Comales Canyon

Carson National Forest · New Mexico · 4,389 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (188)

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

(3)
Campanula petiolata
(2)
Anticlea elegans
(1)
Boechera austromontana
Abert's Squirrel (1)
Sciurus aberti
Alfalfa (7)
Medicago sativa
Alpine Cancer-root (1)
Conopholis alpina
American Beaver (1)
Castor canadensis
American Crow (7)
Corvus brachyrhynchos
American Dipper (1)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Pasqueflower (2)
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
American Pinesap (4)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Purple Vetch (1)
Vicia americana
Apache-plume (2)
Fallugia paradoxa
Arizona Valerian (1)
Valeriana arizonica
Arrow-leaf Groundsel (2)
Senecio triangularis
Aspen Roughstem (1)
Leccinum insigne
Bearberry (1)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Beard-lip Beardtongue (8)
Penstemon barbatus
Bighorn Sheep (2)
Ovis canadensis
Black-billed Magpie (9)
Pica hudsonia
Black-chinned Hummingbird (1)
Archilochus alexandri
Black-eyed-Susan (1)
Rudbeckia hirta
Bladder Campion (1)
Silene latifolia
Blue Grama (1)
Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Spruce (2)
Picea pungens
Blunt-fruit Sweet-cicely (1)
Osmorhiza depauperata
Boreal Chorus Frog (2)
Pseudacris maculata
Bracken Fern (4)
Pteridium aquilinum
Brown Creeper (1)
Certhia americana
Bull Thistle (3)
Cirsium vulgare
Butter-and-eggs (1)
Linaria vulgaris
Californian False Hellebore (2)
Veratrum californicum
Canada Anemone (5)
Anemonastrum canadense
Canada Buffaloberry (1)
Shepherdia canadensis
Canada Violet (5)
Viola canadensis
Carolina Tassel-rue (1)
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Chicken Fat Mushroom (1)
Suillus americanus
Chicory (3)
Cichorium intybus
Choke Cherry (1)
Prunus virginiana
Cliff Jamesia (5)
Jamesia americana
Cockerell's Stonecrop (1)
Sedum cockerellii
Colorado Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany (1)
Cercocarpus montanus
Columbian Monkshood (3)
Aconitum columbianum
Columbian Virgin's-bower (1)
Clematis columbiana
Comb-like Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera coronopifolia
Common Mullein (2)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Raven (5)
Corvus corax
Common Shepherd's Purse (1)
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Common Sunflower (2)
Helianthus annuus
Common Wintergreen (4)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Yarrow (2)
Achillea millefolium
Cow-parsnip (6)
Heracleum maximum
Coyote (1)
Canis latrans
Creeping Oregon-grape (6)
Berberis repens
Crested Wheatgrass (1)
Agropyron cristatum
Dense Spikemoss (1)
Selaginella densa
Douglas-fir (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dusky Grouse (2)
Dendragapus obscurus
Dwarf Cheeseweed (1)
Malva neglecta
Early Blue-top Fleabane (1)
Erigeron vetensis
Early Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza trifida
Early Wood Lousewort (3)
Pedicularis canadensis
Elegant Sunburst Lichen (1)
Rusavskia elegans
English Plantain (1)
Plantago lanceolata
Fairy Slipper (2)
Calypso bulbosa
Fendler's Barberry (1)
Berberis fendleri
Fendler's Ragwort (1)
Packera fendleri
Few-flower Shootingstar (3)
Primula pauciflora
Field Horsetail (1)
Equisetum arvense
Fire-wheel Blanket-flower (4)
Gaillardia pulchella
Fireweed (6)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fly Amanita (2)
Amanita muscaria
Four-line Honeysuckle (5)
Lonicera involucrata
Fremont's Squirrel (3)
Tamiasciurus fremonti
Gambel Oak (6)
Quercus gambelii
Giant Pinedrops (2)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (2)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Golden-Hardhack (6)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (8)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Graceful Cinquefoil (2)
Potentilla gracilis
Gray Catbird (1)
Dumetella carolinensis
Gray's Lousewort (8)
Pedicularis procera
Great Horned Owl (1)
Bubo virginianus
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja miniata
Greenhead Coneflower (8)
Rudbeckia laciniata
Ground Juniper (1)
Juniperus communis
Harsh False Goldenaster (1)
Heterotheca hirsutissima
Heartleaf Arnica (1)
Arnica cordifolia
Heller's Whitlow-grass (1)
Draba helleriana
Inflated Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon inflatus
James' Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum jamesii
Leafy Jacob's-ladder (1)
Polemonium foliosissimum
Limber Pine (1)
Pinus flexilis
Male Fern (1)
Dryopteris filix-mas
Mallard (2)
Anas platyrhynchos
Many-flower Viguiera (3)
Heliomeris multiflora
Many-flowered Gromwell (1)
Lithospermum multiflorum
Many-lined Skink (1)
Plestiodon multivirgatus
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Mountain Chickadee (5)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Four-o'clock (2)
Mirabilis melanotricha
Mountain Maple (2)
Acer glabrum
Narrowleaf Cottonwood (1)
