Adorni Research Natural Area Establishment Record

The Adorni Research Natural Area occupies a large portion of the Aikens Creek drainage, a second-order tributary of the Klamath River in the western Klamath Mountains province. Slopes are primarily northeast facing and are steep and prone to slumping. The area is on the boundary between ultramafic (peridotite) and metasedimentary schistose rock and contains both types. The entire RNA is forested, with no openings, save a few recent and rapidly colonizing slides.