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Monongahela National Forest · West Virginia · 657 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (181)

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

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Mycetinis opacus
Alderleaf Viburnum (1)
Viburnum lantanoides
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander (1)
Desmognathus ochrophaeus
Alternate-leaf Dogwood (1)
Cornus alternifolia
American Black Bear (1)
Ursus americanus
American Bladdernut (1)
Staphylea trifolia
American Cancer-root (1)
Conopholis americana
American Dog-violet (1)
Viola labradorica
American False Hellebore (1)
Veratrum viride
American Holly (1)
Ilex opaca
American Hornbeam (2)
Carpinus caroliniana
American Spikenard (1)
Aralia racemosa
American Toad (6)
Anaxyrus americanus
American Yellow Lady's-slipper (1)
Cypripedium parviflorum
Asiatic Dayflower (1)
Commelina communis
Basil Beebalm (1)
Monarda clinopodia
Beechwood Brittlegill (1)
Russula mariae
Bird-eye Speedwell (1)
Veronica persica
Black Bulgar (1)
Bulgaria inquinans
Bloodroot (1)
Sanguinaria canadensis
Blue Jay (1)
Cyanocitta cristata
Blue Vervain (1)
Verbena hastata
Bluntleaf Waterleaf (2)
Hydrophyllum canadense
Bouncing-bet (2)
Saponaria officinalis
Broad Beechfern (1)
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Broadleaf Goldenrod (1)
Solidago flexicaulis
Bulblet Fern (4)
Cystopteris bulbifera
Canada Horsebalm (2)
Collinsonia canadensis
Canada Violet (1)
Viola canadensis
Canada Wild Ginger (1)
Asarum canadense
Carolina Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia caroliniana
Carolina Tassel-rue (2)
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Cat-tonque Liverwort (6)
Conocephalum salebrosum
Chinese Chestnut (1)
Castanea mollissima
Christmas Fern (3)
Polystichum acrostichoides
Clinton Lily (1)
Clintonia borealis
Common Goat's-beard (2)
Aruncus dioicus
Common Merganser (2)
Mergus merganser
Common Script Lichen (2)
Graphis scripta
Common Sneezeweed (1)
Helenium autumnale
Common Star-of-Bethlehem (1)
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Common Velvet Grass (1)
Holcus lanatus
Common Watersnake (2)
Nerodia sipedon
Common Winterberry (1)
Ilex verticillata
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Cow-parsnip (1)
Heracleum maximum
Cranefly Orchid (1)
Tipularia discolor
Creeping Phlox (1)
Phlox stolonifera
Crooked-stem Aster (1)
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Junco hyemalis
Downy Rattlesnake-plantain (4)
Goodyera pubescens
Downy Solomon's-seal (1)
Polygonatum pubescens
Dutchman's Breeches (2)
Dicentra cucullaria
Early Meadowrue (1)
Thalictrum dioicum
Early Wood Lousewort (17)
Pedicularis canadensis
Eastern Leatherwood (1)
Dirca palustris
Eastern Newt (3)
Notophthalmus viridescens
Eastern Ninebark (1)
Physocarpus opulifolius
Eastern Poison-ivy (1)
Toxicodendron radicans
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander (1)
Plethodon cinereus
Evergreen Woodfern (1)
Dryopteris intermedia
Fall Phlox (1)
Phlox paniculata
Fantail Darter (1)
Etheostoma flabellare
Filmy Angelica (1)
Angelica triquinata
Fraser Magnolia (2)
Magnolia fraseri
Garlic Mustard (1)
Alliaria petiolata
Ghost Pipe (1)
Monotropa uniflora
Giant Blue Cohosh (1)
Caulophyllum giganteum
Giant Chickweed (2)
Stellaria pubera
Glade Fern (3)
Homalosorus pycnocarpos
Golden Alexanders (3)
Zizia aurea
Golden Groundsel (1)
Packera aurea
Goldie's Woodfern (1)
Dryopteris goldieana
Great Blue Lobelia (4)
Lobelia siphilitica
Great Laurel (4)
Rhododendron maximum
Green Cups (1)
Chlorociboria aeruginascens
Ground-ivy (1)
Glechoma hederacea
Hairy Sweet-cicely (1)
Osmorhiza claytonii
Hairy fleabane (1)
Erigeron pulchellus
Hairy-joint Meadow-parsnip (1)
Thaspium barbinode
Heartleaf Meehania (7)
Meehania cordata
Herb-Robert (1)
Geranium robertianum
Honey Fungus (1)
Armillaria mellea
Indian Cucumber-root (4)
Medeola virginiana
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (2)
Arisaema triphyllum
Japanese Barberry (1)
Berberis thunbergii
Japanese Iris (1)
Iris sanguinea
Japanese Spiraea (1)
Spiraea japonica
John's-cabbage (3)
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Kansas Milkweed (1)
Asclepias syriaca
Kousa Dogwood (1)
Cornus kousa
Large Purple Fringed Orchid (3)
Platanthera grandiflora
Large-flower Bellwort (4)
Uvularia grandiflora
Lettuceleaf Saxifrage (4)
Micranthes micranthidifolia
Long-spur Violet (4)
Viola rostrata
Lyreleaf Sage (1)
Salvia lyrata
Maidenhair Spleenwort (2)
Asplenium trichomanes
Meadow Alexanders (1)
Zizia trifoliata
Meadow Spikemoss (1)
Selaginella apoda
Michaux's Bluet (1)
Houstonia serpyllifolia
Mountain Holly (1)
Ilex montana
Multiflora Rose (4)
Rosa multiflora
New York Fern (2)
Amauropelta noveboracensis
Northern Foamflower (3)
Tiarella stolonifera
Northern Maidenhair Fern (5)
Adiantum pedatum
Northern Slimy Salamander (2)
Plethodon glutinosus
Northern Spicebush (1)
Lindera benzoin
Ontario Rose Moss (1)
Rhodobryum ontariense
Orange Jewelweed (2)
Impatiens capensis
Orchard Orbweaver (1)
Leucauge venusta
Oswego-tea (7)
Monarda didyma
Pale Jewelweed (2)
Impatiens pallida
Partridge-berry (2)
Mitchella repens
Pink Lady's-slipper (2)
Cypripedium acaule
Plantainleaf Sedge (3)
Carex plantaginea
Prickly Gooseberry (1)
Ribes cynosbati
Purple Pitcher Plant (1)
Sarracenia purpurea
Purple-flowering Raspberry (6)
Rubus odoratus
Ramp (1)
Allium tricoccum
Ravenel's Red Stinkhorn (1)
Mutinus ravenelii
Red Clover (1)
Trifolium pratense
Red Elderberry (1)
Sambucus racemosa
Red Trillium (4)
Trillium erectum
Ribbed Splashcup (1)
Cyathus striatus
Rosy Twisted-stalk (1)
Streptopus lanceolatus
Rough Horsetail (1)
Equisetum hyemale
Rough Sedge (1)
Carex scabrata
Royal Fern (1)
Osmunda spectabilis
Royal Paulownia (1)
Paulownia tomentosa
Seal Salamander (3)
Desmognathus monticola
Self-heal (6)
Prunella vulgaris
Showy Orchid (1)
Galearis spectabilis
Silver False Spleenwort (1)
Deparia acrostichoides
Silver Maple (1)
Acer saccharinum
Smallmouth Bass (2)
Micropterus dolomieu
Smooth Rocktripe Lichen (1)
Umbilicaria mammulata
Smooth Sweet-cicely (1)
Osmorhiza longistylis
Smooth White Violet (1)
Viola blanda
Solomon's-plume (6)
Maianthemum racemosum
Spiny Softshell Turtle (1)
Apalone spinifera
Spotfin Shiner (1)
Cyprinella spiloptera
Spotted Wintergreen (1)
Chimaphila maculata
Squirrel-corn (2)
Dicentra canadensis
Striped Maple (4)
Acer pensylvanicum
Sweet Joe-pyeweed (1)
Eutrochium purpureum
Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus officinalis
Tinder Conk (1)
Fomes fomentarius
Tuliptree (1)
Liriodendron tulipifera
Twoleaf Bishop's-cap (2)
Mitella diphylla
Twoleaf Toothwort (1)
Cardamine diphylla
Upland Brittle Bladderfern (1)
Cystopteris tenuis
Vervain Thoroughwort (1)
Eupatorium pilosum
Virginia Bluebells (4)
Mertensia virginica
Virginia Creeper (3)
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Walking-fern Spleenwort (3)
Asplenium rhizophyllum
Wavy Smoothcap Moss (1)
Atrichum undulatum
White Clintonia (1)
Clintonia umbellulata
Wild Blue Phlox (2)
Phlox divaricata
Wild Crane's-bill (3)
Geranium maculatum
Wild Hydrangea (2)
Hydrangea arborescens
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley (8)
Maianthemum canadense
Wild Sarsaparilla (1)
Aralia nudicaulis
Wingstem (2)
Verbesina alternifolia
Winter Creeper (1)
Euonymus fortunei
Woodland Stonecrop (2)
Sedum ternatum
Yellow Mandarin (4)
Prosartes lanuginosa
Yellow Yam (2)
Dioscorea villosa
a bracket fungus (1)
Daedaleopsis confragosa
a centipede (1)
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
a fungus (1)
Panellus stipticus
a fungus (2)
Calostoma cinnabarinum
a fungus (1)
Clavulinopsis aurantiocinnabarina
a fungus (1)
Entoloma quadratum
a fungus (1)
Entoloma strictius
a fungus (1)
Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
a fungus (1)
Laccaria ochropurpurea
a fungus (1)
Megacollybia rodmanii
a fungus (1)
Microstoma floccosum
a fungus (1)
Picipes badius
a fungus (1)
Protocrea pallida
a fungus (1)
Stereum complicatum
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.

