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Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Washington · 1,201 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (263)

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

(2)
Russula salishensis
(1)
Xerocomellus mendocinensis
(1)
Tricholoma venenatoides
(1)
Leucoagaricus glabridiscus
(1)
Phlegmacium glaucocephalum
(1)
Hygrocybe constans
(1)
Hygrophorus albofloccosus
(1)
Inocybe pseudoteraturgus
Aleutian Maidenhair Fern (2)
Adiantum aleuticum
Alpine Alumroot (1)
Heuchera glabra
American Black Bear (1)
Ursus americanus
American Dipper (3)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Pinesap (1)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Purple Vetch (1)
Vicia americana
American Trailplant (1)
Adenocaulon bicolor
Angel Wings (1)
Pleurocybella porrigens
Arctic Sweet-colt's-foot (1)
Petasites frigidus
Arrowleaf Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum compositum
Bald Eagle (1)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Bear's Head (1)
Hericium abietis
Bearberry (1)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bigleaf Maple (1)
Acer macrophyllum
Blackfoot Paxillus (1)
Tapinella atrotomentosa
Blue Field Gilia (1)
Gilia capitata
Blueish Hydnellum (3)
Hydnellum caeruleum
Booted Knight (1)
Tricholoma focale
Bracken Fern (3)
Pteridium aquilinum
Bristly Haircap Moss (1)
Polytrichum piliferum
Bristly Manzanita (1)
Arctostaphylos columbiana
Bulbous Bluegrass (1)
Poa bulbosa
Buttercupleaf Suksdorfia (1)
Suksdorfia ranunculifolia
Canada Jay (1)
Perisoreus canadensis
Candlesnuff Fungus (1)
Xylaria hypoxylon
Candy Lichen (1)
Icmadophila ericetorum
Cascade Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon serrulatus
Cascades Frog (6)
Rana cascadae
Cat's Tail Moss (1)
Pseudisothecium stoloniferum
Chickweed Monkeyflower (2)
Erythranthe alsinoides
Cliff Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon rupicola
Coho Salmon (2)
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Coiled-leaf Plait Moss (1)
Hypnum circinale
Columbian Lily (5)
Lilium columbianum
Columbian Windflower (3)
Anemonastrum deltoideum
Common Dandelion (1)
Taraxacum officinale
Common Goat's-beard (1)
Aruncus dioicus
Common Shepherd's-cress (1)
Teesdalia nudicaulis
Common Speedwell (1)
Veronica officinalis
Common St. John's-wort (1)
Hypericum perforatum
Common Wintergreen (3)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Woolly-sunflower (1)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Conifer Tuft (1)
Hypholoma capnoides
Corn Speedwell (1)
Veronica arvensis
Crevice Alumroot (1)
Heuchera micrantha
Curve-beak Lousewort (1)
Pedicularis contorta
Deer Fern (1)
Struthiopteris spicant
Dense Lace Fern (1)
Aspidotis densa
Devil's Matchstick (4)
Pilophorus acicularis
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (1)
Fuligo septica
Douglas' Knotweed (1)
Polygonum douglasii
Douglas' Squirrel (2)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Douglas-fir (3)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dusky Fork Moss (1)
Dicranum fuscescens
Dyer's Polypore (4)
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Earspoon Fungus (2)
Auriscalpium vulgare
Ensatina (1)
Ensatina eschscholtzii
Fairy Slipper (3)
Calypso bulbosa
Fireweed (4)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fragmenting Coral Lichen (1)
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii
Garden Bird's-foot-trefoil (1)
Lotus corniculatus
Giant Blue-eyed Mary (1)
Collinsia grandiflora
Giant Pinedrops (1)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (12)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Glacier Fawnlily (3)
Erythronium montanum
Gnome-plant (3)
Hemitomes congestum
Graduated Lichen (1)
Cladonia transcendens
Green Cups (1)
Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Herb-Robert (1)
Geranium robertianum
Hooded False Morel (1)
Paragyromitra infula
Indian Paint Fungus (1)
Echinodontium tinctorium
Jelly Babies (1)
Leotia lubrica
Jelly Tooth (8)
Pseudohydnum gelatinosum
Kauffman's Stropharia (1)
Stropharia kauffmanii
