Bear Rocks

Bighorn National Forest · Wyoming · 25,023 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (126)

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

(2)
Anticlea elegans
(1)
Boechera stricta
(1)
Eritrichium argenteum
Alpine Milkvetch (7)
Astragalus alpinus
Alsike Clover (1)
Trifolium hybridum
American Bistort (4)
Bistorta bistortoides
American Crow (1)
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Dipper (1)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Harebell (1)
Campanula rotundifolia
American Pasqueflower (5)
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
American Pika (2)
Ochotona princeps
Barn Swallow (2)
Hirundo rustica
Bearberry (1)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Big Sagebrush (3)
Artemisia tridentata
Black-headed Grosbeak (1)
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Bladder Campion (1)
Silene latifolia
Blueleaf Cinquefoil (2)
Potentilla glaucophylla
Brewer's Blackbird (3)
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brewer's Sparrow (1)
Spizella breweri
Brown Creeper (1)
Certhia americana
Bull Elephant's-head (5)
Pedicularis groenlandica
Canada Buffaloberry (1)
Shepherdia canadensis
Canada Jay (1)
Perisoreus canadensis
Cespitose Rockmat (1)
Petrophytum caespitosum
Chipping Sparrow (1)
Spizella passerina
Choke Cherry (1)
Prunus virginiana
Cliff Swallow (1)
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common Raven (1)
Corvus corax
Common Yarrow (2)
Achillea millefolium
Cous-root Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium cous
Creeping Thistle (1)
Cirsium arvense
Curve-beak Lousewort (1)
Pedicularis contorta
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Junco hyemalis
Double Twinpod (1)
Physaria didymocarpa
Dusky Grouse (4)
Dendragapus obscurus
Eastern Fox Squirrel (1)
Sciurus niger
Engelmann Spruce (2)
Picea engelmannii
Eschscholtz's Buttercup (1)
Ranunculus eschscholtzii
Fairy Slipper (1)
Calypso bulbosa
False Saxifrage (4)
Telesonix heucheriformis
Fernleaf Lousewort (5)
Pedicularis cystopteridifolia
Fireweed (3)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus (1)
Parnassia fimbriata
Golden-Hardhack (3)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja miniata
Green-tailed Towhee (1)
Pipilo chlorurus
Green-tongue Liverwort (1)
Marchantia polymorpha
Grouseberry (1)
Vaccinium scoparium
Gunnison's Mariposa Lily (3)
Calochortus gunnisonii
Hairy Valerian (1)
Valeriana edulis
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Handsome Pussytoes (2)
Antennaria anaphaloides
Hare's-foot Point-vetch (1)
Oxytropis lagopus
Hood's Sedge (1)
Carex hoodii
Hooker's Mountain-avens (1)
Dryas hookeriana
Jones' Columbine (6)
Aquilegia jonesii
Lanceleaf Stonecrop (4)
Sedum lanceolatum
Large-flower Fleabane (1)
Erigeron grandiflorus
Lazuli Bunting (2)
Passerina amoena
Least Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias minimus
Limber Pine (1)
Pinus flexilis
Lodgepole Pine (3)
Pinus contorta
Mallard (1)
Anas platyrhynchos
Many-flowered Phlox (3)
Phlox multiflora
Meadow Timothy (1)
Phleum pratense
Moose (83)
Alces alces
Moss Campion (1)
Silene acaulis
Mountain Arnica (1)
Arnica latifolia
Mountain Bluebird (5)
Sialia currucoides
Mountain Douglasia (3)
Androsace montana
Mountain Timothy (1)
Phleum alpinum
Mule Deer (11)
Odocoileus hemionus
North American Red Squirrel (1)
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Northern Bedstraw (3)
Galium boreale
Northern Flicker (1)
Colaptes auratus
Nuttall's Rockcress (2)
Arabis nuttallii
Parry's Lousewort (1)
Pedicularis parryi
Prairie Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia frigida
Prairie-smoke (3)
Geum triflorum
Purple-spored Puffball (1)
Calvatia cyathiformis
Quaking Aspen (3)
Populus tremuloides
Red Baneberry (2)
Actaea rubra
Red Elderberry (1)
Sambucus racemosa
Red Fox (1)
Vulpes vulpes
Red Raspberry (1)
Rubus idaeus
Red-tailed Hawk (3)
Buteo jamaicensis
Rock Wren (1)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout (7)
Oncorhynchus virginalis
Rosy Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria rosea
Rydberg's Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia multiscapa
Sandhill Crane (3)
Antigone canadensis
Savannah Sparrow (1)
Passerculus sandwichensis
Sheep Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla ovina
Short-stem Onion (9)
Allium brevistylum
Showy Aster (1)
Eurybia conspicua
Showy Green-gentian (10)
Frasera speciosa
Showy Indian-paintbrush (5)
Castilleja pulchella
Skunk Polemonium (1)
Polemonium viscosum
Slender-sepal Marsh-marigold (1)
Caltha leptosepala
Small-flower Valerian (2)
Valeriana occidentalis
Small-flower Woodland-star (1)
Lithophragma parviflorum
Smooth Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon glaber
Snowshoe Hare (1)
Lepus americanus
Sticky Geranium (7)
Geranium viscosissimum
Streamside Bluebells (2)
Mertensia ciliata
Subalpine Fir (2)
Abies lasiocarpa
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Timber Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus miser
Tree Swallow (2)
Tachycineta bicolor
Upland Yellow Violet (1)
Viola praemorsa
Virginia Strawberry (2)
Fragaria virginiana
Wapiti (10)
Cervus canadensis
Western Blue Iris (1)
Iris missouriensis
Western Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax difficilis
White Clover (1)
Trifolium repens
White Globe-flower (2)
Trollius albiflorus
White Point-vetch (2)
Oxytropis sericea
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-tailed Deer (1)
Odocoileus virginianus
Wild Chives (3)
Allium schoenoprasum
Wyeth's Lupine (1)
Lupinus wyethii
Yellow-bellied Marmot (7)
Marmota flaviventris
a fungus (1)
Caloscypha fulgens
a fungus (1)
Maublancomyces montanus
watermelon snow (1)
Chlamydomonas nivalis
Federally Listed Species (2)

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.

Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Other Species of Concern (8)

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
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus nataliae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (8)

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
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Vegetation (8)

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

GNR58.6%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,747 ha
GNR17.3%
Rocky Mountain Subalpine Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 1,105 ha
GNR10.9%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 864 ha
GNR8.5%
Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 190 ha
GNR1.9%
1.2%
Rocky Mountain Cliff Canyon and Massive Bedrock
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 76 ha
0.8%
GNR0.6%

Bear Rocks

Bear Rocks Roadless Area

Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming · 25,023 acres