Editing Tehachapi Mountains (section)

===Flora===
The Tehachapis are primarily in the [[California interior chaparral and woodlands]] sub-[[ecoregion]], with native [[grassland]]s, [[California oak woodland]]s and [[oak savanna]] the predominant [[habitat]]s. The higher [[montane]] elevations include the [[California mixed evergreen forest]] [[plant community]].  Some of the [[chaparral]] woodland species include: [[Quercus chrysolepis|canyon live oak (''Quercus chrysolepis'')]], [[Quercus lobata|valley oak (''Quercus lobata'')]], [[Quercus douglasii|blue oak (''Quercus douglasii'')]], and [[Pinus sabiniana|gray pine (''Pinus sabiniana'')]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?195,210,232|title=UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for PINUS sabiniana|website=ucjeps.berkeley.edu|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref>

Montane species include: [[Quercus kelloggii|black oak (''Quercus kelloggii'')]], [[Pinus coulteri|Coulter pine (''Pinus coulteri'')]], [[Calocedrus|incense cedar (''Calocedrus decurrens'')]], [[Abies concolor|white fir (''Abies concolor'')]], and in a few remote locations small stands of [[Populus tremuloides|quaking aspen (''Populus tremuloides'')]].<ref>The American Journal of Science; By Yale University Dept. of Geology and Geophysics; Published by J.D. & E.S. Dana, 1940</ref>

The [[Leptosiphon nudatus|Tehachapi linanthus (''Leptosiphon nudatus'')]] is a [[phlox]] plant species [[endemism|endemic]] to [[chaparral]] habitat in the Tehachapi Mountains and the southern Sierra Nevada.  The [[Packera ionophylla|Tehachapi ragwort (''Packera ionophylla'')]] is an [[aster (genus)|aster]] plant species [[endemism|endemic]] to forest habitat in the Tehachapis and eastern Transverse Ranges. The [[Eriogonum callistum|Tehachapi buckwheat (''Eriogonum callistum'')]] is known only from the chaparral of the Tehachapis.<ref>[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Eriogonum+callistum The Nature Conservancy: ''E. callistum'']</ref>