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The Russian Wilderness is a wilderness area of located approximately northeast of Eureka in northern California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Wilderness.net )〕 It is within the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County and is managed by the US Forest Service. It was added to the National Wilderness Preservation System when the US Congress passed the California Wilderness Act of 1984. The Russian Wilderness protects the Russian Mountains,〔 a portion of the high crest of the Salmon Mountains, which are composed of metamorphic and granitic rock. There are over twenty named lakes at different elevation levels as well as the major watersheds of the Scott River and North Fork Salmon River. The Russian is one of three wilderness areas that form an almost continuous chain, from the Trinity Alps Wilderness to the south, and the Marble Mountain Wilderness in the north, these areas provide an important corridor for wildlife such as the migrating herds of black-tailed deer. The Russian Wilderness is part of the largest nearly roadless complex in northwestern California.〔 Elevations range from 〔 to the high point of the wilderness, Russian Peak, at [].〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Russian Peak, California )〕 ==Flora and fauna== There are several stands of conifers that are rare for California, including subalpine fir and Engelmann spruce in the wilderness. The region gained prominence amongst botanists in the 1970s when Dale Thornburgh and John Sawyer began conducting studies in Sugar Creek. In addition to discovering the first stands of subalpine fir in California, the diversity of other conifers they found here was reason for pause and then return studies. In all, after several years of research, they discovered 17 species of conifers in one square mile—of varied terrain—below the peak. Those conifers are: foxtail pine, whitebark pine, western white pine, Jeffrey pine, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, sugar pine, white fir, Shasta fir, subalpine fir, Engelmann spruce, Brewer spruce, mountain hemlock, Douglas-fir, incense-cedar, common juniper, and Pacific yew.〔 〕〔 〕 An 18th conifer, the western juniper, was documented and reported by Richard Moore in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work= Field Notes from Plant Explorations )〕 Rare perennials include the Siskiyou fireweed (''Epilobium siskiyouense''), and several types of lousewort (''Pedicularis''). The rare annual Siskiyou phacelia ( ''Phacelia leonis''), was observed by John O. Sawyer and J. Smith in 1988.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Phacelia leonis )〕 Siskiyou phacelia has bell-shaped blue-purple flowers, blooms in summer, and grows in serpentine soils. The wilderness protects habitats for American black bear, deer, Douglas squirrel, California quail and rattlesnakes. Less common animals include the fisher, marten, wolverine, pileated woodpecker, beaver, coyote and mountain lion. Rainbow trout, eastern brook trout and brown trout are found in the lakes and streams. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russian Wilderness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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