Castle Peak

Tahoe National Forest · California · 14,974 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (488)

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

Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog (3)
Rana sierraeEndangered
Whitebark Pine (9)
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
(2)
Anguina balsamophila
(7)
Heterotrichia versicolor
(2)
Galeropsis polytrichoides
(10)
Boechera howellii
(2)
Boechera platysperma
(2)
Protoparmeliopsis sierrae
(2)
Navarretia intertexta
(2)
Carex vesicaria
(2)
Chromosera loreleiae
Alder Leaf Gall Mite (3)
Eriophyes laevis
Alpine Mountain-sorrel (9)
Oxyria digyna
Alpine Prickly Gooseberry (29)
Ribes montigenum
Alpine Sheep Sorrel (3)
Rumex paucifolius
Alpine Shootingstar (10)
Primula tetrandra
Alpine Willow (7)
Salix petrophila
American Alpine Ladyfern (2)
Athyrium americanum
American Bird's-foot-trefoil (2)
Acmispon americanus
American Bistort (14)
Bistorta bistortoides
American Black Bear (27)
Ursus americanus
American Robin (9)
Turdus migratorius
American Rockbrake (18)
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
American Speedwell (3)
Veronica americana
American Wintercress (4)
Barbarea orthoceras
Anderson's Aster (7)
Oreostemma alpigenum
Anderson's Thistle (64)
Cirsium andersonii
Antelope Bitterbrush (7)
Purshia tridentata
Arctic Pearlwort (3)
Sagina saginoides
Arizona Cinquefoil (18)
Sibbaldia procumbens
Arrow-leaf Groundsel (56)
Senecio triangularis
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (17)
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Austin's Milkvetch (7)
Astragalus austiniae
Baker's Violet (2)
Viola bakeri
Ball-head Standing-cypress (10)
Ipomopsis congesta
Band-tailed Pigeon (2)
Patagioenas fasciata
Beaked Sedge (5)
Carex utriculata
Belted Kingfisher (1)
Megaceryle alcyon
Big Sagebrush (5)
Artemisia tridentata
Big Western Juniper (33)
Juniperus grandis
Bitter Cherry (20)
Prunus emarginata
Black Cottonwood (6)
Populus trichocarpa
Black-backed Woodpecker (10)
Picoides arcticus
Bloomer's Goldenweed (6)
Ericameria bloomeri
Blue Stickseed (7)
Hackelia micrantha
Blunt Stonecrop (22)
Sedum obtusatum
Blushing Rocktripe Lichen (3)
Umbilicaria virginis
Bobcat (2)
Lynx rufus
Bolander's Milkvetch (12)
Astragalus bolanderi
Bolander's Quillwort (4)
Isoetes bolanderi
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (12)
Elymus elymoides
Bowl Clover (6)
Trifolium cyathiferum
Bracken Fern (38)
Pteridium aquilinum
Branching Scorpionweed (4)
Phacelia ramosissima
Brewer's Angelica (25)
Angelica breweri
Brewer's Blackbird (16)
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brewer's Golden-aster (35)
Doellingeria breweri
Brewer's Monkeyflower (29)
Erythranthe breweri
Brewer's Mountain-heath (81)
Phyllodoce breweri
Bridges' Cliffbrake (19)
Pellaea bridgesii
Broad-stem Onion (47)
Allium platycaule
Broadleaf Lupine (4)
Lupinus latifolius
Brook Trout (5)
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Bullhead (4)
Ameiurus nebulosus
Brown Creeper (8)
Certhia americana
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen (30)
Letharia columbiana
Brown-headed Cowbird (2)
Molothrus ater
Bubble Gum Fungus (5)
Pholiota nubigena
Bud Saxifrage (4)
Micranthes bryophora
Bufflehead (2)
Bucephala albeola
Bulbous Woodland-star (10)
Lithophragma glabrum
Bull Elephant's-head (52)
Pedicularis groenlandica
Bull Thistle (7)
Cirsium vulgare
Burke's Lupine (4)
