Camas Swale Research Natural Area
Subtitle: guidebook supplement 42
By: Reid Schuller
Contributors: Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)
Series: General technical report PNW -- GTR-843; General technical report PNW -- 843.; Supplement ... to Federal research natural areas in Oregon and Washington -- no. 42.
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Research natural areas; Douglas fir; Plant communities; Ecological surveys
Other titles: Guidebook supplement 42
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/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. 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.
Notes: Cover title.

"May 2011."

Supplement to: Federal research natural areas in Oregon and Washington: a guidebook for scientists and educators.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-15).

Also available on the Internet.