
Area connects the Rogue River and King Mountain COAs, following Grave Creek and its surrounding habitat. Located just north of the town of Merlin
COA ID: 094
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats

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.

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

Ponderosa Pine Woodlands
Ponderosa pine woodlands are dominated by ponderosa pine, but may also have lodgepole pine, western juniper, aspen, western larch, grand fir, Douglas-fir, mountain mahogany, incense cedar, sugar pine, or white fir, depending on ecoregion and site conditions. Their understories are variable combinations of shrubs, herbaceous plants, and grasses.

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

Acorn Woodpecker (Observed)
Melanerpes formicivorus

California Mountain Kingsnake (Observed)
Lampropeltis zonata

California Mountain Kingsnake (Observed)
Lampropeltis zonata

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Clouded Salamander (Observed)
Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Coastal Tailed Frog (Modeled Habitat)
Ascaphus truei

Coho Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus kisutch

Common Nighthawk (Modeled Habitat)
Chordeiles minor

Del Norte Salamander (Observed)
Plethodon elongatus

Fisher (Modeled Habitat)
Pekania pennanti

Flammulated Owl (Observed)
Psiloscops flammeolus

Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Modeled Habitat)
Rana boylii

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes

Grasshopper Sparrow (Observed)
Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus

Great Gray Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Strix nebulosa

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus

Lewis’s Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Melanerpes lewis

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans

Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)
Strix occidentalis caurina

Oregon Shoulderband (Observed)
Helminthoglypta hertleini

Pallid Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Antrozous pallidus

Purple Martin (Modeled Habitat)
Progne subis arboricola

Red Tree Vole (Observed)
Arborimus longicaudus

Ringtail (Observed)
Bassariscus astutus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Southern Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Rhyacotriton variegatus

Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Corynorhinus townsendii

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Observed)
Actinemys marmorata

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Observed)
Actinemys marmorata

White-headed Woodpecker (Modeled Habitat)
Picoides albolarvatus

Yellow-breasted Chat (Observed)
Icteria virens auricollis