Large-flower Collomia (1)
Collomia grandiflora
Leafy Dwarf Knotweed (1)
Polygonum minimum
Lettuce Lichen (2)
Lobaria oregana
Lewis' Monkeyflower (2)
Erythranthe lewisii
Lilac Mycena (2)
Mycena pura
Little Tarweed (1)
Madia exigua
Littleleaf Miner's-lettuce (4)
Montia parvifolia
Lobster Mushroom (7)
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Longleaf Oregon-grape (4)
Berberis nervosa
Longtail Wild Ginger (1)
Asarum caudatum
Lung Lichen (1)
Lobaria pulmonaria
Mannered Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe decora
Menzies' Wintergreen (4)
Chimaphila menziesii
Mertens' Coralroot (2)
Corallorhiza mertensiana
Midnight Entoloma (1)
Entoloma medianox
Mountain Hemlock (1)
Tsuga mertensiana
Narrowleaf Swordfern (1)
Polystichum imbricans
New World Dyer's Polypore (3)
Phaeolus hispidoides
Noble Fir (1)
Abies procera
Northern Alligator Lizard (1)
Elgaria coerulea
Northern Red Belt (7)
Fomitopsis mounceae
Oceanspray (1)
Holodiscus discolor
Orange Sponge Polypore (1)
Pycnoporellus alboluteus
Oregon Beaked Moss (1)
Kindbergia oregana
Oregon Boxleaf (5)
Paxistima myrsinites
Oregon Stonecrop (6)
Sedum oreganum
Oregon-tea (3)
Ceanothus sanguineus
Oxeye Daisy (1)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Pacific Bananaslug (2)
Ariolimax columbianus
Pacific Dogwood (4)
Cornus nuttallii
Pacific Madrone (3)
Arbutus menziesii
Pacific Oak Fern (1)
Gymnocarpium disjunctum
Pacific Sideband Snail (2)
Monadenia fidelis
Pacific Woodrush (1)
Luzula comosa
Pacific Yew (8)
Taxus brevifolia
Pearly Everlasting (4)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Phantom Orchid (2)
Cephalanthera austiniae
Pinemat Manzanita (2)
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pipecleaner Moss (2)
Rhytidiopsis robusta
Poison Pie Mushroom (1)
Hebeloma crustuliniforme
Prickly Lettuce (1)
Lactuca serriola
Purple Foxglove (4)
Digitalis purpurea
Purple Sandspurry (1)
Spergularia rubra
Red Alder (2)
Alnus rubra
Red Clover (2)
Trifolium pratense
Red Elderberry (2)
Sambucus racemosa
Red Fox (1)
Vulpes vulpes
Red Huckleberry (4)
Vaccinium parvifolium
Redwood Violet (2)
Viola sempervirens
Ribbon Rag Lichen (1)
Platismatia stenophylla
Rosy Gomphidius (6)
Gomphidius subroseus
Roundleaf Sundew (1)
Drosera rotundifolia
Running Clubmoss (1)
Lycopodium clavatum
Salal (7)
Gaultheria shallon
Salmonberry (1)
Rubus spectabilis
Sand Violet (1)
Viola adunca
Scaly Vase Chanterelle (1)
Turbinellus floccosus
Scouler's Bellflower (1)
Campanula scouleri
Scouler's Willow (1)
Salix scouleriana
Segmented Luetkea (1)
Luetkea pectinata
Self-heal (2)
Prunella vulgaris
Short-stem Russula (1)
Russula brevipes
Shrubby Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon fruticosus
Signal Crayfish (1)
Pacifastacus leniusculus
Silver-haired Bat (1)
Lasionycteris noctivagans
Sitka Mountain-ash (1)
Sorbus sitchensis
Sitka Willow (1)
Salix sitchensis
Slender Bog Orchid (1)
Platanthera stricta
Slender Stalked Helvetta (1)
Helvella elastica
Slender Wintergreen (1)
Gaultheria ovatifolia
Small Pussytoes (6)
Antennaria howellii
Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary (1)
Collinsia parviflora
Small-head Tarweed (1)
Hemizonella minima
Small-leaf Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe microphylla
Smith's Lepidella (2)
Amanita smithiana
Soft-haired Snowberry (1)
Symphoricarpos mollis
Sooty Grouse (1)
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Spotted Coralroot (2)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Sandpiper (3)
Actitis macularius
Stairstep Moss (1)
Hylocomium splendens
Stinking Dapperling (1)
Lepiota cristata
Subarctic Ladyfern (1)
Athyrium filix-femina
Sugarstick (11)
Allotropa virgata
Sweet Cherry (2)
Prunus avium
Sweet Vernal Grass (1)
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus officinalis
Taper-tip Onion (1)
Allium acuminatum
Thimbleberry (3)
Rubus parviflorus
Tobacco Ceanothus (2)
Ceanothus velutinus
Townsend's Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias townsendii
Twinflower (4)
Linnaea borealis
Vanilla-leaf (3)
Achlys triphylla
Varied-leaf Collomia (2)
