Benton Range

Inyo National Forest · California · 9,637 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (164)

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

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Aliciella monoensis
American Black Bear (1)
Ursus americanus
American Kestrel (1)
Falco sparverius
Anderson's Buttercup (3)
Ranunculus andersonii
Antelope Bitterbrush (5)
Purshia tridentata
Bailey's Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum baileyi
Beaked Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon rostriflorus
Beck's Desert Scorpion (1)
Paruroctonus becki
Big Sagebrush (2)
Artemisia tridentata
Bighorn Sheep (1)
Ovis canadensis
Birdnest Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum nidularium
Black-headed Grosbeak (6)
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (1)
Lepus californicus
Black-throated Sparrow (1)
Amphispiza bilineata
Blue False Gilia (1)
Allophyllum gilioides
Blue Mountain Rockcress (1)
Boechera puberula
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2)
Polioptila caerulea
Branching Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia ramosissima
Brewer's Sparrow (3)
Spizella breweri
Bristly Combseed (1)
Pectocarya setosa
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown Creeper (1)
Certhia americana
Brown-headed Cowbird (1)
Molothrus ater
Bruneau Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus bruneaunis
Bushtit (3)
Psaltriparus minimus
Cactus Wren (1)
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
California evening primrose (3)
Oenothera avita
Calliope Hummingbird (3)
Selasphorus calliope
Canadian Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus canadensis
Cassin's Finch (5)
Haemorhous cassinii
Chipping Sparrow (3)
Spizella passerina
Clark's Nutcracker (3)
Nucifraga columbiana
Common Nighthawk (1)
Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill (1)
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Common Sagebrush Lizard (12)
Sceloporus graciosus
Common Side-blotched Lizard (7)
Uta stansburiana
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Cooper's Hawk (4)
Astur cooperii
Costa's Hummingbird (1)
Calypte costae
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (2)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Death Valley Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia vallis-mortae
Desert Horned Lizard (1)
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
Desert Mountain Phlox (3)
Phlox stansburyi
Desert Peach (5)
Prunus andersonii
Desert Spiny Lizard (1)
Sceloporus magister
Desert Wishbone-bush (1)
Mirabilis laevis
Desert paintbrush (1)
Castilleja chromosa
Desert-sweet (2)
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Drummond's Thistle (1)
Cirsium scariosum
Dusky Flycatcher (3)
Empidonax oberholseri
Dwarf Onion (1)
Allium parvum
Eastern Warbling-Vireo (6)
Vireo gilvus
Eastwood's threadplant (1)
Nemacladus eastwoodiae
Flat-crown Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum deflexum
Flat-spine Bursage (1)
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Fox Sparrow (3)
Passerella iliaca
Giant Pinedrops (1)
Pterospora andromedea
Glandular Layia (3)
Layia glandulosa
Golden Cholla (3)
Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
Golden Goodmania (5)
Goodmania luteola
Gophersnake (3)
Pituophis catenifer
Gray Flycatcher (3)
Empidonax wrightii
Gray Fox (1)
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Gray Horsebrush (2)
Tetradymia canescens
Great Basin Bog Orchid (1)
Platanthera tescamnis
Great Basin Wildrye (3)
Leymus cinereus
Greater Sage-Grouse (5)
Centrocercus urophasianus
Green Mormon-tea (9)
Ephedra viridis
Green Rock-posy Lichen (1)
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Green-tailed Towhee (1)
Pipilo chlorurus
Heermann's Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum heermannii
Hoary Pincushion (2)
Chaenactis douglasii
Hoary Tansy-aster (1)
Dieteria canescens
Hooker's Evening-primrose (5)
Oenothera elata
King's Ivesia (3)
Ivesia kingii
King's Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus calycosus
Large-bract Vervain (1)
Verbena bracteata
Lava Ankle-aster (2)
Ionactis alpina
Lazuli Bunting (3)
Passerina amoena
Least Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias minimus
Lesser Goldfinch (1)
Spinus psaltria
Lobeleaf Groundsel (1)
Packera multilobata
Lone Pine Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon patens
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (2)
Gambelia wislizenii
Longleaf Hawk's-beard (1)
Crepis acuminata
Longleaf Phlox (2)
Phlox longifolia
Low Scorpionweed (4)
Phacelia humilis
MacGillivray's Warbler (1)
Geothlypis tolmiei
Matted Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum caespitosum
Mountain Chickadee (3)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Quail (1)
