Cherry Creek Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 41

Reid Schuller; Jennie Sperling; Tim Rodenkirk

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-834

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Cherry Creek Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 41

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Authors:

Reid Schuller, Jennie Sperling, Tim Rodenkirk

Year:

2011

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-834

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-834. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 24 p

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Abstract

This guidebook describes Cherry Creek Research Natural Area, a 239-ha (590-ac) area that supports old-growth Douglas-fir-western hemlock (Pseudotsuga menziesii- Tsuga heterophylla) forest occurring on sedimentary materials in the southern Oregon Coast Range. Major plant associations present within the area include the western hemlock/Oregon oxalis (Oxalis oregana) plant association, the western hemlock/evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) plant association, and the western hemlock/rhododendron-Oregon grape (Rhododendron macrophyllum- Berberis nervosa) plant association. A northern spotted owl population (Strix occidentalis caurina) also uses the area.

Keywords

Research natural area, area of critical environmental concern, riparian vegetation, old-growth Douglas-fir, western hemlock, evergreen huckleberry, Berberis nervosa, Oxalis oregana, Tsuga heterophylla, Rhododendron macrophyllum, northern spotted owl, Strix occidentalis caurina, Oregon oxalis, Vaccinium ovatum, Oregon grape

Citation

Schuller, Reid; Sperling, Jennie; Rodenkirk, Tim. 2011. Cherry Creek Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 41. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-834. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 24 p.