Behm Islands

Tongass National Forest · Alaska · 4,777 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (339)

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

Alaska Blue-eyed-grass (1)
Sisyrinchium littorale
Alaska Blueberry (1)
Vaccinium alaskaense
Alaska Plantain (1)
Plantago macrocarpa
Alaska-cedar (1)
Callitropsis nootkatensis
Aleutian Maidenhair Fern (1)
Adiantum aleuticum
Alpine Blueberry (3)
Vaccinium uliginosum
Alpine Bog Laurel (5)
Kalmia microphylla
Alpine Haircap Moss (2)
Polytrichastrum alpinum
American Black Bear (3)
Ursus americanus
American Crow (2)
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Dipper (2)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Dunegrass (2)
Leymus mollis
American False Hellebore (1)
Veratrum viride
American Mink (10)
Neogale vison
American Robin (1)
Turdus migratorius
Ancient Murrelet (1)
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Angel Wings (1)
Pleurocybella porrigens
Apricot Jelly Fungus (3)
Guepinia helvelloides
Artist's Bracket (1)
Ganoderma applanatum
Austin's Sphagnum (1)
Sphagnum austinii
Badge Moss (1)
Plagiomnium insigne
Bald Eagle (21)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Baltic Macoma (1)
Macoma balthica
Barn Funnel Weaver (1)
Tegenaria domestica
Barn Swallow (1)
Hirundo rustica
Barrow's Goldeneye (2)
Bucephala islandica
Beaded Lancetooth (1)
Ancotrema sportella
Belted Kingfisher (1)
Megaceryle alcyon
Bent Scissorleaf Liverwort (2)
Herbertus aduncus
Black Arion Slug (1)
Arion ater
Black Crowberry (2)
Empetrum nigrum
Black Katy Chiton (1)
Katharina tunicata
Bloody-heart Lichen (1)
Mycoblastus sanguinarius
Bog Haircap Moss (1)
Polytrichum strictum
Bog Rosemary (2)
Andromeda polifolia
Bonaparte's Gull (4)
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Bracken Fern (4)
Pteridium aquilinum
Brown Box Crab (1)
Echidnocerus foraminatus
Brown Peatmoss (1)
Sphagnum fuscum
Brown-gray Moss-shingle Lichen (1)
Protopannaria pezizoides
Bufflehead (1)
Bucephala albeola
Bull Kelp (2)
Nereocystis luetkeana
Cabbage Lung Lichen (4)
Lobaria linita
California Black Currant (1)
Ribes bracteosum
California Sea Cucumber (9)
Apostichopus californicus
Cancellate Hairysnail (1)
Trichotropis cancellata
Candy Lichen (4)
Icmadophila ericetorum
Carpet-bugle (1)
Ajuga reptans
Cat's Tail Moss (2)
Pseudisothecium stoloniferum
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (1)
Poecile rufescens
Chinook Salmon (5)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Clasping Twisted-stalk (4)
Streptopus amplexifolius
Clear Moss (1)
Hookeria lucens
Clinging Jellyfish (1)
Gonionemus vertens
Clonal Plumose Anemone (5)
Metridium senile
Cloudberry (6)
Rubus chamaemorus
Coho Salmon (3)
Oncorhynchus kisutch
Coiled-leaf Plait Moss (2)
Hypnum circinale
Common Apple Moss (1)
Bartramia pomiformis
Common Bog Arrow-grass (2)
Triglochin maritima
Common Borage (1)
Borago officinalis
Common Dandelion (1)
Taraxacum officinale
Common Eyebright (4)
Euphrasia nemorosa
Common Goat's-beard (3)
Aruncus dioicus
Common Killer Whale (2)
Orcinus orca
Common Labrador-tea (9)
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Common Merganser (3)
Mergus merganser
Common Raven (5)
Corvus corax
Common Siphonophore (2)
Nanomia bijuga
Common Witch's Hair Lichen (4)
Alectoria sarmentosa
Common Yarrow (3)
Achillea millefolium
Copper Rockfish (3)
Sebastes caurinus
Cow-parsnip (3)
Heracleum maximum
Creeping Buttercup (1)
Ranunculus repens
Creeping Sandwort (1)
Stellaria humifusa
Crescent Gunnel (2)
Pholis laeta
Crimped Stitchwort (1)
Stellaria crispa
Crinkled Rag lichen (1)
Platismatia lacunosa
Crystal Jelly (4)
Aequorea victoria
Daisy Brittle Star (1)
Ophiopholis kennerlyi
Dall's Porpoise (1)
Phocoenoides dalli
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Junco hyemalis
Deer Fern (19)
Struthiopteris spicant
Devil's Matchstick (1)
Pilophorus acicularis
Devil's-club (7)
Oplopanax horridus
Domestic Cat (2)
Felis catus
Dotted Ramalina Lichen (1)
Ramalina farinacea
Douglas' Spiraea (1)
Spiraea douglasii
Dyer's Polypore (1)
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Eelgrass Isopod (1)
Pentidotea resecata
Eyed Moss-thorns Lichen (1)
Polychidium muscicola
False Lily-of-the-Valley (5)
Maianthemum dilatatum
Fan Moss (4)
Rhizomnium glabrescens
Few-flower Shootingstar (1)
Primula pauciflora
Field Horsetail (2)
Equisetum arvense
Fireweed (3)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Five-leaf Dwarf Bramble (6)
Rubus pedatus
Flattop Porcelain Crab (1)
Petrolisthes eriomerus
Fly Amanita (3)
Amanita muscaria
Foolish Mussel (9)
Mytilus trossulus
Four-Spined Squat Lobster (1)
Grimothea quadrispina
Fragmenting Coral Lichen (2)
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii
Frilled Dogwinkle (3)
Nucella lamellosa
Garden Lady's-mantle (1)
Alchemilla mollis
Giant Green Anemone (1)
Anthopleura xanthogrammica
Giant Nudibranch (1)
Dendronotus iris
Giant Pacific Octopus (2)
Enteroctopus dofleini
Giant Pink Star (3)
Pisaster brevispinus
Giant Plumose Anemone (2)
Metridium farcimen
Giant Rock-scallop (1)
Crassadoma gigantea
Glaucous-winged Gull (1)
Larus glaucescens
Gold Dust Lichen (1)
Chrysothrix candelaris
Goldenrod Crab Spider (1)
Misumena vatia
Goldthread (2)
Coptis trifolia
Graceful Kelp Crab (1)
Pugettia gracilis
Great Blue Heron (1)
Ardea herodias
Great Burnet (1)
Sanguisorba officinalis
Greater Moon Jelly (3)
Aurelia labiata
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja miniata
Green Sea Urchin (7)
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis
Greenland Scurvy-grass (2)
Cochlearia groenlandica
Ground Juniper (3)
Juniperus communis
Gumboot Chiton (1)
Cryptochiton stelleri
Gutweed (2)
Ulva intestinalis
Hairy Hermit Crab (3)
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Hairy King Crab (1)
Hapalogaster mertensii
Hairy Willowherb (1)
Epilobium ciliatum
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hanging Moss (2)
Antitrichia curtipendula
Harbor Seal (11)
Phoca vitulina
Harlequin Duck (2)
Histrionicus histrionicus
Helmet Crab (3)
Telmessus cheiragonus
Hermit Thrush (2)
Catharus guttatus
Hoary Rock Moss (2)
Racomitrium lanuginosum
Hooded Nudibranch (3)
Melibe leonina
Humpback Whale (1)
Megaptera novaeangliae
Indian Rice (3)
Fritillaria camschatcensis
Japanese Wireweed (1)
Sargassum muticum
Jellied Bird's Nest Fungus (2)
Nidula candida
Kelp Greenling (1)
Hexagrammos decagrammus
Kelp Pipefish (1)
Syngnathus californiensis
Knight's Plume Moss (3)
Ptilium crista-castrensis
Lace Foamflower (9)
Tiarella trifoliata
Lanky Moss (6)
Rhytidiadelphus loreus
Largeleaf Avens (1)
Geum macrophyllum
Largeleaf Lupine (1)
Lupinus polyphyllus
Late Fall Oyster (1)
Sarcomyxa serotina
Lawn Daisy (1)
Bellis perennis
Leafy Hornmouth (1)
Ceratostoma foliatum
Leather Star (11)
Dermasterias imbricata
Lettuce Lichen (10)
Lobaria oregana
Leucolepis Umbrella Moss (1)
Leucolepis acanthoneura
Lewis's Moon Snail (2)
Neverita lewisii
Licorice Fern (4)
Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Lined Chiton (3)
Tonicella lineata
Lingcod (3)
Ophiodon elongatus
Lodgepole Pine (6)
Pinus contorta
Long-armed Brittle Star (4)
Amphiodia occidentalis
Long-toed Salamander (2)
Ambystoma macrodactylum
Longfin Sculpin (1)
Jordania zonope
Lyngbye's Sedge (1)
Carex lyngbyei
Majestic Amanita (3)
Amanita augusta
Mallard (1)
Anas platyrhynchos
Many-spined Comb-tailed Spider (1)
Dirksia cinctipes
Mask Limpet (1)
Lottia persona
Membranous Pelt Lichen (2)
Peltigera membranacea
Mertens' Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza mertensiana
Modest Clown Dorid (1)
Triopha modesta
Monterey Sea-lemon (7)
