Holy Ghost

Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · 2,352 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (246)

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

Holy Ghost Ipomopsis (20)
Ipomopsis sancti-spiritusEndangered
(6)
Campanula petiolata
(1)
Anticlea elegans
Abert's Squirrel (1)
Sciurus aberti
Alfalfa (1)
Medicago sativa
Alpine Cancer-root (2)
Conopholis alpina
Alpine Prickly Gooseberry (1)
Ribes montigenum
American Dipper (7)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Pinesap (21)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Robin (3)
Turdus migratorius
American Three-toed Woodpecker (1)
Picoides dorsalis
American Yellow Lady's-slipper (5)
Cypripedium parviflorum
Arizona Valerian (1)
Valeriana arizonica
Arrow-leaf Groundsel (1)
Senecio triangularis
Awnless Brome (5)
Bromus inermis
Band-tailed Pigeon (2)
Patagioenas fasciata
Bearberry (5)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Beard-lip Beardtongue (12)
Penstemon barbatus
Bebb's Willow (1)
Salix bebbiana
Bifid Harvestman (1)
Togwoteeus biceps
Bighorn Sheep (1)
Ovis canadensis
Birdbill Dayflower (1)
Commelina dianthifolia
Black Medic (2)
Medicago lupulina
Black-billed Magpie (7)
Pica hudsonia
Black-eyed-Susan (2)
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-throated Gray Warbler (1)
Setophaga nigrescens
Bladder Campion (2)
Silene latifolia
Blue Grama (1)
Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Spruce (1)
Picea pungens
Bonnet Mold (1)
Spinellus fusiger
Box-elder (1)
Acer negundo
Bracken Fern (3)
Pteridium aquilinum
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (9)
Selasphorus platycercus
Bronze Jumping Spider (1)
Eris militaris
Brown Trout (5)
Salmo trutta
Bull Elephant's-head (1)
Pedicularis groenlandica
Butter-and-eggs (1)
Linaria vulgaris
Californian False Hellebore (3)
Veratrum californicum
Calliope Hummingbird (4)
Selasphorus calliope
Canada Buffaloberry (2)
Shepherdia canadensis
Canada Violet (6)
Viola canadensis
Carolina Tassel-rue (1)
Trautvetteria caroliniensis
Chipping Sparrow (2)
Spizella passerina
Choke Cherry (4)
Prunus virginiana
Clasping Twisted-stalk (1)
Streptopus amplexifolius
Cockerell's Stonecrop (1)
Sedum cockerellii
Colorado Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany (3)
Cercocarpus montanus
Colorado Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe minor
Columbian Monkshood (7)
Aconitum columbianum
Columbian Virgin's-bower (4)
Clematis columbiana
Common Apple (1)
Malus domestica
Common Harvestman (2)
Phalangium opilio
Common Horehound (2)
Marrubium vulgare
Common Mullein (3)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Raven (2)
Corvus corax
Common Wintergreen (1)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Yarrow (6)
Achillea millefolium
Conifer Mazegill (1)
Gloeophyllum sepiarium
Cow-parsnip (13)
Heracleum maximum
Creeping Bellflower (1)
Campanula rapunculoides
Creeping Oregon-grape (3)
Berberis repens
Dark-eyed Junco (2)
Junco hyemalis
Dissected Bahia (2)
Hymenothrix dissecta
Douglas-fir (3)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dusky Grouse (3)
Dendragapus obscurus
Early Wood Lousewort (2)
Pedicularis canadensis
Fendler's Barberry (2)
Berberis fendleri
Fendler's Cowbane (1)
Oxypolis fendleri
Fendler's Ragwort (4)
Packera fendleri
Fendler's Whitethorn (2)
Ceanothus fendleri
Few-flower Shootingstar (10)
Primula pauciflora
Field Basil (1)
Clinopodium vulgare
Field Bindweed (2)
Convolvulus arvensis
Field Horsetail (3)
Equisetum arvense
Fireweed (8)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fleshy-fruit Yucca (2)
Yucca baccata
Fly Amanita (2)
Amanita muscaria
Four-line Honeysuckle (5)
Lonicera involucrata
Foxtail Barley (1)
Hordeum jubatum
Fremont's Squirrel (3)
Tamiasciurus fremonti
Gambel Oak (14)
Quercus gambelii
Geyer's Onion (2)
Allium geyeri
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (2)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Golden Currant (2)
Ribes aureum
Golden-Hardhack (1)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (9)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Goldenrod Crab Spider (6)
Misumena vatia
Grace's Warbler (1)
