Elk Creek

Mendocino National Forest · California · 23,182 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (176)

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

(1)
Quercus berberidifolia × durata
(1)
Streptanthus glandulosus
(1)
Navarretia linearifolia
(1)
Taphrina flectens
(4)
Claytonia obovata
American Black Bear (2)
Ursus americanus
American Speedwell (1)
Veronica americana
Antelope Bitterbrush (2)
Purshia tridentata
Anthony Peak larkspur (1)
Delphinium antoninum
Aquatic Gartersnake (1)
Thamnophis atratus
Arrowleaf Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum compositum
Bear's-foot Sanicle (1)
Sanicula arctopoides
Beavertail Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus coeruleus
Bentham's Bush Lupine (1)
Lupinus albifrons
Bigleaf Maple (1)
Acer macrophyllum
Bitter Cherry (1)
Prunus emarginata
Blue Field Gilia (1)
Gilia capitata
Bobcat (1)
Lynx rufus
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (2)
Elymus elymoides
Brandegee's Springbeauty (4)
Claytonia saxosa
Brewer's Rockcress (1)
Boechera breweri
Brewer's Twistflower (1)
Streptanthus breweri
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen (1)
Letharia columbiana
California Black Oak (3)
Quercus kelloggii
California Buckeye (1)
Aesculus californica
California Fawnlily (1)
Erythronium californicum
California Figwort (1)
Scrophularia californica
California Foothill Pine (1)
Pinus sabiniana
California Milkwort (1)
Rhinotropis californica
California Red Fir (5)
Abies magnifica
California Waterleaf (1)
Hydrophyllum occidentale
Californian False Hellebore (6)
Veratrum californicum
Calyx-nose Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe nasuta
Camp Martin Paintbrush (1)
Castilleja martini
Cascade Onion (1)
Allium cratericola
Chipping Sparrow (1)
Spizella passerina
Choke Cherry (1)
Prunus virginiana
Cliff Fleabane (1)
Erigeron petrophilus
Coast Range Bindweed (1)
Calystegia collina
Coastal Giant Salamander (1)
Dicamptodon tenebrosus
Coccora (1)
Amanita calyptroderma
Columbian Monkshood (1)
Aconitum columbianum
Common Mullein (1)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Sagebrush Lizard (6)
Sceloporus graciosus
Common Yarrow (3)
Achillea millefolium
Cramp Balls (1)
Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum
Douglas' Knotweed (1)
Polygonum douglasii
Douglas' Squirrel (2)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Douglas's Ground Squirrel (1)
Otospermophilus douglasii
Douglas-fir (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower (3)
Diplacus nanus
Elegant Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus elegans
Emery Rocktripe Lichen (1)
Umbilicaria phaea
Fireweed (1)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Foothill Beardtongue (5)
Penstemon heterophyllus
Golden Ear-drops (1)
Ehrendorferia chrysantha
Golden Violet (2)
Viola douglasii
Gophersnake (2)
Pituophis catenifer
Greenleaf Manzanita (2)
Arctostaphylos patula
Hall's Violet (2)
Viola hallii
Harvest Brodiaea (1)
Brodiaea elegans
Hayfield Tarweed (2)
Hemizonia congesta
Henderson's Shootingstar (2)
Primula hendersonii
Hoary Manzanita (1)
Arctostaphylos canescens
Hoary Pincushion (3)
Chaenactis douglasii
House Finch (1)
Haemorhous mexicanus
Huckleberry Oak (1)
Quercus vacciniifolia
Hummingbird-trumpet (2)
Epilobium canum
Incense Cedar (2)
Calocedrus decurrens
Ithuriel's Spear (1)
Triteleia laxa
Jeffrey's Pine (1)
Pinus jeffreyi
Lace Lipfern (6)
Myriopteris gracillima
Large-flower Collomia (1)
Collomia grandiflora
Large-fruit Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium macrocarpum
Lax Stonecrop (1)
Sedum laxum
Least Grapefern (1)
Botrychium simplex
Lemmon's Catchfly (1)
Silene lemmonii
Lesser Salted Rocktripe Lichen (2)
Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii
Lobb's Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum lobbii
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Mexican Catchfly (6)
Silene laciniata
Mountain Chickadee (1)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Navarretia (1)
Navarretia vividior
Mountain Whitethorn (4)
Ceanothus cordulatus
Mt. Lassen Fleabane (1)
Erigeron lassenianus
Mule Deer (3)
Odocoileus hemionus
Newberry's Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon newberryi
Northern Alligator Lizard (6)
Elgaria coerulea
Northwestern Pond Turtle (3)
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Oceanspray (1)
Holodiscus discolor
Ojai Fritillary (2)
Fritillaria affinis
Olive-sided Flycatcher (1)
Contopus cooperi
One-seed Pussy-paws (7)
Calyptridium monospermum
Oregon Ash (1)
Fraxinus latifolia
Oregon White Oak (5)
Quercus garryana
Pacific Black-snakeroot (1)
Sanicula crassicaulis
Pacific Bleedingheart (5)
Dicentra formosa
Pacific Dogwood (2)
Cornus nuttallii
Pacific Madrone (2)
Arbutus menziesii
Pacific Stonecrop (2)
Sedum spathulifolium
Pajahuello Tick (1)
Ornithodoros coriaceus
Phantom Orchid (1)
Cephalanthera austiniae
Pine Violet (1)
Viola purpurea
Pioneer Gooseberry (1)
Ribes lobbii
Primrose Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe primuloides
