Alamo Canyon

Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · 8,639 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (332)

Species with confirmed research-grade observation records from iNaturalist community science data.

(1)
Anticlea elegans
(4)
Campanula petiolata
Abert's Squirrel (12)
Sciurus aberti
Acorn Woodpecker (8)
Melanerpes formicivorus
Alligator Juniper (5)
Juniperus deppeana
American Beaver (3)
Castor canadensis
American Black Bear (1)
Ursus americanus
American Dipper (1)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Dragonhead (1)
Dracocephalum parviflorum
American Kestrel (1)
Falco sparverius
American Pasqueflower (3)
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
American Pika (1)
Ochotona princeps
American Pinesap (1)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Purple Vetch (3)
Vicia americana
American Speedwell (2)
Veronica americana
American Three-toed Woodpecker (2)
Picoides dorsalis
Apache-plume (6)
Fallugia paradoxa
Arizona Valerian (6)
Valeriana arizonica
Aspen Roughstem (2)
Leccinum insigne
Awl-fruit Sedge (1)
Carex stipata
Bald Eagle (3)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Bearberry (10)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Beard-lip Beardtongue (18)
Penstemon barbatus
Bearded Cinquefoil (4)
Potentilla crinita
Big Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia tridentata
Bigelow's Tansy-aster (2)
Dieteria bigelovii
Bighorn Sheep (2)
Ovis canadensis
Birdbill Dayflower (1)
Commelina dianthifolia
Black Medic (1)
Medicago lupulina
Black-chinned Hummingbird (1)
Archilochus alexandri
Blue Grama (3)
Bouteloua gracilis
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (1)
Elymus elymoides
Box-elder (3)
Acer negundo
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus platycercus
Broom Groundsel (1)
Senecio spartioides
Broom Snakeweed (1)
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Bull Thistle (7)
Cirsium vulgare
Butterfly Milkweed (6)
Asclepias tuberosa
Canada Jay (1)
Perisoreus canadensis
Canada Violet (6)
Viola canadensis
Canyon Towhee (2)
Melozone fusca
Canyon Treefrog (2)
Dryophytes arenicolor
Canyon Wren (3)
Catherpes mexicanus
Cheatgrass (1)
Bromus tectorum
Chihuahua Ground-cherry (2)
Physalis neomexicana
Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (10)
Aspidoscelis exsanguis
Chipping Sparrow (6)
Spizella passerina
Choke Cherry (6)
Prunus virginiana
Clark's Nutcracker (2)
Nucifraga columbiana
Clasping-leaf Dogbane (1)
Apocynum cannabinum
Cliff Jamesia (4)
Jamesia americana
Climbing Nightshade (1)
Solanum dulcamara
Colorado Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany (1)
Cercocarpus montanus
Colorado Four-o'clock (5)
Mirabilis multiflora
Columbian Virgin's-bower (15)
Clematis columbiana
Common Checkered Whiptail (1)
Aspidoscelis tesselatus
Common Clammyweed (4)
Polanisia dodecandra
Common Dandelion (1)
Taraxacum officinale
Common Hoptree (1)
Ptelea trifoliata
Common Mullein (11)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Raven (7)
Corvus corax
Common Side-blotched Lizard (2)
Uta stansburiana
Common Yarrow (15)
Achillea millefolium
Cougar (3)
Puma concolor
Cowpen Crownbeard (1)
Verbesina encelioides
Coyote (2)
Canis latrans
Creeping Oregon-grape (5)
Berberis repens
Creeping Thistle (2)
Cirsium arvense
Crown-seed Fetid-marigold (1)
Pectis angustifolia
Crowned Coral (1)
Artomyces pyxidatus
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Junco hyemalis
David's Spurge (1)
Euphorbia davidii
Desert Groundsel (3)
Senecio eremophilus
Devil's Beggarticks (1)
Bidens frondosa
Dissected Bahia (3)
Hymenothrix dissecta
Dotted Gayfeather (10)
Liatris punctata
Douglas-fir (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dragon Wormwood (2)
Artemisia dracunculus
Dwarf Swamp-privet (4)
Forestiera pubescens
Earspoon Fungus (1)
Auriscalpium vulgare
Eastern Patch-nosed Snake (1)
Salvadora grahamiae
Eaton's Lipfern (2)
Myriopteris rufa
False Parasol (1)
Chlorophyllum molybdites
Fendler's Barberry (10)
Berberis fendleri
Fendler's Bluebell (3)
Mertensia fendleri
Fendler's Flatsedge (2)
Cyperus fendlerianus
Fendler's Meadowrue (4)
Thalictrum fendleri
Fendler's Ragwort (7)
Packera fendleri
Fendler's Whitethorn (9)
Ceanothus fendleri
Fetid Dogweed (1)
