Haystack Butte RNA
| Name: |
Haystack Butte |
| Ownership: |
FS |
| Type: |
RNA |
| State: |
Oregon |
| Ecoregion: |
Blue Mountains |
| Forest: |
Ochoco NF |
| District |
Crooked River National Grasslands |
| Acres: |
62 |
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Haystack Butte Research Natural Area (RNA) was established to represent a western juniper/Big sagebrush/Idaho fescue (Juniperus occidnetalis / Artemesia tridentata / Festuca idahoensis) plant community in the High Lava Plains ecoregion. Haystack butte lies on a small isolated plateau surrounded by rolling terrain. The RNA has very steep slopes and lies within the boundaries of Crooked River Gorge/Crooked River National Grassland watershed and Dry Canyon/Deschutes South watershed. Western juniper/bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata)/Idaho fescue-bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata) and western juniper/big sagebrush/bluebunch wheatgrass are the two dominant plant associations of the RNA.
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| Research Publications Associated with this RNA: |
- Post-drought growth responses of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis) in central Oregon; Knapp, Paul A.; Soulé, Peter T.; Grissino-Mayer, Henri D. 2001
- Climatic regionalization and the spatio-temporal occurrence of extreme single-year drought events (1500-1998) in the interior Pacific Northwest, USA; Knapp, Paul A.; Grissino-Mayer, Henri D.; Soulé, Peter T. 2002
- Human agency, environmental drivers, and western juniper establishment during the late holocene Soule, P. T.; Knapp, P. A.; Grissino-Mayer, H. D. 2004
- Detecting potential regional effects of increased atomspheric CO2 on growth rates of western juniper Knapp, P. A.; Soule, P. T.; Grissino-Mayer, H. D. 2001
- Comparative rates of western juniper afforestation in south-central Oregon and the role of anthropogenic disturbance Soule, P. T.; Knapp, P. A.; Grissino-Mayer, H. D. 2003
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 Jun-1997.jpg "Haystack Butte, Jun 1997, Forest Service stock photo")
 Jun-1997.jpg "Haystack Butte, Jun 1997, Forest Service Stock Photo")