Lupinus burkei
California Blushing Monkeyflower (85)
Erythranthe erubescens
California Brome (2)
Bromus carinatus
California Ground Squirrel (2)
Otospermophilus beecheyi
California Mountain-ash (5)
Sorbus californica
California Polemonium (88)
Polemonium californicum
California Red Fir (76)
Abies magnifica
California Rockrose (15)
Helianthella californica
California Stickseed (2)
Hackelia californica
California Valerian (33)
Valeriana californica
California Waterleaf (16)
Hydrophyllum occidentale
Californian False Hellebore (142)
Veratrum californicum
Calliope Hummingbird (3)
Selasphorus calliope
Canyon Bog Orchid (43)
Platanthera sparsiflora
Carpet Clover (14)
Trifolium monanthum
Cassin's Finch (3)
Haemorhous cassinii
Chamisso's Miner's-lettuce (8)
Montia chamissoi
Chilean Sweet-cicely (3)
Osmorhiza berteroi
Clark's Nutcracker (7)
Nucifraga columbiana
Cleftleaf Ragwort (3)
Packera streptanthifolia
Cliff Swallow (3)
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Coarse Rockwool Lichen (3)
Pseudephebe minuscula
Colorado Spiny Tailed Fairy Shrimp (2)
Streptocephalus coloradensis
Columbian Monkshood (47)
Aconitum columbianum
Common Camassia (10)
Camassia quamash
Common Dandelion (4)
Taraxacum officinale
Common Feverfew (6)
Tanacetum parthenium
Common Gartersnake (13)
Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Merganser (12)
Mergus merganser
Common Monkeyflower (5)
Erythranthe guttata
Common Raven (9)
Corvus corax
Common Sagebrush Lizard (2)
Sceloporus graciosus
Common Wintergreen (10)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Woolly-sunflower (11)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (23)
Achillea millefolium
Cooper's Hawk (2)
Astur cooperii
Coralline Monkeyflower (15)
Erythranthe corallina
Coulter's Fleabane (24)
Erigeron coulteri
Cow-parsnip (46)
Heracleum maximum
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (19)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Dark-eyed Junco (22)
Junco hyemalis
Davis' knotweed (43)
Koenigia davisiae
Different-nerve Sedge (4)
Carex heteroneura
Diffuse Groundsmoke (3)
Gayophytum diffusum
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (4)
Fuligo septica
Double Honeysuckle (43)
Lonicera conjugialis
Douglas' Campion (6)
Silene douglasii
Douglas' Knotweed (2)
Polygonum douglasii
Douglas' Squirrel (22)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Douglas' Thistle (4)
Cirsium douglasii
Douglas' Wormwood (4)
Artemisia douglasiana
Drummond's Anemone (13)
Anemone drummondii
Drummond's Thistle (3)
Cirsium scariosum
Dwarf Alpine Indian-paintbrush (27)
Castilleja nana
Dwarf False Ground-cherry (4)
Leucophysalis nana
Dwarf Hesperochiron (3)
Hesperochiron pumilus
Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (4)
Erigeron compositus
Dwarf Sagebrush (2)
Artemisia arbuscula
Eastwood's Willow (4)
Salix eastwoodiae
English Plantain (2)
Plantago lanceolata
English Sundew (24)
Drosera anglica
Entireleaf Ragwort (36)
Senecio integerrimus
False Mermaidweed (2)
Floerkea proserpinacoides
Fendler's Meadowrue (11)
Thalictrum fendleri
Few-flower Meadowrue (2)
Thalictrum sparsiflorum
Field Bindweed (4)
Convolvulus arvensis
Fireweed (133)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fly Amanita (12)
Amanita muscaria
Forked Woodrush (3)
Luzula divaricata
Four-line Honeysuckle (39)
Lonicera involucrata
Fox Sparrow (14)
Passerella iliaca
Fragile Fern (9)
Cystopteris fragilis
