Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Cherry Creek Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 41

Author: Schuller, Reid; Sperling, Jennie; Rodenkirk, Tim.

Date: 2011

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

Station ID: GTR-PNW-834

Description: 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 (Pseudotsuga menziesii), western hemlock/Oregon oxalis plant association, western hemlock/evergreen huckleberry plant association, western hemlock/rhododendron-Oregon grape plant association, Tsuga heterophylla/Oxalis oregana, Tsuga heterophylla/Vaccinium ovatum, Tsuga heterophylla/Rhododendron macrophyllum-Berberis nervosa plant association, northern spotted owl, Strix occidentalis caurina

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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.