This areas borders the western edge of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness and has unique plant communities due to the serpentine soils endemic to the Klamath Mountains ecoregion.
COA ID: 100
Ecoregions
Coast Range
Oregon’s Coast Range, known for its dramatic scenery, is extremely diverse, with habitats ranging from open sandy dunes to lush forests and from tidepools to headwater streams. It follows the coastline and extends east through coastal forest to the border of the Willamette Valley and Klamath Mountains ecoregions
Klamath Mountains
The Klamath Mountains ecoregion covers much of southwestern Oregon, including the Umpqua Mountains, Siskiyou Mountains, and interior valleys and foothills between these and the Cascade Range. The Rogue watershed has the largest population of any coastal watershed in Oregon (Jackson County, Josephine County, and a portion of Curry County). Several popular and scenic rivers run …
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.
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
Acorn Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes formicivorus
Pacific Marten (Observed)
Martes caurina
California Mountain Kingsnake (Modeled Habitat)
Lampropeltis zonata
California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus
Clouded Salamander (Observed)
Aneides ferreus
Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki
Coastal Tailed Frog (Observed)
Ascaphus truei
Coho Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Common Nighthawk (Observed)
Chordeiles minor
Del Norte Salamander (Observed)
Plethodon elongatus
Fisher (Observed)
Pekania pennanti
Flammulated Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Psiloscops flammeolus
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Observed)
Rana boylii
Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes
Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes lewis
Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans
Marbled Murrelet (Observed)
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Mardon Skipper Butterfly (Observed)
Polites mardon
McDonald’s Rockcress (Observed)
Arabis macdonaldiana
Northern Red-legged Frog (Observed)
Rana aurora
Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)
Strix occidentalis caurina
Oregon Vesper Sparrow (Modeled Habitat)
Pooecetes gramineus affinis
Pacific Lamprey (Documented)
Entosphenus tridentatus
Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus
Red Tree Vole (Observed)
Arborimus longicaudus
Purple Martin (Modeled Habitat)
Progne subis arboricola
Ringtail (Observed)
Bassariscus astutus
Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Southern Torrent Salamander (Observed)
Rhyacotriton variegatus
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii
Northwestern Pond Turtle (Modeled Habitat)
Actinemys marmorata
Western Toad (Observed)
Anaxyrus boreas
White-headed Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Picoides albolarvatus
Yellow-breasted Chat (Documented)
Icteria virens auricollis