Upper Elk Meadows Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 43

Reid Schuller; Cheshire Mayrsohn

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-874

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Upper Elk Meadows Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 43

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Authors:

Reid Schuller, Cheshire Mayrsohn

Year:

2013

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-874

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-874. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 35 p.

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Abstract

This guidebook describes Upper Elk Meadows Research Natural Area (RNA), a 90-ha (223-ac) area that supports a mixture of coniferous forest and open, shruband herb-dominated wetlands. The major forest plant association present within Upper Elk Meadows RNA is Pacific silver fir/vine maple/coolwort foamflower (Abies amabilis/Acer circinatum-Tiarella trifoliata).

Keywords

Research natural area, area of critical environmental concern, old-growth Douglas-fir, old-growth Pacific silver fir, freshwater seep, wet meadow, fen, Umpqua swertia, Pacific silver fir, Sitka alder (Alnus viridis) streamside community, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Abies amabilis, Frasera umpquaensis, vine maple, coolwort foamflower

Citation

Schuller, Reid; Mayrsohn, Cheshire. 2013. Upper Elk Meadows Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 43. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-874. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 35 p.