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Transverse Ranges
Transverse Ranges
These east-west-oriented mountains are located north of the greater Los Angeles Metropolitan area. They feature low-elevation chaparral, oak woodland and savanna, and pinyon-juniper woodlands, and higher-elevation forests that include white fir, Jeffrey pine, sugar pine, and lodgepole pine.
Typical insect and disease problems
• Native bark beetles including Ips, Scolytus, and Dendroctonus species
• Heterobasidion root disease
• Douglas-fir tussock moth
• True mistletoes in oaks
• Dwarf mistletoes in conifers
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