
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