Sky Islands

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Yosemite National Park: Throughout the Sierra Nevada, high flat plateaus are found at elevations around twelve and thirteen thousand feet. These isolated sky islands are the home to unique plant communities that are found nowhere else.

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Yosemite Nature Notes, California, Plants, Plants

Keywords

california, high elevation, national park, plant communities, plateaus, sierra nevada, sky islands, yosemite

Date of Video

September 11, 2007

Video Location

Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, CA

GPS

37°44'42.73"N × 119°35'53.6"W

Credit

Courtesy of the National Park Service. For a large collection of audio and video podcast episodes on many classroom topics, visit the National Park Service on iTunes U.

Movie Number

2942