Habeck Oaks, COA 074

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An area of primarily privately-owned mixed farmland and forest located north of the Little Luckiamute River along Hwy 223 between Dallas and Falls City

COA ID: 074

Recommended Conservation Actions

Maintain a diversity of tree size and age across the oak stands
Maintain and create oak snags to foster habitat for oak-associated species
Remove invading conifers and non-native vegetation from oak woodlands
Work with private landowners to maintain and restore oak habitats

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
Cascadia Prairie Oak Partnership
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon State Weed Board
Polk Soil and Water Conservation District
Willamette Wildlife Mitigation Program

Special Features

General

Area contains large tracts of oak woodland habitat
Important habitat for oak-associated species including birds, mammals, and plants

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID WV-12 (Habeck Oaks)

Ecoregions

Finley Muddy Creek Area

Willamette Valley

The Willamette Valley ecoregion is bounded on the west by the Coast Range and on the east by the Cascade Range. This long mostly level alluvial plain has some scattered areas of low basalt, and contrasts with productive farmland and large urban areas. It has the fastest-growing human population in the state resulting in challenges due to land-use changes.

Strategy Habitats

Grassland Strategy Habitat

Grasslands

Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.

Example of Oak Woodlands, which is a Strategy Habitat within the Oregon Conservation Strategy

Oak Woodlands

Oak woodlands are characterized by an open canopy dominated by Oregon white oak.

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats include all naturally occurring flowing freshwater streams and rivers throughout Oregon as well as the adjacent riparian habitat.

Ducks on a wetland in Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, Oregon

Wetlands

Wetlands are covered with water during all or part of the year. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and marshes, while seasonally wet habitats include seasonal ponds, vernal pools, and wet prairies.

Specialized Local Habitats

Forest Openings

Strategy Species

Acorn Woodpecker (Observed)

Melanerpes formicivorus

California Myotis on tree

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis californicus

Chipping Sparrow (Observed)

Spizella passerina

Clouded Salamander

Clouded Salamander (Modeled Habitat)

Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Common Nighthawk (Observed)

Chordeiles minor

Fender’s Blue Butterfly (Observed)

Icaricia icarioides fenderi

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis thysanodes

Grasshopper Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow (Modeled Habitat)

Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasiurus cinereus

Kincaid’s Lupine (Observed)

Lupinus oreganus

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Observed)

Melanerpes lewis

Nelson’s Checkermallow (Observed)

Sidalcea nelsoniana

Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)

Strix occidentalis caurina

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)

Contopus cooperi

Oregon Vesper Sparrow

Oregon Vesper Sparrow (Observed)

Pooecetes gramineus affinis

Purple Martin (Observed)

Progne subis arboricola

Short-eared Owl (Modeled Habitat)

Asio flammeus flammeus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Southern Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)

Rhyacotriton variegatus

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Bluebird (Observed)

Sialia mexicana

Western Gray Squirrel (Modeled Habitat)

Sciurus griseus

Western Meadowlark (Observed)

Sturnella neglecta

Western Painted Turtle on a log

Western Painted Turtle (Modeled Habitat)

Chrysemys picta bellii

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Modeled Habitat)

Actinemys marmorata

Willow Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher (Observed)

Empidonax traillii

Yellow-breasted Chat (Observed)

Icteria virens auricollis