Eastside Mixed Conifer Forest  

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This habitat includes the productive, upland, closed conifer forests of Washington and Oregon in the east Cascades, Okanogan Highlands and Blue Mountains. Douglas-fir is the most common tree species in this habitat and is almost always present as it dominates or co-dominates most overstories. Other species include grand fir, western red cedar, western hemlock, western, Engelmann spruce, lodgepole pine, and subalpine fir. Woodpeckers abound throughout these forests, and you'll also find: