Dexter Canyon

Inyo National Forest · California · 17,053 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (153)

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

Owens Pupfish (6)
Cyprinodon radiosusEndangered
(1)
Boechera platysperma
Acorn Woodpecker (1)
Melanerpes formicivorus
Alpine Sheep Sorrel (2)
Rumex paucifolius
Alpine Shootingstar (2)
Primula tetrandra
American Black Bear (1)
Ursus americanus
American Goshawk (1)
Astur atricapillus
American Kestrel (3)
Falco sparverius
Antelope Bitterbrush (10)
Purshia tridentata
Ash Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon cinicola
Basin Yellow Cat's-eye (2)
Oreocarya confertiflora
Beaked Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon rostriflorus
Big Sagebrush (6)
Artemisia tridentata
Black-backed Woodpecker (1)
Picoides arcticus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (1)
Lepus californicus
Branching Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia ramosissima
Brewer's Monkeyflower (2)
Erythranthe breweri
Brown Trout (1)
Salmo trutta
Brown-eye Suncup (1)
Chylismia claviformis
Bruneau Mariposa Lily (2)
Calochortus bruneaunis
Cassin's Finch (2)
Haemorhous cassinii
Chamisso's Miner's-lettuce (1)
Montia chamissoi
Clark's Nutcracker (3)
Nucifraga columbiana
Common Nighthawk (1)
Chordeiles minor
Common Sagebrush Lizard (5)
Sceloporus graciosus
Common Woolly-sunflower (5)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Astur cooperii
Coyote (1)
Canis latrans
Coyote Tobacco (1)
Nicotiana attenuata
Crisped Thelypody (1)
Thelypodium crispum
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (5)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Junco hyemalis
Davidson's Missionbells (1)
Fritillaria pinetorum
Desert Drumstick (1)
Battarrea phalloides
Desert Peach (1)
Prunus andersonii
Desert-sweet (7)
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Douglas' Sedge (1)
Carex douglasii
Drummond's Thistle (2)
Cirsium scariosum
Dusky Flycatcher (2)
Empidonax oberholseri
Eastern Warbling-Vireo (2)
Vireo gilvus
Field Horsetail (1)
Equisetum arvense
Four-part Horsebrush (3)
Tetradymia tetrameres
Four-wing Saltbush (1)
Atriplex canescens
Giant Pinedrops (1)
Pterospora andromedea
Golden Moonglow Lichen (1)
Dimelaena oreina
Golden Suncup (1)
Chylismia brevipes
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (2)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Granite Prickly-phlox (13)
Linanthus pungens
Gray Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax wrightii
Gray Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia canescens
Great Basin Spadefoot (2)
Spea intermontana
Great Blue Heron (1)
Ardea herodias
Great Swamp Ragwort (1)
Senecio hydrophilus
Greater Sage-Grouse (4)
Centrocercus urophasianus
Green Mormon-tea (2)
Ephedra viridis
Green Rock-posy Lichen (1)
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Green-tailed Towhee (2)
Pipilo chlorurus
Hoary Sagebrush (3)
Artemisia cana
Hoary Tansy-aster (2)
Dieteria canescens
Horse (8)
Equus caballus
Inyo Linanthus (1)
Linanthus inyoensis
Inyo Phacelia (1)
Phacelia inyoensis
Jeffrey's Pine (5)
Pinus jeffreyi
King's Ivesia (2)
Ivesia kingii
Least Chipmunk (3)
Neotamias minimus
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus leichtlinii
Littleleaf Horsebrush (2)
Tetradymia glabrata
Lodgepole Pine (8)
Pinus contorta
Loggerhead Shrike (1)
Lanius ludovicianus
Long-spur Lupine (1)
Lupinus arbustus
Long-stalk Clover (1)
Trifolium longipes
Long-stalked Stitchwort (2)
Stellaria longipes
Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus (1)
Parnassia palustris
Money Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nummulare
Mono Lake Lupine (11)
Lupinus duranii
Mono Milkvetch (3)
Astragalus monoensis
Mountain Bluebird (6)
Sialia currucoides
Mountain Chickadee (2)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Snowberry (3)
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Mt. Hood Pussy-paws (3)
Calyptridium umbellatum
Mule Deer (5)
Odocoileus hemionus
Munite Prickly-poppy (1)
Argemone munita
Naked Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nudum
Narrowleaf Angelica (4)
Angelica lineariloba
Northern Flicker (2)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Harrier (1)
Circus hudsonius
Northern House Wren (1)
Troglodytes aedon
Oceanspray (2)
Holodiscus discolor
Oregon Checker-mallow (1)
Sidalcea oregana
Osprey (1)
Pandion haliaetus
Parrot's-head Indian-paintbrush (3)
Castilleja pilosa
Pinyon Jay (1)
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalusUR
Poplar Leaf Gall Mite (1)
Aceria parapopuli
Prairie Flax (1)
Linum lewisii
Prairie Lupine (1)
Lupinus lepidus
Primrose Monkeyflower (9)
Erythranthe primuloides
Pronghorn (1)
Antilocapra americana
Pumice Hulsea (11)
Hulsea vestita
Quaking Aspen (10)
Populus tremuloides
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Sitta canadensis
Red-breasted Sapsucker (1)
Sphyrapicus ruber
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Buteo jamaicensis
Rock Wren (3)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rosette Tiquilia (5)
Tiquilia nuttallii
Royal Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon speciosus
Rubber Rabbitbrush (1)
Ericameria nauseosa
Sage Thrasher (1)
Oreoscoptes montanus
Sagebrush Sparrow (1)
Artemisiospiza nevadensis
Say's Phoebe (2)
Sayornis saya
Scalebud (6)
Anisocoma acaulis
Scarlet Skyrocket (1)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Sculpted Puffball (1)
Calvatia sculpta
Sharp-scaled Goldenweed (1)
Ericameria discoidea
Shining Goldenweed (1)
Pyrrocoma apargioides
Short-ray Fleabane (1)
Erigeron lonchophyllus
Sierra Wallflower (2)
Erysimum perenne
Single-head Goldenweed (1)
Ericameria suffruticosa
Single-leaf Pine (5)
Pinus monophylla
Skunky Monkeyflower (12)
Diplacus mephiticus
Slender Buckwheat (7)
Eriogonum microtheca
Small Skeletonplant (1)
Stephanomeria exigua
Spiny Hop-sage (9)
Grayia spinosa
Spurry Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum spergulinum
Starflower Solomon's-plume (2)
Maianthemum stellatum
Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush (3)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Suksdorf's Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe suksdorfii
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (8)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Swainson's Hawk (1)
Buteo swainsoni
Swamp Whiteheads (1)
Angelica capitellata
Terrestrial Gartersnake (1)
Thamnophis elegans
Thorny Wire-lettuce (1)
Pleiacanthus spinosus
Tobacco Ceanothus (3)
Ceanothus velutinus
Transmontane Sand-verbena (12)
Abronia turbinata
Tree-lined Oxytheca (2)
Oxytheca dendroidea
Two-color Scorpionweed (15)
Phacelia bicolor
Washoe Suncup (1)
Camissonia pusilla
Wax Currant (6)
Ribes cereum
Wedge-leaf Goldenweed (1)
Ericameria cuneata
Western Blue Iris (4)
Iris missouriensis
Western Columbine (1)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Fence Lizard (6)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Rattlesnake (3)
Crotalus oreganus
Western Tanager (2)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Wallflower (1)
Erysimum capitatum
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Sitta carolinensis
Wilcox's Eriastrum (2)
Eriastrum wilcoxii
Williamson's Sapsucker (3)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Wyoming Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja linariifolia
Yellow-headed Blackbird (1)
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
a fungus (1)
Montagnea arenaria
a fungus (1)
Puccinia urticata
Federally Listed Species (8)

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.

Owens Pupfish
Cyprinodon radiosusEndangered
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Rana sierraeEndangered
Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Owens Tui Chub
Gila bicolor ssp. snyderi
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 White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
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 White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Vegetation (14)

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

Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 2,307 ha
GNR33.4%
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,581 ha
GNR22.9%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 838 ha
G312.1%
Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 664 ha
GNR9.6%
California Subalpine Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 306 ha
GNR4.4%
GNR3.9%
Sierra Nevada Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 262 ha
GNR3.8%
California High Mountain Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 211 ha
GNR3.1%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 104 ha
GNR1.5%
Sierra Nevada Jeffrey Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 103 ha
GNR1.5%
Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 62 ha
0.9%
G30.3%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 6 ha
G30.1%
G30.0%

Dexter Canyon

Dexter Canyon Roadless Area

Inyo National Forest, California · 17,053 acres