Pullup Muhly (1)
Muhlenbergia filiformis
Purdy's Fritillary (1)
Fritillaria purdyi
Purple Milkweed (2)
Asclepias cordifolia
Rattan's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus rattanii
Rayless Arnica (1)
Arnica discoidea
Red Larkspur (2)
Delphinium nudicaule
Red-stem Springbeauty (3)
Claytonia rubra
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Buteo jamaicensis
Redwood Beardtongue (3)
Keckiella corymbosa
Rubber Boa (1)
Charina bottae
Rubber Rabbitbrush (1)
Ericameria nauseosa
Sand Violet (1)
Viola adunca
Sanhedrin Mountain Stonecrop (4)
Sedum sanhedrinum
Sargent's Cypress (1)
Hesperocyparis sargentii
Scarlet Missionbells (1)
Fritillaria recurva
Scythe-leaf Onion (4)
Allium falcifolium
Self-heal (2)
Prunella vulgaris
Serpentine Bittercress (1)
Cardamine pachystigma
Shadow Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias senex
Showy Tarweed (1)
Madia elegans
Sierra Gooseberry (1)
Ribes roezlii
Sierra Onion (1)
Allium campanulatum
Silver-crown (2)
Cacaliopsis nardosmia
Siskiyou Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon anguineus
Siskiyou Fritillary (5)
Fritillaria glauca
Slender Clarkia (1)
Clarkia gracilis
Slender Hareleaf (1)
Lagophylla ramosissima
Slender Nemacladus (2)
Nemacladus capillaris
Small-flower Calycadenia (1)
Calycadenia micrantha
Small-fruit Bulrush (2)
Scirpus microcarpus
Small-head Tarweed (1)
Hemizonella minima
Smooth White Violet (2)
Viola macloskeyi
Snap-dragon Skullcap (1)
Scutellaria antirrhinoides
Snow Mountain Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon purpusii
Soft-haired Snowberry (1)
Symphoricarpos mollis
Solomon's-plume (3)
Maianthemum racemosum
Spearleaf False Dandelion (1)
Agoseris retrorsa
Spotted Owl (1)
Strix occidentalis
Spreading Dogbane (1)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spurry Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum spergulinum
Striped Racer (1)
Masticophis lateralis
Sugar Pine (2)
Pinus lambertiana
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Swamp Whiteheads (1)
Angelica capitellata
Tall Swamp Onion (1)
Allium validum
Tall White Bog Orchid (2)
Platanthera dilatata
Thickleaf Bird's-foot-trefoil (1)
Hosackia crassifolia
Three-tooth Oceanspray (1)
Horkelia tridentata
Tolmie's Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus tolmiei
Tongue Clarkia (3)
Clarkia rhomboidea
Tower-mustard (1)
Turritis glabra
Tri-pod Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum tripodum
Turkey Vulture (1)
Cathartes aura
Turpentine Weed (4)
Trichostema laxum
Wall-flower Phoenicaulis (3)
Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Wapiti (2)
Cervus canadensis
Wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja applegatei
Western Bush Bindweed (1)
Calystegia occidentalis
Western Columbine (1)
Aquilegia formosa
Western St. John's-wort (1)
Hypericum scouleri
Western Turkeybeard (1)
Xerophyllum tenax
Western Vervain (2)
Verbena lasiostachys
Western Wallflower (3)
Erysimum capitatum
White Fir (2)
Abies concolor
White-stem Raspberry (1)
Rubus leucodermis
Willow Dock (1)
Rumex salicifolius
Woolly Desert-dandelion (1)
Malacothrix floccifera
Wormskjold's Clover (1)
Trifolium wormskioldii
Yellow Star-thistle (1)
Centaurea solstitialis
Yellow-staining Collomia (5)
Collomia tinctoria
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.

Burke's Goldfields
Lasthenia burkeiEndangered
Contra Costa Goldfields
Lasthenia conjugensEndangered
Northern Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis caurinaThreatened
Showy Indian Clover
Trifolium amoenumEndangered
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusE, XN
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Western Spadefoot
Spea hammondiiProposed Threatened
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (9)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens rufescens
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (8)

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
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Vegetation (13)

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

California Mountain Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 3,021 ha
GNR32.2%
California Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 2,540 ha
GNR27.1%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 1,551 ha
GNR16.5%
GNR5.7%
California Mixed Evergreen Forest
Tree / Conifer · 416 ha
GNR4.4%
California Ruderal Grassland and Meadow
Herb / Exotic Herbaceous · 301 ha
3.2%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 205 ha
GNR2.2%
California High Mountain Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 203 ha
GNR2.2%
California Red Fir Forest
Tree / Conifer · 113 ha
GNR1.2%
California Foothill Black Oak and Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer-Hardwood · 72 ha
GNR0.8%
GNR0.7%
Klamath-Siskiyou Cliff and Outcrop
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 53 ha
0.6%
G20.1%

Elk Creek

Elk Creek Roadless Area

Mendocino National Forest, California · 23,182 acres