Bend Watershed

Deschutes National Forest · Oregon · 14,829 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (279)

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

Oregon Spotted Frog (1)
Rana pretiosaThreatened
Whitebark Pine (15)
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
(2)
Heterotrichia versicolor
(1)
Aceria ceanothi
(6)
Abies grandis × concolor
(1)
Ganoderma polychromum
(6)
Parnassia cirrata
(1)
Nostoc parmelioides
Alpine Bittercress (1)
Cardamine bellidifolia
Alpine Blueberry (2)
Vaccinium uliginosum
Alpine Bog Laurel (19)
Kalmia microphylla
Alpine Gentian (1)
Gentiana newberryi
Alpine Lake False Dandelion (3)
Nothocalais alpestris
Alpine Speedwell (3)
Veronica wormskjoldii
American Beaver (1)
Castor canadensis
American Black Bear (1)
Ursus americanus
American Dipper (3)
Cinclus mexicanus
American False Hellebore (7)
Veratrum viride
American Mistletoe (4)
Arceuthobium americanum
American Pika (2)
Ochotona princeps
American Pinesap (12)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Robin (3)
Turdus migratorius
Anderson's Aster (2)
Oreostemma alpigenum
Apricot Jelly Fungus (1)
Guepinia helvelloides
Arrow-leaf Groundsel (15)
Senecio triangularis
Ash Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon cinicola
Awnless Brome (1)
Bromus inermis
Baker's Violet (3)
Viola bakeri
Bald Eagle (1)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Bear's Head (1)
Hericium abietis
Black-backed Woodpecker (1)
Picoides arcticus
Bloomer's Goldenweed (12)
Ericameria bloomeri
Blytt's Ruffwort (1)
Pseudomoerckia blyttii
Bolander's Tarweed (1)
Kyhosia bolanderi
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (2)
Elymus elymoides
Bracken Fern (3)
Pteridium aquilinum
Brain Mushroom (1)
Gyromitra esculenta
Brewer's Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla breweri
Brewer's Sedge (2)
Carex breweri
Bristly Black Currant (8)
Ribes lacustre
Brook Trout (3)
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Creeper (2)
Certhia americana
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen (1)
Letharia columbiana
Bull Elephant's-head (7)
Pedicularis groenlandica
California Polemonium (14)
Polemonium californicum
Canada Jay (20)
Perisoreus canadensis
Cascade Aster (6)
Doellingeria ledophylla
Cascades Frog (12)
Rana cascadae
Chipping Sparrow (2)
Spizella passerina
Clark's Nutcracker (6)
Nucifraga columbiana
Clasping Twisted-stalk (1)
Streptopus amplexifolius
Clustered Collybia (2)
Connopus acervatus
Coast Range Lomatium (10)
Lomatium martindalei
Cobwebby Indian-paintbrush (10)
Castilleja arachnoidea
Columbian Monkshood (9)
Aconitum columbianum
Common Gartersnake (2)
Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Monkeyflower (2)
Erythranthe guttata
Common Mullein (1)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Raven (3)
Corvus corax
Common St. John's-wort (1)
Hypericum perforatum
Common Wintergreen (11)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Witch's Hair Lichen (1)
Alectoria sarmentosa
Common Woolly-sunflower (3)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (2)
Achillea millefolium
Conifer Tuft (1)
Hypholoma capnoides
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Astur cooperii
Cow-parsnip (3)
Heracleum maximum
Creeping Beardtongue (6)
Penstemon davidsonii
Creeping Oregon-grape (7)
Berberis repens
Dark-eyed Junco (3)
Junco hyemalis
Davis' knotweed (19)
Koenigia davisiae
Deceptive Groundsmoke (1)
Gayophytum decipiens
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (1)
Fuligo septica
Double Honeysuckle (3)
Lonicera conjugialis
Douglas' Aster (1)
Symphyotrichum subspicatum
Douglas' Spiraea (4)
Spiraea douglasii
Douglas' Squirrel (2)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Drummond's Anemone (24)
Anemone drummondii
Engelmann Spruce (15)
Picea engelmannii
Fairy Slipper (1)
Calypso bulbosa
Fanleaf Cinquefoil (3)
Potentilla flabellifolia
Field Horsetail (1)
Equisetum arvense
Fireweed (29)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fly Amanita (6)
Amanita muscaria
Four-line Honeysuckle (19)
Lonicera involucrata
Fowl Bluegrass (1)
Poa palustris
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus (13)
Parnassia fimbriata
Garden Bird's-foot-trefoil (1)
Lotus corniculatus
Gassy Webcap (1)
Cortinarius traganus
Giant Pinedrops (40)
Pterospora andromedea
Glaucous Beardtongue (3)
Penstemon euglaucus
Gnome-plant (1)
Hemitomes congestum
Golden-Hardhack (1)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (3)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Goldenrod Crab Spider (1)
Misumena vatia
Grand Fir (2)
Abies grandis
Gray's Lovage (1)
Ligusticum grayi
Gray's anemone (6)
Anemonoides grayi
Great Basin Spadefoot (1)
Spea intermontana
Great Blanket-flower (1)
Gaillardia aristata
Great Gray Owl (1)
Strix nebulosa
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja miniata
