Camas Swale Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 42

Reid Schuller

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-843

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Camas Swale Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 42

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Authors:

Reid Schuller

Year:

2011

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-843

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-843. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 26 p.

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Abstract

This guidebook describes Camas Swale Research Natural Area, a 127-ha (314-ac) area that supports dry site, old-growth Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) forest. Major plant associations present within the area include the Douglas-fir/salal/western swordfern (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Gaultheria shallon/Polystichummunitum) plant association, Douglas-fir/Oregongrape (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Berberis nervosa) plant association, Douglas-fir/poison oak (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Toxicodendron diversilobum) plant association, and Douglas-fir/hazelnut-trailing snowberry/western swordfern (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Corylus cornutavar. californica-Symphoricarpos mollis/Polystichum munitum) plant association.

Keywords

Research natural area, Area of Critical Environmental Concern, old-growth Douglas-fir, salal, Oregongrape, poison oak, hazelnut, western swordfern, trailing snowberr, western swordfern

Citation

Schuller, Reid. 2011. Camas Swale Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 42. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-843. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 26 p.