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus (2)
Parnassia fimbriata
Fringed Pinesap (2)
Pleuricospora fimbriolata
Garden Bird's-foot-trefoil (5)
Lotus corniculatus
Giant Pinedrops (78)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (3)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Giant Sequoia (2)
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Glandular Labrador-tea (26)
Rhododendron columbianum
Gold Cobblestone Lichen (4)
Pleopsidium flavum
Golden Pholiota (2)
Pholiota aurivella
Golden Triteleia (70)
Triteleia ixioides
Golden Waxgill (2)
Hygrophorus hypothejus
Golden-crowned Kinglet (2)
Regulus satrapa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (19)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Goldenrod Crab Spider (7)
Misumena vatia
Gordon's Ivesia (2)
Ivesia gordonii
Graceful Cinquefoil (11)
Potentilla gracilis
Granite Prickly-phlox (12)
Linanthus pungens
Gray's Bedstraw (2)
Galium grayanum
Gray's Lovage (42)
Ligusticum grayi
Grayleaf Sierran Willow (4)
Salix orestera
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (47)
Castilleja miniata
Green-head Rush (2)
Juncus chlorocephalus
Green-tailed Towhee (7)
Pipilo chlorurus
Greenleaf Manzanita (8)
Arctostaphylos patula
Hairy Arnica (4)
Arnica mollis
Hairy Owl's-clover (3)
Castilleja tenuis
Hairy Willowherb (2)
Epilobium ciliatum
Hairy Woodpecker (7)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Heartleaf Arnica (2)
Arnica cordifolia
Hermit Warbler (2)
Setophaga occidentalis
Hoary Buckwheat (19)
Eriogonum incanum
Hooded Ladies'-tresses (6)
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Hot-rock Beardtongue (11)
Penstemon deustus
Howald's Monkeyflower (4)
Erythranthe howaldiae
Huckleberry Oak (37)
Quercus vacciniifolia
Humboldt's Flying Squirrel (2)
Glaucomys oregonensis
Hummingbird-trumpet (6)
Epilobium canum
Incense Cedar (2)
Calocedrus decurrens
Intermediate Wheatgrass (2)
Thinopyrum intermedium
Jeffrey's Pine (7)
Pinus jeffreyi
Jepson's Monkeyflower (9)
Diplacus jepsonii
Jepson's Willow (2)
Salix jepsonii
Jones' Sedge (2)
Carex jonesii
Kellogg's Sedge (2)
Carex kelloggii
King's Sandwort (33)
Eremogone kingii
Lace Lipfern (12)
Myriopteris gracillima
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout (5)
Oncorhynchus henshawi
Lahontan Redside (3)
Richardsonius egregius
Large-flower Collomia (12)
Collomia grandiflora
Large-flower Wire-lettuce (12)
Stephanomeria lactucina
Largeleaf Lupine (7)
Lupinus polyphyllus
Lazuli Bunting (2)
Passerina amoena
Leafy Dwarf Knotweed (3)
Polygonum minimum
Leafy Lousewort (3)
Pedicularis racemosa
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily (176)
Calochortus leichtlinii
Lemmon's Indian-paintbrush (15)
Castilleja lemmonii
Lemmon's Willow (5)
Salix lemmonii
Lesser Bladderwort (2)
Utricularia minor
Lesser Salted Rocktripe Lichen (3)
Umbilicaria polaris
Little Elephant's-head (24)
Pedicularis attollens
Lobb's Buckwheat (33)
Eriogonum lobbii
Lodgepole Chipmunk (8)
Neotamias speciosus
Lodgepole Pine (54)
Pinus contorta
Long-spur Lupine (3)
Lupinus arbustus
Long-stalk Clover (14)
Trifolium longipes
Long-stalked Stitchwort (5)
Stellaria longipes
Long-tailed Weasel (3)
Neogale frenata
Long-toed Salamander (3)
Ambystoma macrodactylum
Longleaf Arnica (2)
Arnica longifolia
Longleaf Suncup (7)
Taraxia subacaulis
Low Mountain Bedstraw (2)
Galium bifolium
Low Scorpionweed (20)
Phacelia humilis
MacGillivray's Warbler (2)
