Final Thoughts: Mt Hood National Forest

To conclude my field report on the Mount Hood National Forest, I thought this was a great opportunity to get out of the house and identify native trees. I learned it can be difficult to identify mature, tall trees, as sometimes all you have to go on for identification is the bark and fallen branches

Identifying Trees in the Mount Hood National Forest

For this portion of my report, I went out in the field to get practice identifying trees. I chose to make my observations near Zig Zag in the Mount Hood National forest because of its proximity to Portland. In my last blog post, I provided a list of tree species found commonly in this forest,

Exploring the Mount Hood National Forest

For this report, I chose to focus on the Mount Hood National Forest, located east of Portland and south of the Columbia River Gorge. Mount Hood is a dormant volcano capped by glaciers, home to ski trails, alpine lakes and the famed Timberline Lodge from the 1980 film, “The Shining.” The peak was named in