Of California's 7,000 plant species, approximately 50 percent occur in the Sierra Nevada and more than 20 percent are within Yosemite. The park has an elevation range from 2,127 to 13,114 feet (648 to 3,997 m) and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral and oak woodland, lower montane forest, upper montane forest, subalpine zone, and alpine. Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals. Almost 95 percent of the park is designated wilderness. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an area of 759,620 acres (1,187 sq mi 3,074 km 2) and sits in four counties – centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera County. Yosemite National Park ( / j oʊ ˈ s ɛ m ɪ t i/ yoh- SEM-ih-tee) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest.
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