Damon Butte

Modoc National Forest · California · 25,022 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (44)

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

American Sickle (1)
Astragalus curvicarpus
American White Pelican (1)
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Antelope Bitterbrush (3)
Purshia tridentata
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (1)
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Awnless Brome (1)
Bromus inermis
Bald Eagle (1)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Chukar (1)
Alectoris chukar
Common Woolly-sunflower (1)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Crested Wheatgrass (1)
Agropyron cristatum
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (3)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Desert Alyssum (1)
Alyssum desertorum
Dyer's Woad (7)
Isatis tinctoria
Foothill Deathcamas (1)
Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Garden Cornflower (1)
Centaurea cyanus
Gold Cobblestone Lichen (1)
Pleopsidium flavum
Green Rock-posy Lichen (1)
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Greenleaf Manzanita (2)
Arctostaphylos patula
Hood's Phlox (1)
Phlox hoodii
Large-flower Collomia (1)
Collomia grandiflora
Largemouth Bass (1)
Micropterus nigricans
Lazuli Bunting (1)
Passerina amoena
Linearleaf Phacelia (3)
Phacelia linearis
Mahala-mat Ceanothus (3)
Ceanothus prostratus
Mexican Fireweed (1)
Bassia scoparia
Milky Kelloggia (1)
Kelloggia galioides
Mt. Lassen Clarkia (1)
Clarkia lassenensis
Mule Deer (1)
Odocoileus hemionus
Pine Violet (1)
Viola purpurea
Ponderosa Pine (6)
Pinus ponderosa
Prairie-smoke (1)
Geum triflorum
Pursh's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus purshii
Pygmy Nuthatch (1)
Sitta pygmaea
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Buteo jamaicensis
Roezl's penstemon (1)
Penstemon roezlii
Rough Eyelashweed (2)
Blepharipappus scaber
Sacramento Pikeminnow (1)
Ptychocheilus grandis
Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary (1)
Collinsia parviflora
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Virgate Scorpionweed (2)
Phacelia heterophylla
Western Juniper (1)
Juniperus occidentalis
Western Peony (2)
Paeonia brownii
Western Wood-Pewee (1)
Contopus sordidulus
Woolly Mule's-ears (5)
Wyethia mollis
Federally Listed Species (10)

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.

Green's Awnless Orcutt Grass
Tuctoria greeneiEndangered
Lost River Sucker
Deltistes luxatusEndangered
Shortnose Sucker
Chasmistes brevirostrisEndangered
Slender Orcutt Grass
Orcuttia tenuisThreatened
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusE, XN
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (15)

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
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
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.

American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Vegetation (9)

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

California Mountain Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 5,202 ha
GNR51.4%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 2,042 ha
G320.2%
GNR12.4%
Sierra Nevada Jeffrey Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 547 ha
GNR5.4%
3.6%
Columbia Plateau Low Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 240 ha
GNR2.4%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 161 ha
GNR1.6%
Great Basin & Intermountain Ruderal Shrubland
Shrub / Exotic Tree-Shrub · 139 ha
1.4%
GNR0.5%

Damon Butte

Damon Butte Roadless Area

Modoc National Forest, California · 25,022 acres