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 (Pseudotsuga menziesii),
old-growth Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis),
freshwater seep,
wet meadow,
fen,
Umpqua swertia (Frasera umpquaensis),
Pacific silver fir/vine maple/coolwort foamflower (Abies amabilis/Acer circinatum/Tiarella trifoliata) plant association,
Sitka alder (Alnus viridis) streamside community.
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.