
This area is a long east-west running ridgline typical of the unique geology and ecology of the Klamath Mountains. It contains the head-waters for a number of stream, large mature conifers, and open alpine meadows.
COA ID: 104
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats

Late Successional Mixed Conifer Forests
Late successional mixed conifer forests provide a multi-layered tree canopy, including large-diameter trees, shade-tolerant tree species in the understory, and a high volume of dead wood, such as snags and logs.

Oak Woodlands
Oak woodlands are characterized by an open canopy dominated by Oregon white oak.

Ponderosa Pine Woodlands
Ponderosa pine woodlands are dominated by ponderosa pine, but may also have lodgepole pine, western juniper, aspen, western larch, grand fir, Douglas-fir, mountain mahogany, incense cedar, sugar pine, or white fir, depending on ecoregion and site conditions. Their understories are variable combinations of shrubs, herbaceous plants, and grasses.

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats
Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats include all naturally occurring flowing freshwater streams and rivers throughout Oregon as well as the adjacent riparian habitat.

Wetlands
Wetlands are covered with water during all or part of the year. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and marshes, while seasonally wet habitats include seasonal ponds, vernal pools, and wet prairies.
Strategy Species

California Mountain Kingsnake (Modeled Habitat)
Lampropeltis zonata

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Clouded Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Coastal Tailed Frog (Observed)
Ascaphus truei

Coho Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus kisutch

Common Nighthawk (Modeled Habitat)
Chordeiles minor

Fisher (Observed)
Pekania pennanti

Flammulated Owl (Observed)
Psiloscops flammeolus

Fringed Myotis (Observed)
Myotis thysanodes

Great Gray Owl (Observed)
Strix nebulosa

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes lewis

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans

Northern Spotted Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Strix occidentalis caurina

Oregon Vesper Sparrow (Modeled Habitat)
Pooecetes gramineus affinis

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus

Ringtail (Modeled Habitat)
Bassariscus astutus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Pond Turtle (Modeled Habitat)
Actinemys marmorata

Purple Martin (Modeled Habitat)
Progne subis arboricola

White-headed Woodpecker (Observed)
Picoides albolarvatus

Yellow-breasted Chat (Observed)
Icteria virens auricollis