Jeff Foott / Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi), Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) and ferns, Yosemite National Park, California

Jeff Foott / Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) trees and waterfall, Cascade Creek, Yosemite National Park, California

Jenny E. Ross / Adult California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) perched in an ancient incense cedar tree within an old-growth section of the Tahoe National Forest, California, USA.

Jenny E. Ross / Adult California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) perching in incense cedar tree within old-growth forest. Tahoe National Forest, California USA. July

Thomas Lazar / Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) trees in various stages of growth, lower montane forest, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Thomas Lazar / Fire scorched bark of Incense cedar tree (Calocedrus decurrens) Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Thomas Lazar / Trunks of Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) (left) and Incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) (right) trees, lower montane forest, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Thomas Lazar / Fire scorched bark of Incense cedar tree (Calocedrus decurrens) Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Thomas Lazar / Bark of Incense cedar tree (Calocedrus decurrens) with younger cedars and Ponderosa pine trees (Pinus ponderosa) behind, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Jeff Foott / Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi) and Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) trees, Yosemite National Park, California

Jeff Foott / Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) tree with snow, Yosemite National Park, California

Jeff Foott / Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) tree, Yosemite National Park, California