Setophaga graciae
Graceful Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla gracilis
Gray's Lousewort (11)
Pedicularis procera
Greater Short-horned Lizard (7)
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Greenhead Coneflower (9)
Rudbeckia laciniata
Ground Juniper (6)
Juniperus communis
Hairy Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera villosa
Hairy Valerian (2)
Valeriana edulis
Hooker's Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera elata
Horse Cinquefoil (2)
Potentilla hippiana
House Sparrow (1)
Passer domesticus
James' Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum jamesii
King Ranch Bluestem (1)
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Lanceleaf Sage (1)
Salvia reflexa
Las Vegas Tumble Mustard (1)
Mostacillastrum subauriculatum
Least Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias minimus
Lewis's Woodpecker (2)
Melanerpes lewis
Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
Melospiza lincolnii
Lobster Mushroom (3)
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Long-tailed Weasel (1)
Neogale frenata
Longleaf Mock Thelypody (1)
Pennellia longifolia
Longleaf Squirreltail (1)
Elymus longifolius
Many-flower Viguiera (1)
Heliomeris multiflora
Many-flowered Gromwell (11)
Lithospermum multiflorum
Meadow Goat's-beard (6)
Tragopogon dubius
Mountain Chickadee (1)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Maple (5)
Acer glabrum
Mountain Pennycress (5)
Noccaea fendleri
Mountain Snowberry (1)
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Mule Deer (16)
Odocoileus hemionus
Multiflora rose rust (1)
Phragmidium rosae-multiflorae
Musk Thistle (4)
Carduus nutans
Narrowleaf Cottonwood (1)
Populus angustifolia
Nevada Peavine (1)
Lathyrus lanszwertii
New Mexican Vervain (11)
Verbena macdougalii
New Mexico Locust (1)
Robinia neomexicana
Newberry's Woolly-white (2)
Hymenopappus newberryi
Nipple-seed Plantain (1)
Plantago major
Nodding Onion (9)
Allium cernuum
Northern Bedstraw (3)
Galium boreale
Northern Bog Violet (2)
Viola nephrophylla
Northern Flicker (1)
Colaptes auratus
Northern House Wren (2)
Troglodytes aedon
Northern Poison-oak (6)
Toxicodendron rydbergii
Nuttall's Pussytoes (3)
Antennaria parvifolia
Oceanspray (1)
Holodiscus discolor
Orchard Grass (2)
Dactylis glomerata
Osprey (2)
Pandion haliaetus
Oxeye Daisy (1)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Parry Thistle (5)
Cirsium parryi
Parry's Gentian (1)
Gentiana parryi
Parry's Northern Harebell (1)
Campanula parryi
Pearly Everlasting (3)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pin Clover (2)
Erodium cicutarium
Pine Siskin (1)
Spinus pinus
Pineywoods Geranium (10)
Geranium caespitosum
Pinyon Jay (1)
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalusUR
Plains Blackfoot (2)
Melampodium leucanthum
Plateau Fence Lizard (1)
Sceloporus tristichus
Prairie Flax (4)
Linum lewisii
Prairie Gentian (1)
Gentiana affinis
Purple Avens (1)
Geum rivale
Pygmy Nuthatch (5)
Sitta pygmaea
Quaking Aspen (7)
Populus tremuloides
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (5)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Baneberry (4)
Actaea rubra
Red Clover (11)
Trifolium pratense
Red Crossbill (1)
Loxia curvirostra
Red Elderberry (2)
Sambucus racemosa
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Sitta canadensis
Red-naped Sapsucker (4)
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-pod Stonecrop (1)
Rhodiola rhodantha
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Buteo jamaicensis
Richardson's Bitterweed (1)
Hymenoxys richardsonii
Richardson's Geranium (9)
Geranium richardsonii
Rock Squirrel (1)
Otospermophilus variegatus
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (5)
Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian (3)
Gentianopsis thermalis
Rocky Mountain Rush (1)
Juncus saximontanus
Rocky Mountain Townsend-daisy (2)
Townsendia eximia
Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine (1)
Pinus scopulorum
Rocky Mountainsnail (3)
Oreohelix strigosa
Rough Horsetail (1)
Equisetum hyemale
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Corthylio calendula
Rufous Hummingbird (6)
Selasphorus rufus
