Fox Hollow RNA

Name:	Fox Hollow
Ownership:	BLM
Type:	RNA
State:	Oregon
Ecoregion:	Willamette Valley
District	Eugene District
Acres:	161

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Fox Hollow Research Natural Area (RNA) was established to represent a mature Douglas-fir/ponderosa pine (Pseudotsuga menziesii/Pinus ponderosa) forest in the Willamette Valley foothills. The RNA lies on a moderate, west-facing slope of a north-trending ridge. The RNA is dominated by Douglas-fir with several stands of ponderosa pine on south and north aspects. Occasional stands of incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) and Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) are also present. Pacific poison oak (Rhus diversiloba) dominates the understory along with several patches of beaked hazel (Corylus cornuta val'. Californica), oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor), and giant chinquapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla) . Common herbaceous plants and cryptogams include Oaks toothwort (Cardamine pulcherrima val'. Tenella), Pacific hound's tongue (Cynoglossum grande), bedstraw (Galium spp.), snowqueen (Synthyris reniformis), and several mosses and liverworts.

Records and Plans:	Establishment Record Oregon Natural Areas Plan 2010 Fox Hollow Research Natural Area; Curtis, Alan B. 1986 Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington; Franklin, J. F.; Dyrness, C. T. 1988
Research Publications Associated with this RNA:	Studies on the incidence of coniferous needle endophytes in the Pacific Northwest; Carroll, G. C.; Carroll, F. E. 1978 Endophytic fungi in evergreen shrubs in western Oregon: a preliminary study; Stone, J.; Carroll, F. E. 1982 Ecosystem dynamics in the coniferous forest of the Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA; Cole, David 1977