Black Spring

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · Nevada · 11,016 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (113)

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

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Marchena minuta
American Dragonhead (1)
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Antelope Bitterbrush (1)
Purshia tridentata
Apache-plume (1)
Fallugia paradoxa
Awnless Brome (1)
Bromus inermis
Beaked Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon rostriflorus
Big Greasewood (3)
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Big Sagebrush (6)
Artemisia tridentata
Black Cottonwood (1)
Populus trichocarpa
Black Hairy Scorpion (2)
Hadrurus spadix
Black Medic (1)
Medicago lupulina
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (1)
Elymus elymoides
Brown Trout (1)
Salmo trutta
Brown-headed Cowbird (1)
Molothrus ater
California Blue-eyed-grass (1)
Sisyrinchium bellum
Cheatgrass (1)
Bromus tectorum
Choke Cherry (2)
Prunus virginiana
Cliff Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias dorsalis
Colorado Four-o'clock (1)
Mirabilis multiflora
Common Mullein (2)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Side-blotched Lizard (5)
Uta stansburiana
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (4)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Desert Figwort (1)
Scrophularia desertorum
Desert Globemallow (1)
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert paintbrush (1)
Castilleja chromosa
Dwarf Sand-verbena (4)
Abronia elliptica
Eaton's Firecracker (3)
Penstemon eatonii
Fendler's Broomspurge (3)
Euphorbia fendleri
Fleshy-fruit Yucca (4)
Yucca baccata
Fragrant Sumac (1)
Rhus aromatica
Fremont Barberry (10)
Berberis fremontii
Fremont's Pepper-grass (1)
Lepidium fremontii
Fremont's Phacelia (1)
Phacelia fremontii
Golden Corydalis (1)
Corydalis aurea
Golden Currant (2)
Ribes aureum
Grassy Rock-goldenrod (1)
Petradoria pumila
Gray Horsebrush (2)
Tetradymia canescens
Great Blue Heron (1)
Ardea herodias
Green Mormon-tea (1)
Ephedra viridis
Heliotrope Phacelia (1)
Phacelia crenulata
Large-bract Vervain (1)
Verbena bracteata
Large-flowered Chaenactis (1)
Chaenactis macrantha
Lavender Dwarf Standing-cypress (1)
Ipomopsis polycladon
Littleleaf Brickell-bush (1)
Brickellia microphylla
Littleleaf Horsebrush (4)
Tetradymia glabrata
Lobeleaf Groundsel (1)
Packera multilobata
Long-spine Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia axillaris
Maguire's Bitteroot (1)
Lewisia maguirei
Many-flower Viguiera (1)
Heliomeris multiflora
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Milky Kelloggia (1)
Kelloggia galioides
Mottled Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus lentiginosus
Mound Hedgehog Cactus (7)
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Mule Deer (1)
Odocoileus hemionus
Munite Prickly-poppy (1)
Argemone munita
Narrowleaf Willow (1)
Salix exigua
Needle-and-Thread (1)
Hesperostipa comata
New Mexico Thistle (4)
Cirsium neomexicanum
Northern Harrier (1)
Circus hudsonius
Oval-leaf Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Panamint Sunray (2)
Enceliopsis nudicaulis
Panhandle Prickly-pear (5)
Opuntia polyacantha
Parish's Larkspur (1)
Delphinium parishii
Parry's Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium parryi
Patis Onion (1)
Allium bisceptrum
Perennial Twistflower (2)
Streptanthus cordatus
Pin Clover (2)
Erodium cicutarium
Pursh's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus purshii
Quaking Aspen (1)
Populus tremuloides
Red-osier Dogwood (4)
Cornus sericea
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Buteo jamaicensis
Redroot Buckwheat (5)
Eriogonum racemosum
Rock Squirrel (4)
Otospermophilus variegatus
Rock Wren (1)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rose-heath (1)
Chaetopappa ericoides
Round-spike Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya humilis
Rubber Rabbitbrush (1)
Ericameria nauseosa
Scented Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon palmeri
Shadscale (1)
Atriplex confertifolia
Shockley's Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum shockleyi
Silvery Lupine (2)
Lupinus argenteus
Single-leaf Pine (9)
Pinus monophylla
Skunkbush (3)
Rhus trilobata
Skunky Monkeyflower (1)
Diplacus mephiticus
Slender Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum microtheca
Smooth Scouring-rush (1)
Equisetum laevigatum
Spindle Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus oophorus
Spiny Hop-sage (1)
Grayia spinosa
Spinystar (6)
Escobaria vivipara
Spotted Towhee (2)
Pipilo maculatus
Starflower Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum stellatum
Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush (4)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Thorny Wire-lettuce (2)
Pleiacanthus spinosus
Turkey Vulture (1)
Cathartes aura
Umbellate Bastard Toad-flax (2)
Comandra umbellata
Utah Juniper (3)
Juniperus osteosperma
Utah Serviceberry (2)
Amelanchier utahensis
Ventana Stickleaf (1)
Mentzelia congesta
Vesper Sparrow (1)
Pooecetes gramineus
Watercress (4)
Nasturtium officinale
Watson's Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum watsonii
Western Blue-eyed-grass (3)
Sisyrinchium halophilum
Western Cabbage (1)
Caulanthus crassicaulis
Western Columbine (1)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Fence Lizard (10)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Rattlesnake (2)
Crotalus oreganus
White Fir (1)
Abies concolor
White Pine Skullcap (1)
Scutellaria sapphirina
White-margin Broomspurge (3)
Euphorbia albomarginata
Woods' Rose (8)
Rosa woodsii
Yerba Mansa (4)
Anemopsis californica
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
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (6)

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

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
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.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Vegetation (4)

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

Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 4,012 ha
GNR90.0%
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 242 ha
GNR5.4%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 95 ha
G32.1%
G30.1%

Black Spring

Black Spring Roadless Area

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada · 11,016 acres