Geothlypis tolmiei
Mahala-mat Ceanothus (21)
Ceanothus prostratus
Mallard (7)
Anas platyrhynchos
Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus (8)
Parnassia palustris
Marshmallow Polypore (5)
Spongiporus leucospongia
Marumleaf Buckwheat (12)
Eriogonum marifolium
Meadow Barley (6)
Hordeum brachyantherum
Meadow Goat's-beard (5)
Tragopogon dubius
Menzies' Wintergreen (30)
Chimaphila menziesii
Milky Kelloggia (10)
Kelloggia galioides
Mountain Bluebird (5)
Sialia currucoides
Mountain Butter Bolete (2)
Butyriboletus abieticola
Mountain Candlewax Lichen (3)
Ahtiana sphaerosporella
Mountain Chickadee (29)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Hemlock (89)
Tsuga mertensiana
Mountain Maple (11)
Acer glabrum
Mountain Navarretia (3)
Navarretia divaricata
Mountain Snowberry (6)
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Mountain Tarweed (7)
Madia glomerata
Mountain Timothy (9)
Phleum alpinum
Mountain Whitethorn (20)
Ceanothus cordulatus
Mountain Wildmint (52)
Monardella odoratissima
Mt. Hood Pussy-paws (19)
Calyptridium umbellatum
Mt. Shasta Sedge (2)
Carex straminiformis
Mud Sedge (2)
Carex limosa
Mule Deer (9)
Odocoileus hemionus
Musk Monkeyflower (27)
Erythranthe moschata
Naked Buckwheat (22)
Eriogonum nudum
Narrow-flower Lupine (17)
Lupinus angustiflorus
Narrowleaf Collomia (2)
Collomia linearis
Narrowleaf Swordfern (2)
Polystichum imbricans
Nashville Warbler (2)
Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Nettle-leaf Giant-hyssop (27)
Agastache urticifolia
Nevada Bitterroot (21)
Lewisia nevadensis
Newberry's Beardtongue (142)
Penstemon newberryi
Nodding Melicgrass (4)
Melica stricta
Nodding Silverpuffs (4)
Microseris nutans
North American River Otter (3)
Lontra canadensis
Northern Alligator Lizard (4)
Elgaria coerulea
Northern Flicker (7)
Colaptes auratus
Oceanspray (4)
Holodiscus discolor
One-flower Bleedinghearts (20)
Dicentra uniflora
One-seed Pussy-paws (70)
Calyptridium monospermum
One-sided Wintergreen (32)
Orthilia secunda
Orange Agoseris (2)
Agoseris aurantiaca
Orange Rock-posy Lichen (2)
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Orange Sponge Polypore (7)
Pycnoporellus alboluteus
Orange-crowned Warbler (6)
Leiothlypis celata
Oregon Checker-mallow (14)
Sidalcea oregana
Oregon Saxifrage (4)
Micranthes oregana
Oval-leaf Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Pacific Marten (5)
Martes caurina
Pacific Treefrog (28)
Pseudacris regilla
Pacific Willow (4)
Salix lasiandra
Paiute Sculpin (2)
Cottus beldingii
Pale Larkspur (24)
Delphinium glaucum
Palmer's Catchfly (6)
Silene bernardina
Parrot's-head Indian-paintbrush (5)
Castilleja pilosa
Parry's Rush (2)
Juncus parryi
Pearly Everlasting (10)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pied-billed Grebe (1)
Podilymbus podiceps
Pileated Woodpecker (2)
Dryocopus pileatus
Pine Grosbeak (3)
Pinicola enucleator
Pine Violet (28)
Viola purpurea
Pine Violet (14)
Viola pinetorum
Pine Woods Horkelia (3)
Horkelia fusca
Pineapple-weed Chamomile (4)
Matricaria discoidea
Pinemat Manzanita (66)
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pinewoods Lousewort (68)
Pedicularis semibarbata
Pink Alumroot (7)
Heuchera rubescens
Plumas Ivesia (2)
Ivesia sericoleuca
Ponderosa Pine (2)
Pinus ponderosa
Prairie Flax (21)
Linum lewisii
Prairie Lupine (10)
Lupinus lepidus
Prairie-smoke (2)
Geum triflorum
Primrose Monkeyflower (49)
Erythranthe primuloides
