Editing Linn County, Oregon (section)

==Natural history==
A variety of flora and fauna occur in Linn County. Fauna include mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles. Trees include a variety of oaks and conifers as well as other species such as ''[[Salix sessilifolia]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Piper |first=Charles Vancouver |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924001318322 |title=Flora of the Northwest Coast |last2=Beattie |first2=Rolla Kent |date=November 10, 1915 |publisher=New Era Printing Co. |location=Lancaster, PA |lccn=15025085 |quote=Including the area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, from the forty-ninth parallel south to the Calapooia Mountains on the south border of Lane County, Oregon. |access-date=May 6, 2021 |via=Archive.org}}<br />reprint ed. publ. August 26, 2016, by Wentworth Press {{isbn|978-1362369318}}</ref> The [[Rough-skinned Newt]] is a common amphibian occurring in the oak woodlands of the county.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=C. Michael |year=2009 |editor-last=Strömberg |editor-first=Nicklas |title=Rough-skinned Newt (''Taricha granulosa'') {{small|(Skilton, 1849)}} |url=http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=43182 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527153302/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec_information.asp?thingid=43182 |archive-date=May 27, 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2009 |website=Globaltwitcher |orig-year=November 4, 2008}}</ref>

[[Carpenter Mountain (Oregon)|Carpenter Mountain]], one of the highest points in the western Cascades is located in Linn County, although road access to the peak is only possible through Lane County.