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Tehachapi Mountains
![Tehachapi region](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/80da86_13301e8993df44f490e48c49bd654d32~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_914,y_1242,w_1114,h_838/fill/w_262,h_197,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/Tehachapi.png)
This small subregion is located at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada. It is marked by blue oak-gray pine woodlands at lower elevations and an abundance of ponderosa pine at higher elevations.
Typical insect and disease problems
• Black pineleaf scale
• Armillaria
• Dwarf and true mistletoe
• Seridium canker
• Pinyon pine ips
• Early defoliation/drought stress/leaf browning
• Anthracnose
• Canker Rots
![Black pineleaf scale. Ladd Livingston, Idaho Department of Lands, Bugwood.org](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/80da86_93057c84e12e42019015c71f179f3c2f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_139,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/1241635-WEB.jpg)
![Seridium canker. Jennifer Olson, Oklahoma State University, Bugwood.org](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/80da86_92af95e3a6384a2dad75d5b5dd9096a1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_139,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5435276-WEB.jpg)
![Dwarf mistletoe](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/80da86_f0e6948a311a46e2a9fa78bb228582ad~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_211,h_139,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/dwarf-mistletoe-1.png)
![Pinyon ips. William M. Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/80da86_8602d4fa0d0d464dbd6a0bda3c139bbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_139,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5466791-WEB.jpg)
![Canker rot. Robert Anderson, Bugwood.org](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/80da86_49b876dde7404b7c8f82fa614d46e160~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_139,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5494832-WEB.jpg)
![Armillaria](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/80da86_d2c66f809aa1436ea7d1a2b5be8231ee~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_211,h_139,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/3047008-WEB.jpg)
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