Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Saddle Bag Mountain Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 34.

Author: Schuller, Reid; Exeter, Ronald L.

Date: 2007

Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-731. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 22 p

Station ID: GTR-PNW-731

Description: This guidebook describes the Saddle Bag Mountain Research Natural Area, a 121-ha (300-ac) tract established to represent an old-growth remnant of Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) forest in the Oregon Coast Range. Pacific silver fir and noble fir (Abies procera) occur as isolated remnants, and both species are approaching the southern limits of their natural range in the Oregon Coast Range.

Keywords: Research natural area, old-growth forest, Pacific silver fir forest, western hemlock forest, noble fir forest, Douglas-fir forest, Oregon Coast Range, remnant population

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Schuller, Reid; Exeter, Ronald L.  2007.  Saddle Bag Mountain Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 34..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-731. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 22 p.