Purple Milkweed (5)
Asclepias cordifolia
Purple Missionbells (19)
Fritillaria atropurpurea
Purple Sandspurry (8)
Spergularia rubra
Quaking Aspen (22)
Populus tremuloides
Racemose Scorpionweed (2)
Phacelia racemosa
Raynolds' Sedge (5)
Carex raynoldsii
Red Baneberry (2)
Actaea rubra
Red Elderberry (96)
Sambucus racemosa
Red False Buckthorn (3)
Frangula rubra
Red Sierra Onion (14)
Allium obtusum
Red-breasted Nuthatch (14)
Sitta canadensis
Red-breasted Sapsucker (2)
Sphyrapicus ruber
Red-osier Dogwood (18)
Cornus sericea
Red-tailed Hawk (6)
Buteo jamaicensis
Richardson's Geranium (3)
Geranium richardsonii
Rock Pigeon (1)
Columba livia
Rock Wren (2)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rock-fringe Willowherb (21)
Epilobium obcordatum
Rocky Mountain Pussytoes (8)
Antennaria media
Rose Meadowsweet (163)
Spiraea splendens
Rosy Pussytoes (6)
Antennaria rosea
Roundleaf Sundew (4)
Drosera rotundifolia
Royal Beardtongue (22)
Penstemon speciosus
Rubber Boa (14)
Charina bottae
Rubber Rabbitbrush (9)
Ericameria nauseosa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2)
Corthylio calendula
Rufous Hummingbird (6)
Selasphorus rufus
Rydberg's Beardtongue (7)
Penstemon rydbergii
Sandhill Crane (5)
Antigone canadensis
Scarlet Skyrocket (55)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Scouler's Willow (5)
Salix scouleriana
Sculpted Puffball (11)
Calvatia sculpta
Self-heal (2)
Prunella vulgaris
Shasta Clover (32)
Trifolium productum
Shasta Knotweed (17)
Polygonum shastense
Shining Fleabane (2)
Erigeron barbellulatus
Shining Goldenweed (2)
Pyrrocoma apargioides
Short-stem Russula (2)
Russula brevipes
Short-stem Slippery Jack (6)
Suillus brevipes
Showy Jacob's-ladder (3)
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Sierra Beardtongue (17)
Penstemon heterodoxus
Sierra Chinquapin (2)
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Sierra Currant (5)
Ribes nevadense
Sierra Gooseberry (17)
Ribes roezlii
Sierra Jewelflower (50)
Streptanthus tortuosus
Sierra Monkeyflower (3)
Diplacus leptaleus
Sierra Onion (38)
Allium campanulatum
Sierra Pincushion (14)
Chaenactis nevadensis
Sierra Primrose (30)
Primula suffrutescens
Sierra Saxifrage (6)
Micranthes aprica
Sierra Stickseed (20)
Hackelia nervosa
Sierra Wallflower (3)
Erysimum perenne
Signal Crayfish (2)
Pacifastacus leniusculus
Silky Raillardella (15)
Raillardella argentea
Silverleaf Scorpionweed (5)
Phacelia hastata
Silvery Ragwort (4)
Packera cana
Single-head Goldenweed (6)
Ericameria suffruticosa
Siskiyou Mountains Owl's-clover (45)
Orthocarpus cuspidatus
Sky-blue Beardtongue (25)
Penstemon azureus
Slender Whitlowgrass (5)
Draba albertina
Slender-sepal Marsh-marigold (33)
Caltha leptosepala
Slender-trumpet Standing-cypress (61)
Ipomopsis tenuituba
Slim-stem Beardtongue (16)
Penstemon gracilentus
Small Tiger Lily (101)
Lilium parvum
Smoky Puffball (5)
Handkea fumosa
Smooth Thimble Mushroom (2)
Verpa conica
Smooth White Violet (29)
Viola macloskeyi
Smooth Wild Rye (2)
Elymus glaucus
Snowplant (76)
Sarcodes sanguinea
Snowshoe Hare (4)
Lepus americanus
Soft-haired Snowberry (7)
Symphoricarpos mollis
Solomon's-plume (66)
Maianthemum racemosum
Sooty Grouse (17)
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Speckled Alder (7)
Alnus incana
Spotted Coralroot (34)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spreading Dogbane (15)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading Phlox (59)
