Bluejay RNA

Name:	Bluejay
Ownership:	FS
Type:	RNA
State:	Oregon
Ecoregion:	East Cascades
Forest:	Fremont-Winema NF
District	Chiloquin RD
Acres:	209

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Bluejay Research Natural Area (RNA) was established to represent a pristine example of forest on soils derived from aerially deposited Mt. Mazama popcorn pumice. The terrain of the RNA is primarily gentle slopes with shallow draws . Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) are the dominant tree species while bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) and needlegrass (Achnatherum spp.) are the primary understory species. The RNA was expanded by 200 acres in 1997 to include Cusick’s bluegrass (Poa cusickii) meadow, lodgepole pine/bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), and bluegrass (Poa secunda) scabland plant communities.

Records and Plans:	Establishment Record Oregon Natural Areas Plan 2010 Bluejay Research Natural Area; Hall, F. C. 1972
Research Publications Associated with this RNA:	Changes in pandora moth outbreak dynamics during the past 622 years; Speer, J. H.; Swetnam, T. W.; Wickman, B. E.; Youngblood, A. 2001 Spatial aspects of structural complexity in old-growth forests; Franklin, J. F.; Van Pelt, R. 2004 Studies on the incidence of coniferous needle endophytes in the Pacific Northwest; Carroll, G. C.; Carroll, F. E. 1978