Garfield Mountain

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest · Montana · 41,891 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (78)

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

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Eritrichium argenteum
Alpine Prickly Gooseberry (2)
Ribes montigenum
American Badger (1)
Taxidea taxus
American Pika (2)
Ochotona princeps
American Purple Vetch (1)
Vicia americana
American Thorowax (1)
Bupleurum americanum
Antelope Bitterbrush (2)
Purshia tridentata
Big Sagebrush (3)
Artemisia tridentata
Black Henbane (2)
Hyoscyamus niger
Black-billed Magpie (1)
Pica hudsonia
Boreal Locoweed (2)
Oxytropis borealis
Brewer's Blackbird (1)
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown Bear (1)
Ursus arctos
Canada Buffaloberry (1)
Shepherdia canadensis
Canadian Gooseberry (1)
Ribes oxyacanthoides
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (1)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Curly-cup Gumweed (3)
Grindelia squarrosa
Cutleaf Anemone (1)
Anemone multifida
Desert-sweet (1)
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Douglas-fir (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Electric Peak Larkspur (1)
Delphinium glaucescens
Eurasian Collared-Dove (2)
Streptopelia decaocto
Few-flower Shootingstar (1)
Primula pauciflora
Field Pennycress (1)
Thlaspi arvense
Foxtail Barley (1)
Hordeum jubatum
Gray Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia canescens
Gray Wolf (2)
Canis lupus
Great Gray Owl (1)
Strix nebulosa
Green-band Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus macrocarpus
Hare's-foot Point-vetch (1)
Oxytropis lagopus
Hoary Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia cana
Hood's Phlox (1)
Phlox hoodii
House Sparrow (1)
Passer domesticus
Japanese Brome (1)
Bromus japonicus
Lanceleaf Stonecrop (3)
Sedum lanceolatum
Leafy-bracted Aster (1)
Symphyotrichum foliaceum
Long-stalked Stitchwort (1)
Stellaria longipes
Longleaf Phlox (1)
Phlox longifolia
Meadow Deathcamas (1)
Toxicoscordion venenosum
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Meadow Timothy (1)
Phleum pratense
Mexican Fireweed (1)
Bassia scoparia
Moose (1)
Alces alces
Moss Campion (1)
Silene acaulis
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Sialia currucoides
Mountain Douglasia (1)
Androsace montana
Nodding Thistle (1)
Cirsium undulatum
One-sided Wintergreen (1)
Orthilia secunda
Oval-leaf Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Prairie-smoke (3)
Geum triflorum
Pronghorn (2)
Antilocapra americana
Purple Missionbells (1)
Fritillaria atropurpurea
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (1)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Globemallow (1)
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Richardson's Geranium (1)
Geranium richardsonii
Sand Violet (1)
Viola adunca
Showy Green-gentian (3)
Frasera speciosa
Skunk Polemonium (1)
Polemonium viscosum
Spiny Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus kentrophyta
Spotted Knapweed (2)
Centaurea stoebe
Starflower Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum stellatum
Stemless Mock Goldenweed (1)
Stenotus acaulis
Sticky Geranium (1)
Geranium viscosissimum
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Sweetclover (6)
Melilotus officinalis
Terrestrial Gartersnake (1)
Thamnophis elegans
Turkey Vulture (1)
Cathartes aura
Tweedy's Fleabane (1)
Erigeron tweedyi
Two-lobe Speedwell (1)
Veronica biloba
Wapiti (3)
Cervus canadensis
Wax Currant (2)
Ribes cereum
Western Blue Iris (3)
Iris missouriensis
Western Gromwell (2)
Lithospermum ruderale
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-tailed Jackrabbit (1)
Lepus townsendii
Wyoming Ground Squirrel (1)
Urocitellus elegans
Yellow Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja flava
a fungus (1)
Calbovista subsculpta
Federally Listed Species (6)

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.

Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
Canada Lynx
Lynx canadensis
Grizzly bear
Ursus arctos horribilis
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Other Species of Concern (5)

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
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (5)

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
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Vegetation (10)

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

Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 9,048 ha
GNR53.4%
Central Rockies Douglas-fir Forest
Tree / Conifer · 3,930 ha
GNR23.2%
Rocky Mountain Cliff Canyon and Massive Bedrock
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 1,374 ha
8.1%
GNR3.8%
GNR3.4%
Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 519 ha
GNR3.1%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 428 ha
GNR2.5%
Rocky Mountain Subalpine Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 124 ha
GNR0.7%
Columbia Plateau Low Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 99 ha
GNR0.6%
GNR0.4%

Garfield Mountain

Garfield Mountain Roadless Area

Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana · 41,891 acres