“Work – work – work
Till the brain begins to swim
Work – work – work
Till the eyes are heavy and dim.”— The Song of the Shirt, by Thomas Hood

Bottom row initial planting Nov. 1998

“One learns from doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try it.” – Sophocles

Top Row (listed east to west) (planted 7/12/99)
(California-exotic conifers, predominantly)

Dacrycarpus dacryoides
Taxodium distichum
Widdringtonia nodiflora (cupressoides)
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis
Cedrus libani
Cedrus deodara
Picea chihuahuana
Picea koyamai
Picea wilsonii
Thujopsis dolobrata
Tsuga sieboldii
Cedrus atlantica
Thuja plicata
Podocarpus lawrencii
Torreya californica
Dacrydium franklinii
Podocarpus macrophyllus
Abies holophylla
Podocarpus nivalis
Abies pindrow
Cunninghamia lanceolata
(space)
Dacrycarpus dacryoides
Taxodium distichum
Widdringtonia nodiflora(cupressoides)
Widdringtonia cedarbergensis
Cedrus libana
Cedrus deodara
Picea chihuahuana
Picea koyamai
Pices shrenkiana
Picea wilsonii
Thujopsis dolobrata
Picea shrenkiana
Tsuga sieboldii
Cedrus atlantica
Thuja plicata
Podocarpus lawrencii
Torreya californica
Dacrydium franklinii
Podocarpus macrophyllus
Abies holophylla
Podocarpus nivalis
Abies pindrow
Cunninghamia lanceolata

Middle Row (East to West) (planted 7/12/99)
(California-exotic conifers, predominantly)

Picea smithiana
Cupressus assamica
Cupressus ducluxiana
Cupressus macrocarpa
Pinus roxburghii
Pinus glabra
Pinus rudis
Pinus halepensis
Cupressus torulosa
Cupressus macnabiana
Cupressus sargentii
Cupressus sempervirens sempervirens
Cupressus lusitanica
Cupressus chengiana
Cupressus govienana
(space)
Picea smithiana
Cupressus assamica
Cupressus ducluxiana
Cupressus macrocarpa
Pinus roxburghii
Pinus glabra
Pinus rudis
Pinus halepensis
Cupressus torulosa
Cupressus macnabiana
Cupressus sargentii
Cupressus sempervirens sempervirens
Cupressus lusitanica
Cupressus chengiana
Cupressus govienana

Bottom Row (East to West) (planted 11/98)
(California-indigenous conifers)

Pseudotsuga menziesii
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Abies magnifica (planted 7/16/99)
Pinus monophylla
Juniperus occidentalis
Pinus jeffreyi
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Sequoia sempervirens
Pinus monticola
Pinus lambertiana
Pinus monophylls
Pinus contorta murrayana
Pinus flexilis
Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Juniperus occidentalis
Pinus monticola
Pinus lambertiana
Pinus contorta murrayana
Pinus jefreyii
Sequoiadendron giganteum

June 2008 Surviving Trees:  Abies holophylla, Cedrus atlantica, Cedrus deodara, Cedrus libani, Cupressus assamica, Cupressus chengiana, Cupressus duclouxiana, Cupressus goveniana, Cupressus lusitanica, Cupressus macnabiana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Cupressus sargentii, Dacrycarpus dacryoides, Juniperus occidentalis, Picea chihuahuana, Picea koyami, Picea shrenkiana, Picea smithiana, Picea wilsoniana,  Pinus contorta murrayana, Pinus flexilis, Pinus halepensis, Pinus hartwegii, Pinus lambertiana (indigenous), Pinus monophylla, Pinus monticola, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Thuja plicata, Thujopsis dolabrata, Torreya california, Tsuga sieboldii, Widdringtonia cedarbergensis.  In general, growth is very slow and it is expected that a sustantial percentage of these aforementioned conifers will not be successful.

Long term plan for Alder Springs unit is to reestablish indigenous conifers (Abies lowiana, Calocedrus decurrens, Pinus lambertiana, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus sabineana) and probably establish conifers which are native to California, such as Cupressus goveniana, Cupressus sargentii, Juniperus occidentalis, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pinus contorta murrayana, Pinus jefferyi, Pinus monophylla, Pinus monticola, Sequoia sempervirens and Sequoiadendron giganteum.