecone Pine Forest
At a saddle on the Methuselah Grove trail, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo County.
 
Montane Meadow
 
Alpine Fell-field
 
Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Pinyon pine forest at Mahogany Flat at the head of Wildrose Canyon in the Panamint Mountains, Death Valley National Park.
 
Sagebrush Scrub
Mono Lake from the north slope of Panum Crater, Mono County.
 
Shadscale Scrub
Late afternoon in Owens Valley, southeast of Lone Pine. Inyo County.
 
Alkali Sink Scrub
 
Joshua Tree Woodland
Joshua trees in Lost Horse Valley, Joshua Tree National Park.
 
Creosote Bush Scrub
Looking north to the Kelso Dunes, East Mojave National Preserve.