The traditional homeland of the Nimiipuu are marked with distinctive elevation zones of vegetation. Douglas-fir is the dominant conifer below the subalpine zone in many areas, while mountain hemlock dominates others. Below this, western redcedar and western hemlock dominate, but Douglas-fir, western white pine, western larch, and ponderosa pine are also found. Lodgepole pine and grasses dominate in the basin-and-ranges. Tree species were used for tepee poles, canoes, fires, and a wide variety of other needs by the Nimiipuu.