Cruces Basin

Carson National Forest · New Mexico · 5,244 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (97)

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

(1)
Anticlea elegans
(1)
Boechera stricta
(1)
Campanula petiolata
Alpine Bitterroot (2)
Lewisia pygmaea
American Beaver (1)
Castor canadensis
American Dipper (1)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Dragonhead (1)
Dracocephalum parviflorum
Beard-lip Beardtongue (3)
Penstemon barbatus
Blue Spruce (1)
Picea pungens
Boreal Chorus Frog (3)
Pseudacris maculata
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown Trout (1)
Salmo trutta
Bull Elephant's-head (3)
Pedicularis groenlandica
Bushy-tailed Woodrat (1)
Neotoma cinerea
Californian False Hellebore (1)
Veratrum californicum
Canada Violet (2)
Viola canadensis
Cheatgrass (1)
Bromus tectorum
Clasping Twisted-stalk (1)
Streptopus amplexifolius
Cliff Swallow (2)
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Columbian Monkshood (1)
Aconitum columbianum
Columbian Virgin's-bower (1)
Clematis columbiana
Comb-like Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera coronopifolia
Common Mullein (2)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Yarrow (2)
Achillea millefolium
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Astur cooperii
Creeping Oregon-grape (2)
Berberis repens
Dense Spikemoss (2)
Selaginella densa
Drummond's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus drummondii
Dusky Grouse (2)
Dendragapus obscurus
Entireleaf Stonecrop (1)
Rhodiola integrifolia
Few-flower Shootingstar (2)
Primula pauciflora
Field Pennycress (1)
Thlaspi arvense
Fireweed (1)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Four-line Honeysuckle (1)
Lonicera involucrata
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (1)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Golden-Hardhack (3)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (3)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Goldenrod Crab Spider (1)
Misumena vatia
Greater Short-horned Lizard (5)
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Ground Juniper (1)
Juniperus communis
Gunnison's Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus gunnisonii
Gunnison's Prairie Dog (1)
Cynomys gunnisoni
Heartleaf Bittercress (2)
Cardamine cordifolia
Horse Cinquefoil (2)
Potentilla hippiana
Leafy Jacob's-ladder (1)
Polemonium foliosissimum
Long-tailed Weasel (1)
Neogale frenata
MacGillivray's Warbler (1)
Geothlypis tolmiei
Maidenhair Spleenwort (1)
Asplenium trichomanes
Male Fern (1)
Dryopteris filix-mas
Many-flower Viguiera (1)
Heliomeris multiflora
Mountain Chickadee (1)
Poecile gambeli
Musk Thistle (2)
Carduus nutans
Narrowleaf Collomia (1)
Collomia linearis
North American Porcupine (1)
Erethizon dorsatum
Northern Pygmy-Owl (1)
Glaucidium gnoma
Nuttall's Pussytoes (2)
Antennaria parvifolia
Orange Agoseris (1)
Agoseris aurantiaca
Orange Rock-posy Lichen (1)
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Osprey (1)
Pandion haliaetus
Oxeye Daisy (1)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Parry Thistle (1)
Cirsium parryi
Parry's Gentian (2)
Gentiana parryi
Parry's Rabbitbrush (2)
Ericameria parryi
Pineywoods Geranium (2)
Geranium caespitosum
Prairie-smoke (3)
Geum triflorum
Prickly Lettuce (1)
Lactuca serriola
Pronghorn (1)
Antilocapra americana
Purple Avens (1)
Geum rivale
Quaking Aspen (3)
Populus tremuloides
Red Baneberry (2)
Actaea rubra
Red Morph Lance-leaved Moonwort (2)
Botrychium rubellum
Redroot Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum racemosum
Ripley's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus ripleyi
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (3)
Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout (1)
Oncorhynchus virginalis
Rocky Mountain Polypody (1)
Polypodium saximontanum
Rocky Mountain Red (1)
Boletus rubriceps
Rydberg's Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon rydbergii
Scarlet Skyrocket (4)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Showy Green-gentian (1)
Frasera speciosa
Skunk Polemonium (1)
Polemonium viscosum
Spotted Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza maculata
Starflower Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum stellatum
Subalpine Fir (3)
Abies lasiocarpa
Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus officinalis
Terrestrial Gartersnake (4)
Thamnophis elegans
Viviparous Knotweed (1)
Bistorta vivipara
Wapiti (1)
Cervus canadensis
Western Blue Iris (5)
Iris missouriensis
Western Tanager (1)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Tiger Salamander (1)
Ambystoma mavortium
White Checker-mallow (1)
Sidalcea candida
White Fir (2)
Abies concolor
White-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Sitta carolinensis
Wholeleaf Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja integra
Wolf's Currant (1)
Ribes wolfii
Yellow-bellied Marmot (3)
Marmota flaviventris
Federally Listed Species (7)

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
Canada Lynx
Lynx canadensis
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (16)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte atrata
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte australis
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
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 (14)

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 Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte atrata
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte australis
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 (11)

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

GNR38.1%
Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 406 ha
GNR19.1%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 243 ha
GNR11.4%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 176 ha
GNR8.3%
GNR5.5%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 103 ha
GNR4.8%
Rocky Mountain Subalpine Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 81 ha
GNR3.8%
GNR3.5%
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 49 ha
GNR2.3%
G30.2%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 2 ha
G30.1%

Cruces Basin

Cruces Basin Roadless Area

Carson National Forest, New Mexico · 5,244 acres