"The Trees of the Valley", "The Forest Trees in General", and "The Big Trees",
chapters 5, 6, and 7 of John Muir's book The Yosemite

This World Wide Web page written by Dan Styer;
http://www.oberlin.edu/physics/dstyer/Muir/TheTrees.html;
20 December 2012.


Chapter 5, "The Trees of the Valley"

Name used by Muir Name used today
Yellow Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Douglas Spruce (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
California live-oak (Quercus agrifolia) California black oak (Quercus kelloggii)
mountain live-oak or gold-cup oak (Quercus chrysolepis) Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis)
Silver Fir (Abies concolor) White fir (Abies concolor)
Red Cedar (Juniperus occidentalis) Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)
poplar or balm of Gilead (Populus trichocarpa) Black cottonwood (Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa)
Nuttall's flowering dogwood Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
broad-leaved maple Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum)
California nutmeg (Tumion Californicum) California nutmeg (Torreya californica)

Chapter 6, "The Forest Trees in General"

Name used by Muir Name used today
Douglas oak Blue oak (Quercus douglasii)
nut pine (Pinus Sabiniana) California foothill pine (Pinus sabiniana)
Pinus attenuata Knobcone pine (Pinus attenuata)
Sugar Pine (Pinus Lambertiana) Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana)
Yellow Pine or Silver Pine (Pinus ponderosa) Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Douglas Spruce (Pseudotsuga Douglasii) Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Incense Cedar (Libocedrus decurrens) Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens)
Silver Fir (Abies concolor) White fir (Abies concolor)
Magnificent Silver Fir or California Red Fir (Abies magnifica) California red fir (Abies magnifica)
Two-leaved Pine (Pinus contorta var. Murrayana) Sierra lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. murrayana)
Mountain Pine (Pinus monticola) Western white pine (Pinus monticola)
Western Juniper or Red Cedar (Juniperus occidentalis) Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)
Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga Mertensiana) Mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
Dwarf Pine or White-Bark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis)
Nut Pine (Pinus monophylla) Singleleaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla)

Chapter 7, "The Big Trees"

Name used by Muir Name used today
Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea) Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)