Phlox diffusa
Spurry Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum spergulinum
Starflower Solomon's-plume (2)
Maianthemum stellatum
Starry Ladies'-Tresses (3)
Spiranthes × stellata
Starved Daisy (9)
Erigeron miser
Steller's Jay (10)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Stemless Mock Goldenweed (8)
Stenotus acaulis
Sticky Gooseberry (23)
Ribes viscosissimum
Streambank Saxifrage (19)
Micranthes odontoloma
Streamside Bluebells (3)
Mertensia ciliata
Subalpine Fleabane (32)
Erigeron glacialis
Subarctic Ladyfern (2)
Athyrium filix-femina
Sugar Pine (3)
Pinus lambertiana
Sulphur Shelf (2)
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (43)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Summit Lupine (8)
Lupinus apertus
Sunshine Amanita (3)
Amanita aprica
Swamp Whiteheads (61)
Angelica capitellata
Sweet-scent Bedstraw (2)
Galium triflorum
Tall Swamp Onion (20)
Allium validum
Tall White Bog Orchid (54)
Platanthera dilatata
Terrestrial Gartersnake (7)
Thamnophis elegans
Thick-stem Aster (31)
Eurybia integrifolia
Thickleaf Bird's-foot-trefoil (8)
Hosackia crassifolia
Thimbleberry (19)
Rubus parviflorus
Three-leaf Bitterroot (20)
Lewisia triphylla
Three-ranked Thread Moss (2)
Meesia triquetra
Three-tip Sagebrush (2)
Artemisia tripartita
Thymeleaf Speedwell (12)
Veronica serpyllifolia
Tiling's Monkeyflower (6)
Erythranthe tilingii
Tinker's-penny (13)
Hypericum anagalloides
Tobacco Ceanothus (19)
Ceanothus velutinus
Toothed Wintergreen (19)
Pyrola dentata
Torrey's Blue-eyed Mary (14)
Collinsia torreyi
Torrey's Monkeyflower (2)
Diplacus torreyi
Tuberous Black-snakeroot (4)
Sanicula tuberosa
Turkey Vulture (1)
Cathartes aura
Turpentine Wavewing (15)
Cymopterus terebinthinus
Upland Larkspur (5)
Delphinium nuttallianum
Upland Yellow Violet (5)
Viola praemorsa
Utah Serviceberry (4)
Amelanchier utahensis
Veiled Polypore (68)
Cryptoporus volvatus
Wall-flower Phoenicaulis (21)
Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Washington Lily (2)
Lilium washingtonianum
Water-leaf Scorpionweed (39)
Phacelia hydrophylloides
Water-plantain Buttercup (10)
Ranunculus alismifolius
Wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush (12)
Castilleja applegatei
Wax Currant (11)
Ribes cereum
Waxy Checker-mallow (61)
Sidalcea glaucescens
Western Aster (2)
Symphyotrichum ascendens
Western Bell-heather (4)
Cassiope mertensiana
Western Columbine (100)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Doghobble (6)
Leucothoe davisiae
Western False Asphodel (3)
Triantha occidentalis
Western Fence Lizard (13)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Jacob's-ladder (13)
Polemonium occidentale
Western Joepye-weed (5)
Ageratina occidentalis
Western Mountain Aster (4)
Symphyotrichum spathulatum
Western Pasqueflower (2)
Pulsatilla occidentalis
Western Peony (17)
Paeonia brownii
Western St. John's-wort (2)
Hypericum scouleri
Western Sweet-cicely (8)
Osmorhiza occidentalis
Western Tanager (15)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Toad (11)
Anaxyrus boreas
Western Wallflower (13)
Erysimum capitatum
Western White Pine (73)
Pinus monticola
Western Wood-Pewee (8)
Contopus sordidulus
White Fir (10)
Abies concolor
White Sagebrush (3)
Artemisia ludoviciana
White Sweetclover (3)
Melilotus albus
White Triteleia (3)
Triteleia hyacinthina
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Sitta carolinensis
