Aurora Crater

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · Nevada · 5,689 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (81)

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

American Kestrel (1)
Falco sparverius
American Sickle (1)
Astragalus curvicarpus
Arroyo Willow (1)
Salix lasiolepis
Basin Yellow Cat's-eye (3)
Oreocarya confertiflora
Big Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia tridentata
Birdnest Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nidularium
Black Cottonwood (2)
Populus trichocarpa
Black Phoebe (1)
Sayornis nigricans
Blue Mountain Rockcress (1)
Boechera puberula
Bodie Hills Cusickiella (2)
Cusickiella quadricostata
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (1)
Elymus elymoides
Break Gilia (1)
Gilia brecciarum
Broadleaf Pepper-grass (1)
Lepidium latifolium
Brook-pimpernel (1)
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Bruneau Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus bruneaunis
Case's Milkvetch (3)
Astragalus casei
Common Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe guttata
Common Nighthawk (1)
Chordeiles minor
Common Side-blotched Lizard (2)
Uta stansburiana
Dark-red Onion (1)
Allium atrorubens
Desert Globemallow (1)
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Mountain Phlox (2)
Phlox stansburyi
Desert Wishbone-bush (1)
Mirabilis laevis
Desert paintbrush (3)
Castilleja chromosa
Drummond's Thistle (1)
Cirsium scariosum
Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower (1)
Diplacus nanus
Entireleaf Thelypody (1)
Thelypodium integrifolium
Four-wing Saltbush (1)
Atriplex canescens
Giant Blazingstar (2)
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Golf-ball Spring-parsley (2)
Cymopterus globosus
Granite Prickly-phlox (2)
Linanthus pungens
Gray Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia canescens
Greater Sage-Grouse (2)
Centrocercus urophasianus
Hairy Willowherb (1)
Epilobium ciliatum
Hardstem Bulrush (1)
Schoenoplectus acutus
Humboldt Milkweed (1)
Asclepias cryptoceras
Inyo Linanthus (2)
Linanthus inyoensis
Munite Prickly-poppy (1)
Argemone munita
Naked-stem Phacelia (3)
Phacelia gymnoclada
Narrowleaf Willow (1)
Salix exigua
Nevada Goldenrod (1)
Solidago spectabilis
Northern Pygmy-Owl (1)
Glaucidium gnoma
Oval-leaf Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Panhandle Prickly-pear (10)
Opuntia polyacantha
Parish's Larkspur (1)
Delphinium parishii
Pinyon Dwarf-mistletoe (1)
Arceuthobium divaricatum
Pinyon Jay (1)
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalusUR
Rayless Shaggy Fleabane (3)
Erigeron aphanactis
Russian Olive (2)
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Sagebrush Cholla (2)
Micropuntia pulchella
Salt-lover (1)
Halogeton glomeratus
Scented Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon palmeri
Shadscale (1)
Atriplex confertifolia
Shaggy Milkvetch (3)
Astragalus malacus
Short-stem Lupine (2)
Lupinus brevicaulis
Single-leaf Pine (4)
Pinus monophylla
Skunky Monkeyflower (1)
Diplacus mephiticus
Slender Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum microtheca
Spindle Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus oophorus
Spiny Hop-sage (3)
Grayia spinosa
Spotted Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum maculatum
Suksdorf's Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe suksdorfii
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Terrestrial Gartersnake (2)
Thamnophis elegans
Thorny Wire-lettuce (1)
Pleiacanthus spinosus
Virginia Rail (2)
Rallus limicola
Washoe Suncup (1)
Camissonia pusilla
Watercress (1)
Nasturtium officinale
Western Blue Iris (1)
Iris missouriensis
Western Blue-eyed-grass (1)
Sisyrinchium halophilum
Western Fence Lizard (4)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Kingbird (3)
Tyrannus verticalis
Western Water-hemlock (1)
Cicuta douglasii
Western Wood-Pewee (1)
Contopus sordidulus
White-margined Wax Plant (1)
Glyptopleura marginata
Whitestem Blazingstar (2)
Mentzelia albicaulis
Wong's Pyrg (2)
Pyrgulopsis wongi
Woods' Rose (2)
Rosa woodsii
a fungus (1)
Montagnea arenaria
a fungus (2)
Puccinia monoica
Federally Listed Species (3)

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.

Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (8)

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

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (7)

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.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Vegetation (7)

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

Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 1,658 ha
GNR72.0%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 302 ha
G313.1%
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 169 ha
GNR7.4%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 86 ha
GNR3.7%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 35 ha
G21.5%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 10 ha
G30.4%
G30.0%

Aurora Crater

Aurora Crater Roadless Area

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada · 5,689 acres