Grass Mountain

Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · 3,254 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (164)

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

Holy Ghost Ipomopsis (9)
Ipomopsis sancti-spiritusEndangered
(3)
Campanula petiolata
Acorn Woodpecker (1)
Melanerpes formicivorus
Alfalfa (1)
Medicago sativa
Alpine Cancer-root (3)
Conopholis alpina
American Dipper (3)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Pinesap (4)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Robin (4)
Turdus migratorius
American Yellow Lady's-slipper (3)
Cypripedium parviflorum
Arizona Valerian (2)
Valeriana arizonica
Aurochs (1)
Bos taurus
Awnless Brome (1)
Bromus inermis
Bearberry (3)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Beard-lip Beardtongue (5)
Penstemon barbatus
Bighorn Sheep (3)
Ovis canadensis
Birdbill Dayflower (2)
Commelina dianthifolia
Black-eyed-Susan (2)
Rudbeckia hirta
Bladder Campion (2)
Silene latifolia
Blue Spruce (2)
Picea pungens
Bristlecone Pine (2)
Pinus aristata
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown Trout (8)
Salmo trutta
Bull Thistle (3)
Cirsium vulgare
Californian False Hellebore (1)
Veratrum californicum
Calliope Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus calliope
Canada Violet (1)
Viola canadensis
Chipping Sparrow (2)
Spizella passerina
Choke Cherry (1)
Prunus virginiana
Cockerell's Stonecrop (1)
Sedum cockerellii
Colorado Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe minor
Columbian Monkshood (3)
Aconitum columbianum
Common Dandelion (1)
Taraxacum officinale
Common Harvestman (1)
Phalangium opilio
Common Mullein (7)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Sunflower (1)
Helianthus annuus
Common Yarrow (7)
Achillea millefolium
Cow-parsnip (4)
Heracleum maximum
Creeping Oregon-grape (2)
Berberis repens
Crowned Coral (1)
Artomyces pyxidatus
Curly-cup Gumweed (1)
Grindelia squarrosa
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Junco hyemalis
Douglas-fir (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dusky Grouse (1)
Dendragapus obscurus
Dwarf Cheeseweed (1)
Malva neglecta
Dwarf Rattlesnake-plantain (1)
Goodyera repens
Early Wood Lousewort (5)
Pedicularis canadensis
Eastern Helleborine (1)
Epipactis helleborine
Fendler's Waterleaf (1)
Hydrophyllum fendleri
Fendler's Whitethorn (1)
Ceanothus fendleri
Few-flower Shootingstar (3)
Primula pauciflora
Field Pennycress (1)
Thlaspi arvense
Fireweed (1)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Four-line Honeysuckle (5)
Lonicera involucrata
Fremont's Squirrel (5)
Tamiasciurus fremonti
Gambel Oak (2)
Quercus gambelii
Garland Stropharia (1)
Stropharia coronilla
Giant Pinedrops (1)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Western Puffball (1)
Calvatia booniana
Golden-Hardhack (3)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (3)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Goldenrod Crab Spider (3)
Misumena vatia
Gray's Lousewort (3)
Pedicularis procera
Great Horned Owl (1)
Bubo virginianus
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja miniata
Greater Short-horned Lizard (6)
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Green-flower Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola chlorantha
Green-tailed Towhee (2)
Pipilo chlorurus
Greenhead Coneflower (4)
Rudbeckia laciniata
Ground Juniper (1)
Juniperus communis
Gunnison's Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus gunnisonii
Heavy Bolete (1)
Suillus ponderosus
Hooded Ladies'-tresses (1)
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Hooker's Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera elata
Horse (1)
Equus caballus
James' Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum jamesii
Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
Melospiza lincolnii
Many-flower Viguiera (2)
Heliomeris multiflora
Meadow Goat's-beard (3)
Tragopogon dubius
Mountain Chickadee (1)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Golden-banner (1)
Thermopsis montana
Mountain Ninebark (1)
Physocarpus monogynus
Mountain Pennycress (4)
Noccaea fendleri
Mountain Snowberry (1)
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Mule Deer (22)
Odocoileus hemionus
Musk Thistle (1)
Carduus nutans
Narrowleaf Cottonwood (1)
Populus angustifolia
New Mexican Vervain (6)
Verbena macdougalii
Newberry's Woolly-white (2)
Hymenopappus newberryi
Nipple-seed Plantain (1)
Plantago major
Nodding Onion (3)
Allium cernuum
Nodding Thistle (2)
Cirsium undulatum
Northern Bedstraw (2)
Galium boreale