Green-tongue Liverwort (1)
Marchantia polymorpha
Greene's Mountain-ash (2)
Sorbus scopulina
Greenleaf Manzanita (39)
Arctostaphylos patula
Greenleaf Raillardella (1)
Raillardella scaposa
Grouseberry (22)
Vaccinium scoparium
Hairy Willowherb (1)
Epilobium ciliatum
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hall's Sedge (1)
Carex halliana
Heartleaf Arnica (3)
Arnica cordifolia
Hooded False Morel (2)
Paragyromitra infula
Hooded Ladies'-tresses (5)
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Hot-rock Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon deustus
Jeffrey's Shootingstar (18)
Primula jeffreyi
Johnson's Tufted Jumping Spider (1)
Phidippus johnsoni
King Bolete (3)
Boletus edulis
Large-flower Wire-lettuce (5)
Stephanomeria lactucina
Large-flower Yellow Fawnlily (5)
Erythronium grandiflorum
Leafless wintergreen (3)
Pyrola aphylla
Leafy Lousewort (2)
Pedicularis racemosa
Leafy-bracted Aster (5)
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Lewis' Monkeyflower (34)
Erythranthe lewisii
Little Elephant's-head (9)
Pedicularis attollens
Lodgepole Pine (24)
Pinus contorta
Long-stalk Clover (1)
Trifolium longipes
Mallard (1)
Anas platyrhynchos
Mannered Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe decora
Marsh Valerian (10)
Valeriana sitchensis
Marumleaf Buckwheat (12)
Eriogonum marifolium
Mountain Butter Bolete (1)
Butyriboletus abieticola
Mountain Chickadee (2)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Hemlock (50)
Tsuga mertensiana
Mt. Hood Pussy-paws (15)
Calyptridium umbellatum
Mt. Shasta Sedge (2)
Carex straminiformis
Mule Deer (2)
Odocoileus hemionus
Northern Black Currant (1)
Ribes hudsonianum
Northern Flicker (1)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Red Belt (2)
Fomitopsis mounceae
Oceanspray (3)
Holodiscus discolor
Olive-sided Flycatcher (1)
Contopus cooperi
One-flower Bleedinghearts (1)
Dicentra uniflora
One-sided Wintergreen (9)
Orthilia secunda
Orange Agoseris (3)
Agoseris aurantiaca
Oregon Boxleaf (14)
Paxistima myrsinites
Oregon Saxifrage (2)
Micranthes oregana
Osprey (1)
Pandion haliaetus
Oval-leaf Huckleberry (1)
Vaccinium ovalifolium
Pacific Bleedingheart (2)
Dicentra formosa
Pacific Treefrog (7)
Pseudacris regilla
Pearly Everlasting (12)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pine Violet (3)
Viola purpurea
Pineapple-weed Chamomile (1)
Matricaria discoidea
Pinemat Manzanita (9)
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pink Mountain-heath (6)
Phyllodoce empetriformis
Pink Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola asarifolia
Ponderosa Pine (16)
Pinus ponderosa
Prairie Lupine (12)
Lupinus lepidus
Primrose Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe primuloides
Puget Sound Larkspur (5)
Delphinium menziesii
Pullup Muhly (1)
Muhlenbergia filiformis
Purple Missionbells (3)
Fritillaria atropurpurea
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard (1)
Phrynosoma douglasii
Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat (19)
Eriogonum pyrolifolium
Quaking Aspen (3)
Populus tremuloides
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (2)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Crossbill (1)
Loxia curvirostra
Red Elderberry (4)
Sambucus racemosa
Red Fox (5)
Vulpes vulpes
Red Huckleberry (1)
Vaccinium parvifolium
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Sitta canadensis
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Buteo jamaicensis
Remote-leaf Thistle (3)
Cirsium remotifolium
Rock Pigeon (1)
Columba livia
Rose Meadowsweet (1)
Spiraea splendens
Rosy Twisted-stalk (2)
Streptopus lanceolatus
Rubber Rabbitbrush (1)
Ericameria nauseosa
Russet Scaly Tricholoma (1)
Tricholoma vaccinum
Sand Violet (1)
Viola adunca
Sandhill Crane (1)
Antigone canadensis
Saskatoon (9)
Amelanchier alnifolia
Scaly Hedgehog (3)
Sarcodon imbricatus
Scarlet Skyrocket (5)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Sculpted Puffball (1)
Calvatia sculpta
Segmented Luetkea (5)
Luetkea pectinata
Shrimp Russula (1)
Russula xerampelina
Shrubby Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon fruticosus
Silky Raillardella (4)
Raillardella argentea
Silverleaf Scorpionweed (4)
Phacelia hastata
Single-flowered Clintonia (22)
Clintonia uniflora
Slender Bog Orchid (4)
Platanthera stricta
Slender-sepal Marsh-marigold (23)
Caltha leptosepala
Small-flower Beardtongue (5)
Penstemon procerus
Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary (1)
Collinsia parviflora
Small-flower Indian-paintbrush (11)
Castilleja parviflora
Small-head Sedge (1)
Carex illota
Snowshoe Hare (1)
Lepus americanus
Solomon's-plume (2)
Maianthemum racemosum
Sooty Grouse (1)
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Speckled Alder (2)
Alnus incana
Spotted Knapweed (1)
Centaurea stoebe
Spotted Sandpiper (1)
Actitis macularius