Sand Violet (1)
Viola adunca
Sangre de Cristo Woodlandsnail (3)
Ashmunella thomsoniana
Say's Phoebe (1)
Sayornis saya
Scaly Hedgehog (1)
Sarcodon imbricatus
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (1)
Echinocereus coccineus
Scarlet Skyrocket (10)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Seemly Sweetpea (1)
Lathyrus eucosmus
Self-heal (5)
Prunella vulgaris
Shamrock Orbweaver (1)
Araneus trifolium
Showy Fleabane (2)
Erigeron speciosus
Showy Green-gentian (5)
Frasera speciosa
Showy Milkweed (3)
Asclepias speciosa
Skunkbush (2)
Rhus trilobata
Slim Anise Mushroom (1)
Clitocybe fragrans
Smooth Blue Aster (1)
Symphyotrichum laeve
Smooth Greensnake (1)
Opheodrys vernalis
Smooth Oxeye (1)
Heliopsis helianthoides
Smooth Scouring-rush (2)
Equisetum laevigatum
Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum racemosum
Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (3)
Pinus brachyptera
Speckled Alder (3)
Alnus incana
Spotted Coralroot (2)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Knapweed (1)
Centaurea stoebe
Spotted Saxifrage (1)
Saxifraga bronchialis
Spreading Dogbane (11)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading Fleabane (1)
Erigeron divergens
Starflower Solomon's-plume (6)
Maianthemum stellatum
Steller's Jay (3)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Sticky False Starwort (1)
Pseudostellaria jamesiana
Striped Coralroot (2)
Corallorhiza striata
Sweetclover (4)
Melilotus officinalis
Terrestrial Gartersnake (5)
Thamnophis elegans
Thimbleberry (6)
Rubus parviflorus
Townsend's Solitaire (1)
Myadestes townsendi
Truncate Club Coral Fungus (1)
Clavariadelphus truncatus
Upright Prairie Coneflower (2)
Ratibida columnifera
Utah Serviceberry (1)
Amelanchier utahensis
Virgate Scorpionweed (2)
Phacelia heterophylla
Virginia Strawberry (3)
Fragaria virginiana
Water Puffball (1)
Lycoperdon perlatum
Watercress (1)
Nasturtium officinale
Wax Currant (1)
Ribes cereum
Western Blue Iris (13)
Iris missouriensis
Western Flycatcher (2)
Empidonax difficilis
Western Red Columbine (10)
Aquilegia elegantula
Western Tanager (1)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Wallflower (2)
Erysimum capitatum
Whipple's Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon whippleanus
White Checker-mallow (6)
Sidalcea candida
White Dunce Cap Mushroom (1)
Conocybe apala
White Fir (1)
Abies concolor
White Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus albus
White-stem Gooseberry (2)
Ribes inerme
Wholeleaf Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja integra
Wild Bergamot (10)
Monarda fistulosa
Wild Licorice (1)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Wilson's Warbler (2)
Cardellina pusilla
Winged Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum alatum
Wolf's Currant (1)
Ribes wolfii
Wood Lily (5)
Lilium philadelphicum
Woodland Strawberry (2)
Fragaria vesca
Woods' Rose (3)
Rosa woodsii
Wooton's Ragwort (2)
Senecio wootonii
Wright's Vervain (1)
Glandularia wrightii
Wyoming Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja linariifolia
Yellow-bellied Marmot (1)
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Setophaga coronata
a fungus (1)
Fomitopsis ochracea
a fungus (2)
Catathelasma ventricosum
a fungus (1)
Dacrymyces chrysospermus
a fungus (2)
Floccularia albolanaripes
a fungus (1)
Steccherinum ochraceum
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 (12)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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 (10)

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
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 (7)

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

Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 274 ha
GNR28.8%
GNR24.3%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 195 ha
GNR20.5%
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 133 ha
GNR14.0%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 54 ha
G35.7%
Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 50 ha
GNR5.2%
G30.2%

Holy Ghost

Holy Ghost Roadless Area

Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico · 2,352 acres