These species have been identified on Corps of Engineers lands within the Willamette Valley Projects. The Corps’ Willamette Valley Projects derive their list from the State of Oregon, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Native Plant Society, and Oregon Natural Heritage Database listings of rare, threatened, or endangered species.
PLANTS
COMMON NAME | PROJECT LOCATION | |
Aster curtus | White-topped aster | FERN RIDGE |
Aster vialis | Way-side aster | COTTAGE GROVE |
Calochortus uniflorus | Cat’s ear lilly | FERN RIDGE |
Cicendia quadrangularis | Timwort | FERN RIDGE/DORENA |
Cimicifuga elata | Tall bugbane | GREEN PETER |
Cyperus bipartitus | Shining cyperus | FERN RIDGE/DEXTER |
Epipactis gigantea | Giant helleborine | DORENA/FALL CREEK |
Erigeron decumbens decumbens | Willamette valley daisy | FERN RIDGE |
Gentiana sceptrum | King’s gentain | FERN RIDGE |
Horkelia congesta | Shaggy horkelia | FERN RIDGE/DORENA |
Iris tenax x chrysophyla 1 | Hybrid cross | FALL CREEK |
Lathyrus holochlorus | Thin-leaved pea vine | FERN RIDGE/DEXTER |
Lillilum washingtonianum | Washington lilly | DEXTER |
Lomatium bradshawii | Bradshaw’s lomatium | FERN RIDGE |
Lupinus sulphureus var. kincaidii | Kincaid’s lupine | FERN RIDGE |
Mimulus cardinalis | Cardinal monkey flower | COTTAGE GROVE |
Montia howellii | Howell’s montia | FERN RIDGE/FOSTER |
Sagitaria latifolia | Wapato | FERN RIDGE |
Sidalcea campestris | Meadow sidalcea | FERN RIDGE |
Sidalcea cusickii | Cusick’s checker mallow | FERN RIDGE |
Silene hookerii | Hooker’s silene | DORENA |
1 Unusual hybrid – not listed as rare
REPTILES/AMPHIBIANS
COMMON NAME | PROJECT LOCATION | |
Rana aurora | Red-legged frog | FERN RIDGE, FALL CREEK, HILLS CREEK, LOOKOUT PT |
Clemmys marmorata | Western pond turtle | FERN RIDGE, LOOKOUT PT, FALL CREEK, HILLS CREEK, GREEN PETER, DORENA, DEXTER, FOSTER |
AVIANS
COMMON NAME | PROJECT LOCATION | |
Melanerpes formicivorus | Acorn woodpecker | FERN RIDGE |
Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | ALL |
Chlidonias niger | Black tern | FERN RIDGE |
Ammodramus savannarum | Grasshopper sparrow | FERN RIDGE |
Progne subis | Purple martin | FERN RIDGE, COTTAGE GROVE, DORENA |
Elanus leucurus | Black-shouldered kite | FERN RIDGE |
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed blackbird | FERN RIDGE |
INSECTS
COMMON NAME | PROJECT LOCATION | |
Icaricia icariodes fenderi | Fender’s blue butterfly | FERN RIDGE |