Spreading Dogbane (2)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Square-twigged Huckleberry (3)
Vaccinium membranaceum
Starflower Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum stellatum
Steller's Jay (2)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Sticky Gooseberry (17)
Ribes viscosissimum
Streambank Saxifrage (2)
Micranthes odontoloma
Subalpine Fir (22)
Abies lasiocarpa
Subalpine Fleabane (6)
Erigeron glacialis
Subalpine Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus subalpinus
Sugarstick (1)
Allotropa virgata
Suksdorf's Indian-paintbrush (10)
Castilleja suksdorfii
Sulphur Tuft (1)
Hypholoma fasciculare
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Swamp Whiteheads (4)
Angelica capitellata
Tall White Bog Orchid (17)
Platanthera dilatata
Ternate Biscuitroot (1)
Lomatium triternatum
Thimbleberry (5)
Rubus parviflorus
Three-ranked Thread Moss (1)
Meesia triquetra
Three-stamen Rush (1)
Juncus ensifolius
Tobacco Ceanothus (57)
Ceanothus velutinus
Tolmie's Saxifrage (2)
Micranthes tolmiei
Towering Lousewort (4)
Pedicularis bracteosa
Tree Swallow (1)
Tachycineta bicolor
Truncate Club Coral Fungus (2)
Clavariadelphus truncatus
Twinflower (4)
Linnaea borealis
Umbonate Slippery Jack (1)
Suillus umbonatus
Veiled Polypore (6)
Cryptoporus volvatus
Virginia Strawberry (3)
Fragaria virginiana
Washington Lily (9)
Lilium washingtonianum
Water-plantain Buttercup (5)
Ranunculus alismifolius
Wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja applegatei
Wax Currant (12)
Ribes cereum
Western Columbine (14)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Dwarf Dogwood (1)
Cornus unalaschkensis
Western False Asphodel (3)
Triantha occidentalis
Western Fence Lizard (3)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax difficilis
Western Pasqueflower (5)
Pulsatilla occidentalis
Western St. John's-wort (8)
Hypericum scouleri
Western Tanager (1)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Toad (24)
Anaxyrus boreas
Western Turkeybeard (1)
Xerophyllum tenax
Western White Pine (8)
Pinus monticola
White-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Sitta carolinensis
White-veined Wintergreen (8)
Pyrola picta
Wild Turkey (2)
Meleagris gallopavo
Winter Vetch (1)
Vicia villosa
Wolf Lichen (3)
Letharia vulpina
Wood Rose (3)
Rosa gymnocarpa
Woodland Beardtongue (10)
Nothochelone nemorosa
Wrinkled Cortinaria (1)
Cortinarius caperatus
Yellow Willowherb (2)
Epilobium luteum
Yellow-bellied Marmot (2)
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-pine Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias amoenus
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3)
Setophaga coronata
a bolete fungus (1)
Boletus subalpinus
a fungus (2)
Atheniella aurantiidisca
a fungus (2)
Ganoderma oregonense
a fungus (2)
Chroogomphus tomentosus
a fungus (1)
Aureoboletus mirabilis
a fungus (4)
Boletus rex-veris
a fungus (1)
Loreleia marchantiae
a fungus (1)
Morchella tomentosa
a fungus (3)
Boletus smithii
a fungus (1)
Phlegmacium variosimile
a fungus (1)
Rhizopogon occidentalis
a fungus (1)
Clitocybe glacialis
a fungus (1)
Strobilurus albipilatus
a fungus (1)
Stropharia ambigua
a fungus (1)
Climacocystis borealis
a fungus (2)
Caloscypha fulgens
a fungus (1)
Gastroboletus ruber
a fungus (1)
Chrysomphalina aurantiaca
a fungus (3)
Gastroboletus turbinatus
a fungus (1)
Amanita pantherinoides
a fungus (5)
Guepiniopsis alpina
Federally Listed Species (8)

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.

Northern Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis caurinaThreatened
Oregon Spotted Frog
Rana pretiosaThreatened
Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Other Species of Concern (17)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens rufescens
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Oregon Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus affinis
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii cardonensis
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (15)

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
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii
Vegetation (12)

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

GNR72.8%
Sierra Nevada Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 348 ha
GNR5.8%
GNR4.3%
Pacific Northwest Mountain Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 237 ha
GNR3.9%
GNR3.1%
California Subalpine Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 100 ha
GNR1.7%
GNR1.6%
Pacific Northwest Alpine Bedrock and Scree
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 50 ha
GNR0.8%
Pacific Northwest Mountain Cliff and Talus
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 47 ha
GNR0.8%
GNR0.7%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 42 ha
GNR0.7%

Bend Watershed

Bend Watershed Roadless Area

Deschutes National Forest, Oregon · 14,829 acres