Battle Creek, North Fork Site
Map SatelliteIn the rather steep-sided canyon of the North Fork of Battle Creek is the northernmost population of the California nutmeg, Torreya californica.
Other vegetation includes a riparian community which grades into a mixed evergreen forest with Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, dominant along with canyon oak, Quercus chrysolepis. In the riparian community the dominants are big-leaf maple, Acer macrophyllum, Oregon ash, Fraxinus latifolia, white alder, Alnus rhombifolia, and, in the under-story, spice-bush, Calycanthus occidentalis.
Animal life is typical of the region. In the past, wolverines, Gulo luscus, have been sighted here.
Integrity: The area is unlogged.
Use: Research, educational, observational.
March 1978
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