Doris montereyensis
Moonglow Anemone (17)
Anthopleura artemisia
Mottled Star (2)
Evasterias troschelii
Mountain Cranberry (6)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Mountain Star-thistle (1)
Centaurea montana
Mule Deer (17)
Odocoileus hemionus
Narrowleaf Cotton-grass (1)
Eriophorum angustifolium
Noble Dorid (3)
Peltodoris nobilis
Nordmann's Orbweaver (1)
Araneus nordmanni
North American Red Squirrel (7)
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
North American River Otter (6)
Lontra canadensis
North Pacific Lampshell (1)
Terebratalia transversa
Northern Comandra (1)
Geocaulon lividum
Northern Fan-coral Lichen (6)
Bunodophoron melanocarpum
Northern Flicker (1)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Kelp Crab (1)
Pugettia producta
Northern Leopard Dorid (7)
Diaulula odonoghuei
Northern Oak Fern (1)
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Northern Peatmoss (1)
Sphagnum capillifolium
Northern Pygmy-Owl (2)
Glaucidium gnoma
Northern Red Belt (12)
Fomitopsis mounceae
Northern Ronquil (1)
Ronquilus jordani
Northern Sea Nettle (1)
Chrysaora melanaster
Northwest Hesperian Snail (3)
Vespericola columbianus
Nuttall's Cockle (1)
Clinocardium nuttallii
One-flowered Wintergreen (2)
Moneses uniflora
Opalescent Nudibranch (4)
Hermissenda crassicornis
Orange Zoanthid (1)
Epizoanthus scotinus
Oregon Beaked Moss (1)
Kindbergia oregana
Oval-leaf Huckleberry (6)
Vaccinium ovalifolium
Pacific Bananaslug (57)
Ariolimax columbianus
Pacific Blood Star (1)
Henricia leviuscula
Pacific Crabapple (2)
Malus fusca
Pacific Gooseneck Barnacle (1)
Lepas pacifica
Pacific Herring (2)
Clupea pallasii
Pacific Lion's Mane Jelly (2)
Cyanea ferruginea
Pacific Oyster (1)
Magallana gigas
Pacific Sandlance (2)
Ammodytes personatus
Pacific Sea Peach (1)
Halocynthia aurantium
Pacific Stubby Rose Anemone (1)
Urtibrina clandestina
Painted Anemone (2)
Urticina grebelnyi
Painted Greenling (1)
Oxylebius pictus
Pigeon Guillemot (1)
Cepphus columba
Piggyback Plant (1)
Tolmiea menziesii
Pine Siskin (2)
Spinus pinus
Pinto Abalone (4)
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Puget Sound King Crab (2)
Echidnocerus cibarius
Purple Foxglove (2)
Digitalis purpurea
Purple Jellydisc (1)
Ascocoryne sarcoides
Purple Sea Star (29)
Pisaster ochraceus
Purple Sea Urchin (1)
Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Purple Shore Crab (2)
Hemigrapsus nudus
Quillback Rockfish (2)
Sebastes maliger
Red Alder (5)
Alnus rubra
Red Aldisa (1)
Aldisa sanguinea
Red Elderberry (4)
Sambucus racemosa
Red Huckleberry (13)
Vaccinium parvifolium
Red Rock Crab (7)
Cancer productus
Red Sea Urchin (1)
Mesocentrotus franciscanus
Red-breasted Merganser (1)
Mergus serrator
Red-breasted Sapsucker (2)
Sphyrapicus ruber
Red-necked Grebe (1)
Podiceps grisegena
Red-osier Dogwood (2)
Cornus sericea
Red-stemmed Feather Moss (3)
Pleurozium schreberi
Remarkable Red Chiton (1)
Tonicella insignis
Reticulate Taildropper (1)
Prophysaon andersonii
Rhinoceros Auklet (2)
Cerorhinca monocerata
Robust Lancetooth Snail (3)
Haplotrema vancouverense
Rockweed (12)
Fucus distichus
Rockweed Isopod (9)
Pentidotea wosnesenskii
Rough Keyhole Limpet (1)
Diodora aspera
Roundleaf Sundew (4)
Drosera rotundifolia
Russet Cotton-grass (1)
Eriophorum chamissonis
Salal (38)
Gaultheria shallon
Salmonberry (14)
Rubus spectabilis
Scaly Vase Chanterelle (3)
Turbinellus floccosus
Sea Cauliflower (1)
Leathesia marina
Sea Hedgehog (2)
Halocynthia igaboja
Sea Milkwort (2)
Lysimachia maritima
Seabeach Sandwort (2)
Honckenya peploides
Seacoast Angelica (1)
Angelica lucida
Seaside Plantain (5)
Plantago maritima
Self-heal (3)
Prunella vulgaris
Shiner Perch (1)
Cymatogaster aggregata
Shiny Red Sea Squirt (1)
Cnemidocarpa finmarkiensis
Short-billed Gull (2)
Larus brachyrhynchus
Short-stem Russula (1)