White-crowned Sparrow (5)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-flower Hawkweed (40)
Hieracium albiflorum
White-headed Woodpecker (9)
Leuconotopicus albolarvatus
White-margin Knotweed (2)
Polygonum polygaloides
White-veined Wintergreen (52)
Pyrola picta
Whitney's Milkvetch (18)
Astragalus whitneyi
Williamson's Sapsucker (4)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Wilson's Warbler (6)
Cardellina pusilla
Wolf Lichen (21)
Letharia vulpina
Wood Beauty (5)
Drymocallis lactea
Woolly Mule's-ears (111)
Wyethia mollis
Woolly-flower Gooseberry (8)
Ribes lasianthum
Yellow Map Lichen (2)
Rhizocarpon geographicum
Yellow Navarretia (4)
Navarretia breweri
Yellow-bellied Marmot (12)
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-rumped Warbler (17)
Setophaga coronata
Yellow-staining Collomia (5)
Collomia tinctoria
a bracket fungus (3)
Trichaptum abietinum
a fungus (2)
Pseudoomphalina angelesiana
a fungus (2)
Amanita alpinicola
a fungus (4)
Sclerotinia veratri
a fungus (4)
Strobilurus albipilatus
a fungus (3)
Suillus fuscotomentosus
a fungus (2)
Calbovista subsculpta
a fungus (2)
Deconica montana
a fungus (7)
Donadinia nigrella
a fungus (4)
Entoloma holoconiotum
a fungus (10)
Clitocybe glacialis
a fungus (8)
Ganoderma oregonense
a fungus (4)
Gastroboletus turbinatus
a fungus (19)
Guepiniopsis alpina
a fungus (4)
Chrysomphalina aurantiaca
a fungus (22)
Laetiporus conifericola
a fungus (2)
Lentinellus montanus
a fungus (27)
Caloscypha fulgens
a fungus (4)
Maublancomyces montanus
a fungus (13)
Melampsorella elatina
a fungus (18)
Neolentinus ponderosus
a fungus (2)
Phlegmacium subolivascens
a fungus (2)
Cystoderma carcharias
alpine waterleaf (7)
Hydrophyllum alpestre
common water-crowfoot (2)
Ranunculus aquatilis
insect-egg slime (2)
Leocarpus fragilis
poke knotweed (20)
Koenigia phytolaccifolia
watermelon snow (3)
Chlamydomonas nivalis
Federally Listed Species (9)

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.

Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Rana sierraeEndangered
Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusE, XN
California Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis occidentalis
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Sierra Nevada Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes necator
Other Species of Concern (16)

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

American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
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.

American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Vegetation (11)

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

California Mountain Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,289 ha
GNR21.3%
California Red Fir Forest
Tree / Conifer · 1,261 ha
GNR20.8%
GNR15.0%
California Subalpine Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 772 ha
GNR12.8%
Mediterranean California Alpine Bedrock and Scree
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 516 ha
8.5%
Sierra Nevada Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 375 ha
6.2%
California High Mountain Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 319 ha
GNR5.3%
Sierra Nevada Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 276 ha
GNR4.6%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 112 ha
GNR1.8%

Castle Peak

Castle Peak Roadless Area

Tahoe National Forest, California · 14,974 acres