Collomia heterophylla
Vine Maple (5)
Acer circinatum
Virginia Strawberry (4)
Fragaria virginiana
Wall-cress (1)
Arabidopsis thaliana
Wallace's Spikemoss (6)
Selaginella wallacei
Water Puffball (1)
Lycoperdon perlatum
Western Columbine (1)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Dwarf Dogwood (3)
Cornus unalaschkensis
Western Gilled Bolete (1)
Phylloporus arenicola
Western Hemlock (5)
Tsuga heterophylla
Western Painted Suillus (5)
Suillus lakei
Western Pasqueflower (1)
Pulsatilla occidentalis
Western Swordfern (7)
Polystichum munitum
Western Toad (1)
Anaxyrus boreas
Western Trillium (1)
Trillium ovatum
Western Turkeybeard (3)
Xerophyllum tenax
Western cauliflower mushroom (1)
Sparassis radicata
Western shrimp brittlegill (2)
Russula olympiana
White Chanterelle (13)
Cantharellus subalbidus
White Goosefoot (1)
Chenopodium album
White Spindles (1)
Clavaria fragilis
Winter Chanterelle (2)
Craterellus tubaeformis
Witch's Hat (3)
Hygrocybe singeri
Wood Rose (2)
Rosa gymnocarpa
Woodland Beardtongue (4)
Nothochelone nemorosa
Woodland Strawberry (1)
Fragaria vesca
Yellow Earth Tongue (3)
Spathularia flavida
Yellow Skunk Cabbage (1)
Lysichiton americanus
Yellow-and-blue Forget-me-not (1)
Myosotis discolor
Yellow-spotted Millipede (4)
Harpaphe haydeniana
Yellowleg Bonnet (1)
Mycena epipterygia
Yew Club (2)
Clavicorona taxophila
Zeller's Bolete (1)
Xerocomellus zelleri
Zoned Phellodon (1)
Phellodon tomentosus
a bracket fungus (1)
Trichaptum abietinum
a fungus (1)
Inocybe kauffmanii
a fungus (1)
Boletus fibrillosus
a fungus (4)
Chroogomphus tomentosus
a fungus (3)
Dacrymyces chrysospermus
a fungus (1)
Mycena subcana
a fungus (1)
Hygrophorus graveolens
a fungus (1)
Chrysomphalina aurantiaca
a fungus (4)
Laccaria amethysteo-occidentalis
a fungus (1)
Atheniella delectabilis
a fungus (1)
Picipes badius
a fungus (3)
Clavulinopsis laeticolor
a fungus (1)
Atheniella aurantiidisca
a fungus (3)
Helvella vespertina
a fungus (1)
Aphroditeola olida
a fungus (2)
Psilocybe pelliculosa
a fungus (1)
Amanita pantherinoides
a fungus (1)
Ramaria cystidiophora
a fungus (1)
Ramaria leptoformosa
a fungus (1)
Ramaria synaptopoda
a fungus (1)
Cortinarius clandestinus
a fungus (1)
Guepiniopsis alpina
a fungus (1)
Russula pseudotsugarum
a fungus (3)
Gomphus clavatus
a fungus (1)
Russula turci
a fungus (2)
Gomphidius smithii
a fungus (2)
Ganoderma oregonense
a fungus (4)
Stropharia ambigua
a fungus (1)
Fomitopsis ochracea
a fungus (2)
Suillus caerulescens
a fungus (2)
Cystoderma carcharias
a fungus (1)
Floccularia albolanaripes
a fungus (1)
Tricholoma dulciolens
a fungus (1)
Entoloma subrubineum
a fungus (2)
Tricholoma murrillianum
a fungus (1)
Entoloma rectangulum
a fungus (1)
Cystodermella granulosa
a fungus (7)
Xerocomellus atropurpureus
a fungus (4)
Xerocomellus diffractus
a fungus (1)
Entoloma formosum
a fungus (1)
Entoloma foliocontusum
a fungus (2)
Dendrocollybia racemosa
a fungus (2)
Aureoboletus mirabilis
a fungus (1)
Laccaria nobilis
a fungus (1)
Lactarius luculentus
a fungus (2)
Lactarius rubrilacteus
a fungus (1)
Laetiporus conifericola
a fungus (3)
Jahnoporus hirtus
a fungus (4)
Lepiota magnispora
a fungus (1)
Lepiota rubrotinctoides
a fungus (1)
Calcipostia guttulata
Federally Listed Species (9)

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.

Mount Rainier White-tailed Ptarmigan
Lagopus leucura rainierensisThreatened
Northern Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis caurinaThreatened
Bull Trout
Salvelinus confluentus
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Marbled Murrelet
Brachyramphus marmoratus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (5)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens rufescens
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (5)

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
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Vegetation (3)

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

GNR61.6%
GNR21.1%
GNR12.2%

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Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington · 1,201 acres