Powell Butte Research Natural Area

Powell Butte Research Natural Area PDF

Author: Reid Schuller

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 32

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This guidebook describes Powell Butte Research Natural Area, a 210-ha (520-ac) tract established to represent examples of the western juniper/big sagebrush/Idaho fescue (Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia tridentata/Festuca idahoensis) plant association, the western juniper/big sagebrush/bluebunch wheatgrass (Juniperus occidentalis/Artemisia tridentata/Pseudoroegneria spicata) plant association, and the western juniper/bluebunch wheatgrass (Juniperus occidentalis/Pseudoroegneria spicata) plant association.

Forest Peak Research Natural Area

Forest Peak Research Natural Area PDF

Author: Reid Schuller

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Published: 2007

Total Pages: 32

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This guidebook describes the Forest Peak Research Natural Area, a 62.8-ha (153.3-ac) tract containing a mature Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forest and a grass bald within the Willamette Valley Foothill Ecoregion. Forest Peak RNA also contains an undisturbed third-order stream reach.

Little Sink Research Natural Area

Little Sink Research Natural Area PDF

Author: Reid Schuller

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Published: 2007

Total Pages: 32

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This guidebook describes the Little Sink Research Natural Area, a 32.38-ha (80-ac) tract occupying an area of geologically unstable marine siltstone exhibiting natural geomorphic disturbances including landslides, slump benches, scarps, basins and ponds. The area supports forested stands dominated by Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) as well as stands codominated by Douglas-fir and bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) representative of coniferous forest along the foothills of the Willamette Valley.

Forest Creeks Research Natural Area

Forest Creeks Research Natural Area PDF

Author: Reid Schuller

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 36

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"This guidebook describes Forest Creeks Research Natural Area, a 164-ha (405-ac) area comprising two geographically distinct canyons and associated drainages. The two units have been established as examples of first- to third-order streams originating within a ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) zone. The two riparian areas also represent examples of the mountain alder-redosier dogwood (Alnus incana-Cornus sericea ssp. sericea), and the redosier dogwood-mockorange (Cornus sericea ssp. sericea-Philadelphus lewisii) plant associations." --

Grass Mountain Research Natural Area

Grass Mountain Research Natural Area PDF

Author: Reid Schuller

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Published: 2007

Total Pages: 40

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This guidebook describes the Grass Mountain Research Natural Area, a 377-ha (931-ac) tract in the Oregon Coast Range. The area supports a grass bald complex surrounded by stands dominated by noble fir (Abies procera) and/or Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in the overstory, and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) in the understory.