Haystack Rock RNA

Haystack Rock Research Natural Area (pRNA) was selected to represent stands of Idaho fescue ( Festuca idahoensis) -bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicata)-arrowleaf balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) and bluebunch wheatgrass-Sandberg’s bluegrass (Poa secunda)-narrow-leaved skullcap (Scutellaria integrifolia) plant associations. Haystack Rock is composed of two main steep, west-facing ridges with smaller finger ridges descending to the west toward Joseph Creek.  Pole Patch Canyon forms the north edge of the RNA.