Dyssodia papposa
Few-flowered Scurfpea (5)
Pediomelum tenuiflorum
Field Chickweed (2)
Cerastium arvense
Field Horsetail (2)
Equisetum arvense
Field Pennycress (1)
Thlaspi arvense
Fire-wheel Blanket-flower (6)
Gaillardia pulchella
Fireweed (2)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Flat-spine Stickseed (3)
Lappula occidentalis
Fleshy-fruit Yucca (10)
Yucca baccata
Fly Amanita (3)
Amanita muscaria
Fragrant Thorough-wort (3)
Ageratina herbacea
Franciscan Bluebells (2)
Mertensia franciscana
Fremont's Goosefoot (1)
Chenopodium fremontii
Fringed Myotis (1)
Myotis thysanodes
Gambel Oak (10)
Quercus gambelii
Giant Pinedrops (1)
Pterospora andromedea
Golden Corydalis (4)
Corydalis aurea
Golden Eagle (2)
Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (3)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Gophersnake (1)
Pituophis catenifer
Grace's Warbler (3)
Setophaga graciae
Grand Canyon Black Tarantula (2)
Aphonopelma marxi
Gray Oak (2)
Quercus grisea
Gray's Lousewort (1)
Pedicularis procera
Great Horned Owl (1)
Bubo virginianus
Great Plains Skink (3)
Plestiodon obsoletus
Greater Short-horned Lizard (5)
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Green Milkweed (1)
Asclepias viridiflora
Ground Juniper (3)
Juniperus communis
Gunnison's Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus gunnisonii
Gunnison's Prairie Dog (4)
Cynomys gunnisoni
Hairy Valerian (1)
Valeriana edulis
Hairy Woodpecker (4)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hammond's Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax hammondii
Harsh False Goldenaster (11)
Heterotheca hirsutissima
Hoary Tansy-aster (6)
Dieteria canescens
Hooker's Evening-primrose (5)
Oenothera elata
Horned Spurge (2)
Euphorbia brachycera
Horse Cinquefoil (4)
Potentilla hippiana
House Finch (1)
Haemorhous mexicanus
House Sparrow (3)
Passer domesticus
Ivyleaf Ground-chery (1)
Physalis hederifolia
James' Buckwheat (10)
Eriogonum jamesii
James' Cat's-eye (2)
Oreocarya suffruticosa
Juniper Titmouse (1)
Baeolophus ridgwayi
Leafy Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum polycladon
Lesser Goldfinch (1)
Spinus psaltria
Lewis's Woodpecker (1)
Melanerpes lewis
Limber Pine (1)
Pinus flexilis
Little Bluestem (5)
Schizachyrium scoparium
Littleleaf Alumroot (2)
Heuchera parvifolia
Littleleaf Mock Orange (3)
Philadelphus microphyllus
Livemore Fiddleleaf (1)
Nama dichotoma
Lobster Mushroom (1)
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Longleaf Mock Thelypody (1)
Pennellia longifolia
Lyreleaf Greeneyes (1)
Berlandiera lyrata
Macoun's Rabbit-tobacco (1)
Pseudognaphalium macounii
Male Fern (2)
Dryopteris filix-mas
Man On Horseback (1)
Tricholoma equestre
Many-flower Viguiera (12)
Heliomeris multiflora
Many-flowered Gromwell (13)
Lithospermum multiflorum
Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus (1)
Parnassia palustris
Marsh-meadow Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja lineata
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Meadow Sage (1)
Salvia pratensis
Missouri Goldenrod (1)
Solidago missouriensis
Mound Hedgehog Cactus (1)
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Sialia currucoides
Mountain Golden-banner (8)
Thermopsis montana
Mountain Leaftail (4)
Pericome caudata
Mountain Maple (1)
Acer glabrum
Mountain Muhly (3)
Muhlenbergia montana
Mountain Ninebark (2)
Physocarpus monogynus
Mountain Pennycress (2)
Noccaea fendleri
Mule Deer (12)
Odocoileus hemionus
Musk Thistle (4)
Carduus nutans
Narrowleaf Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon angustifolius
Narrowleaf Cottonwood (2)
Populus angustifolia
Narrowleaf Puccoon (2)
Lithospermum incisum
Narrowleaf Umbrella-wort (1)
Mirabilis linearis
Nevada Peavine (5)
Lathyrus lanszwertii
New Mexican Vervain (1)
Verbena macdougalii
New Mexican Yellow Flax (4)
Linum neomexicanum
New Mexico Groundsel (11)
Packera neomexicana
New Mexico Locust (26)
Robinia neomexicana
New Mexico Thistle (3)
Cirsium neomexicanum
Nipple-seed Plantain (1)
Plantago major
Nodding Onion (8)
Allium cernuum
Nodding Thistle (1)
Cirsium undulatum
North American River Otter (1)
Lontra canadensis
Northern Bedstraw (1)
Galium boreale
Northern Flicker (3)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Leopard Frog (1)
