Sampson Creek Preserve

Southern Oregon Land Preserve

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SAMPSON CREEK PRESERVE

Western Fence Lizard <em>(Sceloporus occidentalis)</em>
Winter Sunset on Tom Spring Mountain
Silvery Blue Butterfly <em>(Glaucopsyche lygdamus)</em>
Scorpion <em>(Uroctonus mordax)</em>
Racer <em>(Coluber constrictor)</em>
Tall Oregon Grape <em>(Mahonia aquifolium)</em> in flower
Ice formations on Sampson Creek
View of Mt. Ashland in winter from Samspon Creek Preserve
Common Tarweed <em>(Madia elegans)</em>
View looking down Sampson Creek toward Buck Point (center foreground) in late spring
View looking toward headwaters of Sampson Creek, with Round Mountain in the distance
SOMA Volunteer Robert Coffan
Monarch Butterfly Research
Chokecherry <em>(Prunus virginiana)</em>
Planting Milkweed rhizomes
West Coast Lady <em>(Vanessa annabella)</em> on Star Thistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
Oaks in the Mist
Narrow leaf Milkweed <em>(Asclepias fascicularis)</em>
Unidentified mushroom, showing gills
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany <em>(Cerocarpus betuloides)</em> seeds
Mt. Ashland Thistle <em>(Cirsium ciliolatum)</em> seed head
Fourth Instar monarch butterfly caterpillar on Narrowleaf Milkweed
Monarch caterpillar on Narrowleaf Milkweed
Whiteleaf Manzanita <em>(Arctostaphylos viscida)</em>
Maia and the Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
Pacific Madrone <em>(Arbutus menziesii)</em>
Pacific Madrone <em>(Arbutus menziesii)</em>
Lichen on Rock
Horseback rider looking toward Tom Spring Mtn
Grainery tree utilized by Acorn Woodpeckers to store acorns
Fritillaria seed pod
Fall Landscape
View from Samspon Creek looking west toward Emigrant Lake reservoir and eatern Siskiyou Mountains
Emigrant Lake View
Sampson Creek Preserve Landscape
California Black Oak <em>(Quercus kelloggii)</em> with Winter Vetch <em>(Vicia villas)</em> in understory
Boone Ridge
Open-grown (or savanniform) California Black Oak <em>(Quercus kelloggii)</em>
View from upper Sampson Creek, looking toward Round Mountain
Basalt cliffs amoungst Oregon White Oaks
Old homestead site in the Cattle Creek Drainage
Common Buckeye Butterfly <em>(Junonia coenia)</em> nectaring on Rabbit Brush <em>(Ericamerica nauseous)</em>
Buck Point in Snow
Solitary Oak
Black Bear
Bear paw print in the mud
Autumn Landscape
Buckslope
Buck Point & Evan
Sampson Creek Preserve

ABOUT THE PRESERVE

The Sampson Creek Preserve encompasses nearly 4,800 acres of undeveloped grasslands, woodlands and forests in the Sampson, Cattle and Soda Creek watersheds, of Jackson County, Oregon.

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Maia Black, Executive Director
Office: (541) 488-7616
Mobile: (541) 816-8464
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