Populus angustifolia
New Mexican Vervain (2)
Verbena macdougalii
New Mexico Cliff Fern (2)
Woodsia neomexicana
Nodding Onion (5)
Allium cernuum
Northern Bedstraw (1)
Galium boreale
Northern Bog Violet (2)
Viola nephrophylla
Northern Flicker (3)
Colaptes auratus
Northern House Wren (2)
Troglodytes aedon
Oceanspray (4)
Holodiscus discolor
One-sided Wintergreen (1)
Orthilia secunda
Orange Agoseris (3)
Agoseris aurantiaca
Oregon Boxleaf (2)
Paxistima myrsinites
Oxeye Daisy (3)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Parry Thistle (1)
Cirsium parryi
Pineywoods Geranium (2)
Geranium caespitosum
Porter's Lovage (1)
Ligusticum porteri
Prairie Flax (1)
Linum lewisii
Prairie Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia frigida
Quaking Aspen (14)
Populus tremuloides
Raccoon (1)
Procyon lotor
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (2)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Baneberry (4)
Actaea rubra
Red Clover (7)
Trifolium pratense
Red Raspberry (3)
Rubus idaeus
Red-naped Sapsucker (1)
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-osier Dogwood (4)
Cornus sericea
Redroot Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum racemosum
Richardson's Geranium (2)
Geranium richardsonii
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (3)
Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Juniper (2)
Juniperus scopulorum
Running Fleabane (1)
Erigeron flagellaris
Sand Violet (4)
Viola adunca
Saskatoon (1)
Amelanchier alnifolia
Scaly Vase Chanterelle (1)
Turbinellus floccosus
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (1)
Echinocereus coccineus
Scarlet Skyrocket (5)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Scented Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon palmeri
Schrenk's Red-Belt Conk (1)
Fomitopsis schrenkii
Self-heal (2)
Prunella vulgaris
Shaggy Mane (1)
Coprinus comatus
Showy Green-gentian (2)
Frasera speciosa
Showy Milkweed (4)
Asclepias speciosa
Smooth Greensnake (1)
Opheodrys vernalis
Smooth Scouring-rush (1)
Equisetum laevigatum
Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (15)
Pinus brachyptera
Speckled Alder (2)
Alnus incana
Spikenard (1)
Aralia bicrenata
Spiny Lizards (1)
Sceloporus
Spotted Coralroot (2)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Saxifrage (2)
Saxifraga bronchialis
Spreading Dogbane (1)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spring Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza wisteriana
Starflower Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum stellatum
Steller's Jay (9)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Striped Skunk (1)
Mephitis mephitis
Sweetclover (2)
Melilotus officinalis
Tassel Flower (1)
Brickellia grandiflora
Tatarian dogwood (1)
Cornus alba
Terrestrial Gartersnake (3)
Thamnophis elegans
Thimbleberry (2)
Rubus parviflorus
Three-nerve Fleabane (1)
Erigeron subtrinervis
Thymeleaf Speedwell (1)
Veronica serpyllifolia
Turkey Vulture (2)
Cathartes aura
Two-needle Pinyon Pine (1)
Pinus edulis
Underwood's Spikemoss (1)
Selaginella underwoodii
Utah Serviceberry (1)
Amelanchier utahensis
Virginia Strawberry (2)
Fragaria virginiana
Wax Currant (1)
Ribes cereum
Western Blue Iris (2)
Iris missouriensis
Western Polypody (3)
Polypodium hesperium
Western Red Columbine (2)
Aquilegia elegantula
Western Tanager (2)
Piranga ludoviciana
Whipple's Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon whippleanus
White Checker-mallow (5)
Sidalcea candida
White Clover (2)
Trifolium repens
White Fir (11)
Abies concolor
White Point-vetch (1)
Oxytropis sericea
Whortleberry (1)
Vaccinium myrtillus
Wild Bergamot (3)
Monarda fistulosa
Wild Turkey (1)
Meleagris gallopavo
Woodland Strawberry (2)
Fragaria vesca
Woods' Rose (3)
Rosa woodsii
Wright's Goldenrod (1)
Solidago wrightii
a fungus (1)
Dacrymyces chrysospermus
a fungus (1)
Amanita pantherinoides
curlytop gumweed (1)
Grindelia nuda
Federally Listed Species (5)

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.

Mexican Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis lucidaThreatened
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimusEndangered
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (10)

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
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (9)

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
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Vegetation (6)

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

Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 914 ha
GNR51.5%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 283 ha
GNR15.9%
GNR11.5%
Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 197 ha
GNR11.1%
GNR6.5%
Intermountain Aspen and Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer-Hardwood · 32 ha
G41.8%

Comales Canyon

Comales Canyon Roadless Area

Carson National Forest, New Mexico · 4,389 acres