Drop Creek PRNA

Drop Creek-Wenatchee NF mistletoe trees Sep-1980
 
 
 
Name: Drop Creek
Ownership: FS
Type: PRNA
State: Washington
Ecoregion: East Cascades
Forest: Okanogan-Wenatchee NF
District Che Elum RD
Acres: 649

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Drop Creek proposed Research Natural Area (pRNA) was chosen to represent a first order stream and Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii) /subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa) community types. The pRNA also includes grasslands, non-commercial forests, talus slopes and Columbia River basalts. Englemann spruce, subalpine fir, lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) and subalpine sagebrush (Artemisia tridentate var. vaseyana) are common throughout the pRNA.

 


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