This COA stretches many miles from tidally influenced to the Willamette Valley and represents may strategy habitats.
COA ID: 035
Ecoregions
Coast Range
Oregon’s Coast Range, known for its dramatic scenery, is extremely diverse, with habitats ranging from open sandy dunes to lush forests and from tidepools to headwater streams. It follows the coastline and extends east through coastal forest to the border of the Willamette Valley and Klamath Mountains ecoregions
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
Estuaries
Estuaries occur where freshwater rivers meet the oceanic salty waters, are influenced by tidal flooding, and experience frequent periodic changes in salinity, water levels, sunlight, and oxygen.
Grasslands
Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.
Late Successional Mixed Conifer Forests
Late successional mixed conifer forests provide a multi-layered tree canopy, including large-diameter trees, shade-tolerant tree species in the understory, and a high volume of dead wood, such as snags and logs.
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.
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.
Strategy Species
California Myotis (Observed)
Myotis californicus
Chinook Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Chum Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus keta
Clouded Salamander (Observed)
Aneides ferreus
Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki
Coastal Tailed Frog (Modeled Habitat)
Ascaphus truei
Coho Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Eulachon (Documented)
Thaleichthys pacificus
Fisher (Observed)
Pekania pennanti
Fringed Myotis (Observed)
Myotis thysanodes
Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus
Long-legged Myotis (Observed)
Myotis volans
Marbled Murrelet (Observed)
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Northern Red-legged Frog (Observed)
Rana aurora
Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)
Strix occidentalis caurina
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi
Pacific Lamprey (Documented)
Entosphenus tridentatus
Peregrine Falcon (Observed)
Falco peregrinus anatum
Purple Martin (Observed)
Progne subis arboricola
Red Tree Vole (Observed)
Arborimus longicaudus
Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Southern Torrent Salamander (Observed)
Rhyacotriton variegatus
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii
Western Painted Turtle (Observed)
Chrysemys picta bellii
Northwestern Pond Turtle (Observed)
Actinemys marmorata
Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas
Willow Flycatcher (Observed)
Empidonax traillii