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The largest tree in Forest Park is a Douglas-fir near the Stone House, the remains of a former public restroom near Balch Creek. It is 242 feet (74 m) high, and the trunk is 18.6 feet (5.7 m) in circumference. [12] Among the prominent wildflowers are Hooker's fairy bells, vanilla leaf, evergreen violet, and trillium. [11]
Goose Lake State Recreation Area: Recreation area: Southern Oregon-Yes: Lakeview: Frenchglen Hotel State Heritage Site: Heritage site: Eastern Oregon--Burns: Ontario State Recreation Site: Recreation site: Eastern Oregon--Ontario: Farewell Bend State Recreation Area: Recreation area: Eastern Oregon: Yes: Yes: Ontario: Kam Wah Chung State ...
Adair Tract State Forest aka Paul M. Dunn Research Forest, renamed and jointly administered as the McDonald-Dunn Forest by Oregon State University [3] [4] [5] George T. Gerlinger State Experimental Forest, administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry as part of its West Oregon District [6] McDonald State Forest, north of Corvallis [7] [8] [9]
The forest's dominant tree species is the Douglas-fir, the state tree of Oregon. Douglas-fir is a valuable timber species in the United States. The forest contains some stands of old-growth forest, some of which are over 300 feet (91 m) tall, among the tallest trees in the world, with tree diameters ranging from 3 to 8 feet (0.91 to 2.44 m). [10]
The Three Sisters Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Cascade Range, within the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in Oregon, United States.It comprises 286,708 acres (1,160.27 km 2), making it the second largest wilderness area in Oregon, after the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
Atlas Grove, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park [120] Kauri (Agathis australis) 2.1 7 Nga Mahangahua Tutamoe State Forest, North Island, New Zealand [121] White oak (Quercus alba) 1.8 6 The Wye Oak Wye Mills, Maryland: Died June 6, 2002 [122] Kapok or Silk Cotton Tree (Ceiba pentandra) 1.8 6 General statement; no individual cited [123]
The coast Douglas-fir variety is the dominant tree west of the Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest. It occurs in nearly all forest types and competes well on most parent materials, aspects, and slopes. Adapted to a more moist, mild climate than the interior subspecies, it grows larger and faster than Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir.
In the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon, Malheur National Forest's highest point is Strawberry Mountain at 9,038 ft (2,755 m). The Cedar Grove Botanical Area contains the only stand of Alaska yellow cedar east of the Cascade Range in the United States. [81] Manti–La Sal: Utah, Colorado