Lithobates pipiens
Northern Poison-oak (5)
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Northern Pygmy-Owl (1)
Glaucidium gnoma
Norwegian Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla norvegica
Nuttall's Pussytoes (2)
Antennaria parvifolia
Oceanspray (1)
Holodiscus discolor
Orchard Grass (1)
Dactylis glomerata
Oregon Boxleaf (1)
Paxistima myrsinites
Ornate Tree Lizard (1)
Urosaurus ornatus
Oyster Mushroom (1)
Pleurotus ostreatus
Pale Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera pallida
Panhandle Prickly-pear (2)
Opuntia polyacantha
Parry Thistle (2)
Cirsium parryi
Parry's Goldenweed (1)
Oreochrysum parryi
Perkysue (3)
Tetraneuris argentea
Pin Clover (4)
Erodium cicutarium
Pine Dwarf-mistletoe (2)
Arceuthobium vaginatum
Pineland Horseweed (1)
Laennecia schiedeana
Pineywoods Geranium (26)
Geranium caespitosum
Plateau Fence Lizard (3)
Sceloporus tristichus
Plateau Striped Whiptail (3)
Aspidoscelis velox
Plateau Yellow Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya flava
Plumbeous Vireo (2)
Vireo plumbeus
Poison-hemlock (1)
Conium maculatum
Prairie Bluebells (1)
Mertensia lanceolata
Prairie Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera albicaulis
Prairie Gentian (1)
Gentiana affinis
Prairie Junegrass (1)
Koeleria macrantha
Prairie Rattlesnake (1)
Crotalus viridis
Prairie Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia frigida
Purple Prairie-clover (12)
Dalea purpurea
Purslane Speedwell (1)
Veronica peregrina
Pygmy Nuthatch (5)
Sitta pygmaea
Pygmy-flower Rock-jasmine (3)
Androsace septentrionalis
Quaking Aspen (14)
Populus tremuloides
Red Baneberry (2)
Actaea rubra
Red Elderberry (1)
Sambucus racemosa
Red Raspberry (4)
Rubus idaeus
Red-osier Dogwood (1)
Cornus sericea
Red-root Amaranth (1)
Amaranthus retroflexus
Reeves' Bladderfern (1)
Cystopteris reevesiana
Richardson's Bitterweed (6)
Hymenoxys richardsonii
Rock Squirrel (11)
Otospermophilus variegatus
Rock Wren (3)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout (1)
Oncorhynchus virginalis
Rocky Mountain Fameflower (2)
Phemeranthus confertiflorus
Rocky Mountain Townsend-daisy (4)
Townsendia eximia
Rose-heath (1)
Chaetopappa ericoides
Rosy Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria rosea
Rough Cocklebur (1)
Xanthium strumarium
Rough Menodora (1)
Menodora scabra
Roundleaf Thermopsis (1)
Thermopsis rhombifolia
Rubber Rabbitbrush (2)
Ericameria nauseosa
Running Fleabane (1)
Erigeron flagellaris
Rush Skeleton-plant (1)
Lygodesmia juncea
Sacred Thorn-apple (4)
Datura wrightii
Sand Violet (6)
Viola adunca
Sandhill Crane (1)
Antigone canadensis
Santa Fe Stickyleaf (2)
Mentzelia springeri
Saw-tooth Sage (1)
Salvia subincisa
Say's Phoebe (1)
Sayornis saya
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (13)
Echinocereus coccineus
Scarlet Skyrocket (17)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Self-heal (2)
Prunella vulgaris
Shaggy Mane (2)
Coprinus comatus
Showy Fleabane (3)
Erigeron speciosus
Showy Green-gentian (5)
Frasera speciosa
Side-bells Beardtongue (6)
Penstemon secundiflorus
Silky Townsend-daisy (3)
Townsendia exscapa
Six-spotted Yellow Orbweaver (1)
Araniella displicata
Six-weeks Prairie-clover (1)
Dalea polygonoides
Skunkbush (1)
Rhus trilobata
Slimleaf Plains-mustard (1)
Hesperidanthus linearifolius
Small-wing Sedge (1)
Carex microptera
Smooth Sumac (3)
Rhus glabra
Solitary Sandpiper (1)
Tringa solitaria
Solomon's-plume (3)
Maianthemum racemosum
Southwestern Fence Lizard (5)
Sceloporus cowlesi
Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (7)
Pinus brachyptera
Spider Milkweed (2)
Asclepias asperula
Spinystar (1)
Escobaria vivipara
Spotted Knapweed (1)
Centaurea stoebe
Spotted Towhee (3)
Pipilo maculatus
Spotted Water-hemlock (1)
Cicuta maculata
Spreading Dogbane (4)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading Fleabane (2)
Erigeron divergens
Spreading Sandwort (3)
Arenaria lanuginosa
Starflower Solomon's-plume (3)
Maianthemum stellatum
Steller's Jay (3)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Stiff Greenthread (1)
Thelesperma filifolium
Stiff Sunflower (1)
Helianthus pauciflorus
Striped Whipsnake (1)
Masticophis taeniatus
Tall Blue Lettuce (1)
Lactuca biennis
Tall Tumble-mustard (2)
Sisymbrium altissimum