Cheat Mountain Salamander
Plethodon nettingiThreatened
Gray Myotis
Myotis grisescensEndangered
Indiana Myotis
Myotis sodalisEndangered
Northern Myotis
Myotis septentrionalisEndangered
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee
Bombus affinisEndangered
Small Whorled Pogonia
Isotria medeoloidesThreatened
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Tricolored Bat
Perimyotis subflavusProposed Endangered
Virginia big-eared bat
Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianus
Other Species of Concern (15)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus practicus
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
Cerulean Warbler
Setophaga cerulea
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Henslow's Sparrow
Centronyx henslowii
Kentucky Warbler
Geothlypis formosa
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
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-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Canada Warbler
Cardellina canadensis
Cerulean Warbler
Setophaga cerulea
Chimney Swift
Chaetura pelagica
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera
Kentucky Warbler
Geothlypis formosa
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Rusty Blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Vegetation (6)

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

Southern Interior Mixed Hardwood Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 107 ha
GNR40.2%
Northeastern Dry Oak Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 97 ha
GNR36.4%
GNR7.6%
Northern & Central Native Ruderal Forest
Tree / Conifer-Hardwood · 13 ha
4.9%
Appalachian Hemlock and Northern Hardwood Forest
Tree / Conifer-Hardwood · 8 ha
GNR3.2%

Dry Fork

Dry Fork Roadless Area

Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia · 657 acres