 With its scrubby sun @-@ baked chaparral , stately groves of pine , fir , and sequoia , and expanses of alpine woodlands and meadows , Yosemite National Park preserves a Sierra Nevada landscape as it prevailed before Euro @-@ American settlement . In contrast to surrounding lands , which have been significantly altered by logging , the park still contains some 225 @,@ 510 acres ( 91 @,@ 260 ha ) of old @-@ growth forest . Taken together , the park 's varied habitats support over 250 species of vertebrates , which include fish , amphibians , reptiles , birds , and mammals . 