Russula brevipes
Siberian Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia sibirica
Silvergray Rockfish (1)
Sebastes brevispinis
Single-flowered Clintonia (10)
Clintonia uniflora
Sitka Spruce (9)
Picea sitchensis
Slender Bog Orchid (6)
Platanthera stricta
Slime Star (2)
Pteraster tesselatus
Slimy Snailfish (1)
Liparis mucosus
Small Bedstraw (1)
Galium trifidum
Small Cranberry (3)
Vaccinium oxycoccos
Snakeskin Liverwort (1)
Conocephalum conicum
Soft Rush (2)
Juncus effusus
Sooty Grouse (1)
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Spiny-leaf Sowthistle (1)
Sonchus asper
Spleenwortleaf Goldthread (3)
Coptis aspleniifolia
Spotted Aglaja (1)
Aglaja ocelligera
Spreading Woodfern (2)
Dryopteris expansa
Stairstep Moss (16)
Hylocomium splendens
Steller Sea Lion (4)
Eumetopias jubatusE, DL
Steller's Jay (4)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Stout Coastal Shrimp (2)
Heptacarpus brevirostris
Subarctic Ladyfern (6)
Athyrium filix-femina
Sunflower Sea Star (2)
Pycnopodia helianthoidesProposed Threatened
Surf Scoter (4)
Melanitta perspicillata
Swamp Gentian (1)
Gentiana douglasiana
Tall White Bog Orchid (3)
Platanthera dilatata
Taylor's Flapwort (1)
Mylia taylorii
Thatched Barnacle (1)
Semibalanus cariosus
Thimbleberry (1)
Rubus parviflorus
Ticker-tape Lichen (1)
Hypogymnia duplicata
Tidepool Sculpin (2)
Oligocottus maculosus
Townsend's Warbler (4)
Setophaga townsendi
Trailing Black Currant (1)
Ribes laxiflorum
Treelike Clubmoss (3)
Dendrolycopodium dendroideum
Tubeworm Hermit Crab (1)
Discorsopagurus schmitti
Twinflower (10)
Linnaea borealis
Varied Thrush (2)
Ixoreus naevius
Velcro Star (2)
Stylasterias forreri
Vermilion Star (3)
Mediaster aequalis
Villous Cinquefoil (7)
Potentilla villosa
Wall-lettuce (1)
Mycelis muralis
Western Columbine (1)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Dwarf Dogwood (21)
Cornus unalaschkensis
Western Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax difficilis
Western Grebe (1)
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Western Hemlock (14)
Tsuga heterophylla
Western Hemlock-parsley (2)
Conioselinum gmelinii
Western Red-cedar (27)
Thuja plicata
Western Swordfern (2)
Polystichum munitum
Western Toad (8)
Anaxyrus boreas
White Clover (1)
Trifolium repens
White-spotted Rose Anemone (1)
Cribrinopsis albopunctata
Winter Chanterelle (6)
Craterellus tubaeformis
Woodland Bittercress (1)
Cardamine flexuosa
Woody Chiton (1)
Mopalia lignosa
Yellow Antlers (1)
Calocera viscosa
Yellow Skunk Cabbage (27)
Lysichiton americanus
Yellow Tooth Fungus (1)
Hydnum repandum
Yellow-edged Cadlina (2)
Cadlina luteomarginata
Yellow-spotted Millipede (2)
Harpaphe haydeniana
a fungus (3)
Donadinia nigrella
a fungus (1)
Alloclavaria purpurea
a fungus (1)
Aureoboletus mirabilis
a fungus (2)
Cantharellus formosus
a fungus (1)
Coprinopsis stercorea
a fungus (1)
Cronartium harknessii
a fungus (1)
Cyanosporus caesius
a fungus (10)
Fomitopsis ochracea
a fungus (4)
Ganoderma oregonense
a fungus (1)
Gloiodon occidentalis
a fungus (5)
Guepiniopsis alpina
a fungus (1)
Rhytisma arbuti
a fungus (4)
Laetiporus conifericola
a fungus (1)
Mucronella calva
a fungus (1)
Nectriopsis violacea
a lichen (2)
Pseudocyphellaria citrina
a millipede (1)
Litiulus alaskanus
barnacle-eating dorid (4)
Onchidoris bilamellata
fish-eating anemone (3)
Urticina piscivora
giant vetch (2)
Vicia gigantea
western rattlesnake root (3)
Nabalus hastatus
Federally Listed Species (1)

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.

Short-tailed albatross
Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus
Other Species of Concern (1)

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

Northern Sea Otter
Enhydra lutris kenyoni

Behm Islands

Behm Islands Roadless Area

Tongass National Forest, Alaska · 4,777 acres