Salmon Mountains


The Salmon Mountains are a subrange of the Klamath Mountains in Siskiyou County, northwestern California.

Geography

The Salmon Mountains are a sub-mountain range within the Klamath Mountains System. The Klamath system are of the Pacific Coast Ranges series of mountain range systems that stretch along the West Coast of North America..
The Salmon range is within sections of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest and Six Rivers National Forest.
The Yurock and Hoopa Valley Indian Reservations are to the west. California State Route 299 runs along the south of the range.

Ecology

;Ecoregion
The Salmon Mountains are within the Klamath-Siskiyou forests — Klamath Mountains ecoregion, which is part of the Temperate coniferous forests Biome.
;Flora
Plant communities in the range include: