These are the native trees and shrubs we have identified growing on or immediately adjacent (within a mile) of our land at Black Butte Junction:
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) (All over, our most common tree)
Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana) (Found near truckstop and towards Black Butte, many planted)
Knobcone Pine (Pinus attenuata) (Scattered on our land, near truckstop and across tracks)
Incense Cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) (All over, second most common tree on our land)
White Fir (Abies concolor) (Common all over our land)
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) (Largest ones near creek, also many recently planted)
Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) (Not common, scattered across the land)
Black Cottonwood (Populus balsamifera) (Mostly near the creek or just south of it)
Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii) (Not common, scattered across the land)
Bush Chinquapin (Chrysolepis sempervirens) (Uncommon, near the creek and by Summit Lake)
Water Birch (Betula occidentalis) (Common in creek/wetland area)
Big-leaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) (Near Summit Lake, re-introduced along creek)
Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) (Near Black Butte Springs, reintroduced along creek)
Pacific Willow (Salix lasiandra) (Wetlands and near pond)
Sand or Narrowleaf Willow (Salix exigua) (Along railroad near creek)
Scouler's Willow (Salix scouleriana) (Wetlands and near pond)
Mountain (or Pacific) Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) (Near Springs, reintroduced near creek)
Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea) (Mainly in wetlands south of creek)
Black Hawthorn (Crataegus suksdorfii) (Scattered, mainly in along creek)
Canyon Live Oak (Quercus chrysoleps)
Greenleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula) (Very common throughout our land)
Antelope Brush (Purshia tridentada) (Most common shrub throughout our land)
Buck Brush (Ceanothus cuneatus) (Very common throughout our land)
Mahala Mat (Ceanothus prostratus) (Mainly in the compound and nearby meadows)
Hardhack (Spirea douglasii) (Wetland areas)
Wood Rose (Rosa gymnocarpa) (Mainly in wetter zones near the creek)
Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) (In wetland areas and near Black Butte Springs)
California or Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus) (Along creek)
Western Raspberry or Blackcaps (Rubus leucodermis) (Scattered)
Western Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) (Scattered, along trails north of creek)
Bitter Cherry (Prunus emarginata) (On old logging berms in forest areas)
Klamath Plum (Prunus subcordata) (Along CORP tracks near wye)
Common Rabbit-brush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) (Compound area)
Green Rabbit-brush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus) (Compound area)
Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) (Mainly in compound on south end of our land)
Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) (Mature forest near creek)
Wax Currant (Ribes cereum) (Common all over the land, especially along berms)
White-stemmed Gooseberry (Ribes inerme) (Near creek)
Oregon Grape (Berberis aquifolium) (Mainly in forest area north of the creek)
Snowberry (Stymphoricarpos albus) (Scattered, one stand just south of X-746 caboose)
These non-native trees have been found growing on or near our land at Black Butte:
Coulter Pine (Pinus coulteri) (A stand of these southern California natives, identifiable by their huge cones, is just east of the wye. Why these trees are here is a mystery)
Giant Sequoia (Sequidendron giganteum) (Stands of this native of the western Sierras were apparently planted thirty or forty years ago north of the creek towards the western part of our land. This species grows to be the largest tree in the world.)
White Poplar (Populus alba) (Just east of tracks near the creek. This is an invasive European species that was probably introduced by railroad families living at Black Butte Junction in the mid-1900s.)
Apple (Malus sp.) (Near site of former railroad housing east of tracks).
For information on some of the work we are doing to restore the forest on our land and a listing of some of the rare/endangered species we are planting, please see our "Forest Restoration" page.