Peterson Butte Hike 1/1/16

Historically, the Willamette Valley forests were mostly an oak savanna, tall grasslands with scattered Garry oaks (Quercus garryana), and groves of coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii). The river floodplains contained extensive wetlands, stands of willow, alder, and cottonwood, and gallery forests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Valley_%28ecoregion%29

Heading back down from 1430' summit (car is at 300')

Peterson Butte is on the east side of the Willamette Valley, near Lebanon and this view looks west to Marys Peak in the Coast Range.