Lost Forest RNA
| Name: |
Lost Forest |
| Ownership: |
BLM |
| Type: |
RNA |
| State: |
Oregon |
| Ecoregion: |
Basin and Range |
| District |
Lakeview District |
| Acres: |
8921 |
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Lost Forest Research Natural Area (RNA) was established to represent relict ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and associated vegetation within a region of sagebrush shrubsteppe. The RNA lies on the northeastern side of Christmas Lake Basin, which has numerous Pleistocene shorelines, dunes and lacustrine features. The relief is gentle with occasional bluffs and basaltic outcrops. The moving sand dunes are lacustrine sediments, aeolian deposits and alluvial materials with large amounts of pumice, sand, and ash. Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis), big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), antelope bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata), and Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) dominate the RNA.
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| 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
- Occurrence of sustained droughts in the interior pacific northwest (A.D. 1733-1980) inferred from tree-ring data Knapp, P. A.; Soule, P. T.; Grissino-Mayer, H. D. 2004
- An ecological study of a disjunct ponderosa pine forest in the Northern Great Basin in Oregon; Berry, D. W. 1963 Thesis in 5 parts
- Berry, D. W. 1963 Thesis Part 2
- Berry, D. W. 1963 Thesis Part 3
- Berry, D. W. 1963 Thesis Part 4
- Berry, D. W. 1963 Thesis Part 5
- Climatic cycles in Eastern Oregon as indicated by tree rings; Keen, F. P. 1937
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 26-May-1972.jpg "Lost Forest, May 1972, Photo Credit: S. Greene")
 Schuller.jpg "Lost Forest, Photo Credit: R. Schuller")
