Quinault RNA
| Name: |
Quinault |
| Ownership: |
FS |
| Type: |
RNA |
| State: |
Washington |
| Ecoregion: |
Northwest Coast |
| Forest: |
Olympic NF |
| District |
Pacific RD south |
| Acres: |
1480 |
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Quinault Research Natural Area (RNA) was established to represent? The topography of the RNA is flat to gently rolling, except on steeper slopes of Quinault Ridge along the eastern boundary. Two creeks and several smaller tributaries flow through the tract. Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and western red cedar (Thuja plicata) dominate the RNA. Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis) is also common throughout the RNA. Red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium), sword fern (Nephrolepis), and redwood sorrel (Oxalis oregana) dominate the understory.
| Records and Plans: |
- Establishment Record
- Washington Natural Areas Plan 2007
- Washington Natural Areas Plan 2009 update
- Washington Natural Areas Plan 2011 update
- Quinault Research Natural Area; Franklin, J. F. 1972
- Forested plant associations of the Olympic National Forest; Henderson, J. A.; Peter, D. H.; Lesher, R. D.; Shaw, D. C.; 1989
- Natural vegetation of Oregon and Washington; Franklin, J. F.; Dyrness, C. T. 1988
- The effects of acid rain on nitrogen fixation in Western Washington coniferous forests; Denison, R.; Caldwell, B.; Bormann, B.; Eldred, L.; Swanberg, C.; Anderson, S. 1977
- Long-term research on forest dynamics in the Pacific Northwest: a network of permanent forest plots; Acker, S. A.; McKee, W. A.; Harmon, M. E.; Franklin, J. F. 1998
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| Research Publications Associated with this RNA: |
- Maturation and Reproduction of Northern flying squirrels in Pacific Northwest forests Villa, L. J.; Carey, A. B.; Wilson, T. M.; Glos, K. E. 1999
- Sciurids in Pacific Northwest managed and old-growth forests Carey, A. B. 1995
- Small mammals in managed, naturally young, and old-growth forests Carey, A. B.; Johnson, M. L. 1995
- Spilogale Gracilis in upland forests of Western Washington and Oregon Carey, A. B.; Kershner, J. E. 1995
- Limiting factors for Northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) in the Pacific Northwest: a spatio-temporal analysis Wilson, T. M. 2008
- Logs as sites of tree regeneration in Picea sitchensis-Tsuga heterophylla forests of coastal Washington and Oregon; Harmon, M. E. 1986
- The effect of collector size on forest litter-fall collection and analysis; McShane, M. C.; Carlile, D. W.; Hinds, W. T. 1983
- Soil carbon and nitrogen in old-growth forests in Western Oregon and Washington; Remillard, S. M. 1999
- Carbon Storage in Coarse and Fine Fractions of Pacific Northwest Old-Growth Forest Soils; Homann, P.S., Remillard, S. M. 2004
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NPalazotto.jpg "Quinault, Photo Credit: N.Palazotto")
NPalazzotto.jpg "Quinault, Photo Credit: N.Palazotto")
NPalazotto.jpg "Quinault, Photo Credit: N.Palazotto")
NPalazotto.jpg "Quinault, Photo Credit: N.Palazotto")