Northern Flicker (3)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Poison-oak (1)
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Orchard Grass (2)
Dactylis glomerata
Osprey (1)
Pandion haliaetus
Oxeye Daisy (2)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Parry's Gentian (1)
Gentiana parryi
Parry's Northern Harebell (1)
Campanula parryi
Pineywoods Geranium (3)
Geranium caespitosum
Pitted Beard Lichen (1)
Usnea cavernosa
Plateau Fence Lizard (2)
Sceloporus tristichus
Prairie Gentian (1)
Gentiana affinis
Quaking Aspen (6)
Populus tremuloides
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (3)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Baneberry (2)
Actaea rubra
Red Clover (5)
Trifolium pratense
Red Elderberry (1)
Sambucus racemosa
Red-naped Sapsucker (1)
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Buteo jamaicensis
Richardson's Geranium (2)
Geranium richardsonii
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Cutthroat Trout (1)
Oncorhynchus virginalis
Rough Horsetail (1)
Equisetum hyemale
Rufous Hummingbird (4)
Selasphorus rufus
Sand Violet (1)
Viola adunca
Scarlet Skyrocket (4)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Schrenk's Red-Belt Conk (3)
Fomitopsis schrenkii
Self-heal (2)
Prunella vulgaris
Showy Green-gentian (3)
Frasera speciosa
Showy Milkweed (1)
Asclepias speciosa
Side-bells Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon secundiflorus
Snowshoe Hare (1)
Lepus americanus
Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (1)
Pinus brachyptera
Speckled Alder (1)
Alnus incana
Spotted Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Sandpiper (3)
Actitis macularius
Spotted Saxifrage (1)
Saxifraga bronchialis
Spreading Dogbane (1)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Starflower Solomon's-plume (2)
Maianthemum stellatum
Steller's Jay (4)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Striped Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza striata
Sweetclover (3)
Melilotus officinalis
Terrestrial Gartersnake (6)
Thamnophis elegans
Thimbleberry (2)
Rubus parviflorus
Upright Prairie Coneflower (2)
Ratibida columnifera
Violet-green Swallow (1)
Tachycineta thalassina
Virginia Strawberry (1)
Fragaria virginiana
Wapiti (1)
Cervus canadensis
Wavyleaf Oak (1)
Quercus × undulata
Western Blue Iris (3)
Iris missouriensis
Western Bluebird (1)
Sialia mexicana
Western Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax difficilis
Western Painted Suillus (1)
Suillus lakei
Western Red Columbine (2)
Aquilegia elegantula
Western Tanager (6)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Wood-Pewee (1)
Contopus sordidulus
White Checker-mallow (1)
Sidalcea candida
White Fir (1)
Abies concolor
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Sitta carolinensis
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Wild Bergamot (4)
Monarda fistulosa
Wild Turkey (4)
Meleagris gallopavo
Williamson's Sapsucker (1)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Yellow Avens (1)
Geum aleppicum
Yellow Owl's-clover (1)
Orthocarpus luteus
Yellow Russula (1)
Russula claroflava
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Setophaga coronata
a fungus (1)
Leucopaxillus albissimus
a fungus (1)
Apiosporina morbosa
a fungus (1)
Floccularia albolanaripes
a fungus (1)
Catathelasma ventricosum
curlytop gumweed (1)
Grindelia nuda
fetid goosefoot (1)
Dysphania incisa
Federally Listed Species (5)

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.

Holy Ghost Ipomopsis
Ipomopsis sancti-spiritusEndangered
Mexican Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis lucidaThreatened
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimusEndangered
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Other Species of Concern (11)

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

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (9)

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.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Vegetation (8)

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

Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 567 ha
GNR43.1%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 268 ha
GNR20.3%
GNR14.5%
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 101 ha
GNR7.7%
Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 79 ha
GNR6.0%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 74 ha
GNR5.6%
G30.9%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 2 ha
G30.1%

Grass Mountain

Grass Mountain Roadless Area

Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico · 3,254 acres