GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MIXED CONIFERS Mixed conifer forests occupy sites more moist than those usually occupied by pure stands of ponderosa pine. 2 Pinyon-juniper woodlands and the variable mixtures of Chihuahua pine, Apache pine, and evergreen shrubs are not mixed conifer forests within this definition. The common overstory species in mixed conifer forests are Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, white fir, Engelmann spruce, aspen, southwestern white pine, blue spruce, and corkbark fir, often in more or less that order of abundance. In some