Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: Camas Swale Research Natural Area: guidebook supplement 42

Author: Schuller, Reid

Date: 2011

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

Station ID: GTR-PNW-843

Description: 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 (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Douglas-fir/salal/western swordfern (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Gaultheria shallon/Polystichum munitum) 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 cornuta var. californica- Symphoricarpos mollis/Polystichum munitum) plant association.

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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..