Tassel Flower (4)
Brickellia grandiflora
Texas Croton (1)
Croton texensis
Thimbleberry (3)
Rubus parviflorus
Townsend's Solitaire (1)
Myadestes townsendi
Townsend's Warbler (1)
Setophaga townsendi
Turkey Vulture (3)
Cathartes aura
Upright Blue Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon virgatus
Vermilion Cystoderma (1)
Cystodermella cinnabarina
Violet-green Swallow (2)
Tachycineta thalassina
Virgate Scorpionweed (2)
Phacelia heterophylla
Virginia Strawberry (6)
Fragaria virginiana
Wapiti (7)
Cervus canadensis
Wax Currant (6)
Ribes cereum
Western Blue Iris (7)
Iris missouriensis
Western Bluebird (8)
Sialia mexicana
Western Flycatcher (2)
Empidonax difficilis
Western Red Columbine (8)
Aquilegia elegantula
Western Virgin's-bower (1)
Clematis ligusticifolia
Western Wallflower (7)
Erysimum capitatum
Western Wood-Pewee (5)
Contopus sordidulus
White Checker-mallow (2)
Sidalcea candida
White Fir (2)
Abies concolor
White Prairie-clover (3)
Dalea candida
White Sagebrush (3)
Artemisia ludoviciana
White Sweetclover (3)
Melilotus albus
White-breasted Nuthatch (4)
Sitta carolinensis
White-flower Standing-cypress (2)
Ipomopsis longiflora
White-margin Pussytoes (4)
Antennaria marginata
Whitestem Blazingstar (1)
Mentzelia albicaulis
Wholeleaf Indian-paintbrush (9)
Castilleja integra
Wild Bergamot (13)
Monarda fistulosa
Williamson's Sapsucker (3)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Winter-fat (1)
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Wolf's Currant (1)
Ribes wolfii
Wood Sage (1)
Salvia nemorosa
Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (4)
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Woodhouse's Toad (1)
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Woodland Strawberry (4)
Fragaria vesca
Woods' Rose (9)
Rosa woodsii
Woolly Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus mollissimus
Wooton's Ragwort (6)
Senecio wootonii
Wright Thelypody (2)
Thelypodium wrightii
Wright's Goldenrod (2)
Solidago wrightii
Wright's Trefoil (6)
Acmispon wrightii
Wyoming Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja linariifolia
Yellow Earth Tongue (1)
Spathularia flavida
Yellow Hawkweed (3)
Hieracium fendleri
Yellow Indiangrass (2)
Sorghastrum nutans
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2)
Setophaga coronata
a fungus (1)
Galerina clavata
a fungus (1)
Astraeus hygrometricus
a fungus (1)
Boletus barrowsii
a fungus (1)
Flammulina populicola
a fungus (1)
Lactarius montanus
a fungus (1)
Lycoperdon marginatum
fetid goosefoot (7)
Dysphania incisa
Federally Listed Species (6)

Species identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as potentially occurring within this area based on range and habitat data. These designations do not indicate confirmed presence — they identify habitat where agency actions may require consultation under the Endangered Species Act.

Jemez Mountains Salamander
Plethodon neomexicanusEndangered
Mexican Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis lucidaThreatened
Mexican Wolf
Canis lupus baileyiE, XN
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (13)

Species identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as potentially occurring based on range and habitat data.

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (11)

Birds of conservation concern identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as potentially occurring based on range data. These species may warrant additional consideration under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Vegetation (12)

Composition from LANDFIRE 2024 EVT spatial analysis. Ecosystems classified per NatureServe Terrestrial Ecological Systems.

Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,712 ha
GNR49.0%
GNR18.1%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 552 ha
G315.8%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 138 ha
GNR4.0%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 78 ha
GNR2.2%
GNR1.9%
GNR1.8%
G31.8%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 58 ha
GNR1.7%
GNR1.4%
G30.4%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 5 ha
G30.1%

Alamo Canyon

Alamo Canyon Roadless Area

Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico · 8,639 acres