Oreortyx pictus
Mule Deer (1)
Odocoileus hemionus
Munite Prickly-poppy (4)
Argemone munita
Narrowleaf Angelica (1)
Angelica lineariloba
Narrowleaf Collomia (1)
Collomia linearis
Narrowleaf Willow (1)
Salix exigua
Nevada Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium nevadense
Nevada Mormon-tea (1)
Ephedra nevadensis
Nevada Psorothamnus (1)
Psorothamnus polydenius
Northern Flicker (3)
Colaptes auratus
Northern House Wren (2)
Troglodytes aedon
Northern Parula (1)
Setophaga americana
Northern Scorpion (3)
Paruroctonus boreus
Oregon Bitterroot (3)
Lewisia rediviva
Ovenbird (1)
Seiurus aurocapilla
Panamint Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias panamintinus
Panamint Rattlesnake (3)
Crotalus stephensi
Panhandle Prickly-pear (14)
Opuntia polyacantha
Patis Onion (8)
Allium bisceptrum
Pink Alumroot (1)
Heuchera rubescens
Pinyon Dwarf-mistletoe (1)
Arceuthobium divaricatum
Plumbeous Vireo (8)
Vireo plumbeus
Poison-hemlock (1)
Conium maculatum
Prairie Flax (2)
Linum lewisii
Pursh's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus purshii
Quaking Aspen (5)
Populus tremuloides
Red Crossbill (2)
Loxia curvirostra
Red-breasted Sapsucker (3)
Sphyrapicus ruber
Rock Ivesia (1)
Ivesia saxosa
Rock Wren (1)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rosette Tiquilia (1)
Tiquilia nuttallii
Rough-seed Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya flavoculata
Rubber Rabbitbrush (1)
Ericameria nauseosa
Sagebrush Sparrow (1)
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
Scott's Oriole (1)
Icterus parisorum
Shaggy Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus malacus
Short-ray Fleabane (1)
Erigeron lonchophyllus
Single-leaf Pine (27)
Pinus monophylla
Slender Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum microtheca
Small Skeletonplant (1)
Stephanomeria exigua
Spindle Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus oophorus
Spiny Hop-sage (6)
Grayia spinosa
Spotted Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum maculatum
Spotted Towhee (2)
Pipilo maculatus
Starflower Solomon's-plume (10)
Maianthemum stellatum
Stemless Mock Goldenweed (2)
Stenotus acaulis
Suksdorf's Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe suksdorfii
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Tessellate Fiddleneck (1)
Amsinckia tessellata
Thurber's Spineflower (1)
Centrostegia thurberi
Transmontane Sand-verbena (1)
Abronia turbinata
Tree-lined Oxytheca (1)
Oxytheca dendroidea
Tundra Swan (1)
Cygnus columbianus
Two-color Scorpionweed (6)
Phacelia bicolor
Utah Juniper (1)
Juniperus osteosperma
Valley Lessingia (4)
Lessingia glandulifera
Washoe Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia curvipes
Washoe Suncup (2)
Camissonia pusilla
Wax Currant (2)
Ribes cereum
Waxy Bitterbrush (1)
Purshia glandulosa
Wedge-leaf Goldenweed (3)
Ericameria cuneata
Western Fence Lizard (7)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Tanager (5)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Warbling-Vireo (1)
Vireo swainsoni
Wilcox's Eriastrum (1)
Eriastrum wilcoxii
Wingnut Cat's-eye (1)
Cryptantha pterocarya
Woodhouse's Scrub Jay (1)
Aphelocoma woodhouseii
Woolly Mule's-ears (1)
Wyethia mollis
Wyman Creek Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum rupinum
Wyoming Indian-paintbrush (7)
Castilleja linariifolia
Yellow-rumped Warbler (2)
Setophaga coronata
Zebra-tailed Lizard (2)
Callisaurus draconoides
a fungus (1)
Montagnea arenaria
chocolate drops (3)
Caulanthus sierrae
Federally Listed Species (6)

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.

Owens Pupfish
Cyprinodon radiosusEndangered
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimusEndangered
Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Owens Tui Chub
Gila bicolor ssp. snyderi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (23)

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

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger surinamenisis
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (21)

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.

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Vegetation (7)

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

Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 2,768 ha
GNR71.0%
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 392 ha
GNR10.1%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 366 ha
GNR9.4%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 231 ha
G35.9%
Great Basin Semi-Desert Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 80 ha
GNR2.1%
Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 41 ha
1.1%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 3 ha
G30.1%

Benton Range

Benton Range Roadless Area

Inyo National Forest, California · 9,637 acres