Jerico Mountain

Helena National Forest · Montana · 8,445 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (205)

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

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Campanula petiolata
Alsike Clover (1)
Trifolium hybridum
American Bistort (2)
Bistorta bistortoides
American False Hellebore (6)
Veratrum viride
American Harebell (1)
Campanula rotundifolia
American Pasqueflower (7)
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
American Speedwell (1)
Veronica americana
American Three-toed Woodpecker (4)
Picoides dorsalis
Antelope Bitterbrush (1)
Purshia tridentata
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (2)
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Beaked Sedge (1)
Carex utriculata
Bearberry (8)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bebb's Willow (1)
Salix bebbiana
Big-pod Mariposa Lily (4)
Calochortus eurycarpus
Black Henbane (2)
Hyoscyamus niger
Black Medic (1)
Medicago lupulina
Black-backed Woodpecker (2)
Picoides arcticus
Bladder Campion (3)
Silene latifolia
Bobcat (2)
Lynx rufus
Bull Elephant's-head (5)
Pedicularis groenlandica
Bushy-tailed Woodrat (1)
Neotoma cinerea
Canada Buffaloberry (3)
Shepherdia canadensis
Canada Jay (1)
Perisoreus canadensis
Canada Violet (1)
Viola canadensis
Capitate Sandwort (1)
Eremogone congesta
Cassin's Finch (1)
Haemorhous cassinii
Choke Cherry (2)
Prunus virginiana
Clasping Twisted-stalk (1)
Streptopus amplexifolius
Clustered Leatherflower (4)
Clematis hirsutissima
Common Camassia (4)
Camassia quamash
Common Hound's-tongue (5)
Cynoglossum officinale
Common Monkeyflower (3)
Erythranthe guttata
Common Mullein (4)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Raven (1)
Corvus corax
Common Tansy (1)
Tanacetum vulgare
Common Wintergreen (7)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Yarrow (3)
Achillea millefolium
Conifer Tuft (1)
Hypholoma capnoides
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Astur cooperii
Cougar (1)
Puma concolor
Cow-parsnip (2)
Heracleum maximum
Coyote (1)
Canis latrans
Creeping Oregon-grape (8)
Berberis repens
Crested-tongue Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon eriantherus
Curve-beak Lousewort (6)
Pedicularis contorta
Cushion Phlox (1)
Phlox pulvinata
Cutleaf Anemone (2)
Anemone multifida
Dalmatian Toadflax (1)
Linaria dalmatica
Douglas-fir (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Drummond's Thistle (1)
Cirsium scariosum
Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (2)
Erigeron compositus
Engelmann Spruce (1)
Picea engelmannii
Fairy Slipper (7)
Calypso bulbosa
Few-flower Shootingstar (2)
Primula pauciflora
Field Horsetail (4)
Equisetum arvense
Fireweed (13)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Flat-head Larkspur (1)
Delphinium bicolor
Foxtail Barley (1)
Hordeum jubatum
Fragile Fern (1)
Cystopteris fragilis
Garden Bird's-foot-trefoil (1)
Lotus corniculatus
Giant Pinedrops (1)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (1)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (1)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Goldenrod Crab Spider (1)
Misumena vatia
Graceful Cinquefoil (3)
Potentilla gracilis
Great Basin Wildrye (1)
Leymus cinereus
Great Blanket-flower (6)
Gaillardia aristata
Great Horned Owl (2)
Bubo virginianus
Green-flower Wintergreen (2)
Pyrola chlorantha
Greene's Mountain-ash (4)
Sorbus scopulina
Ground Juniper (4)
Juniperus communis
Grouseberry (1)
Vaccinium scoparium
Hairy False Goldenaster (1)
Heterotheca villosa
Hairy Woodpecker (2)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Heartleaf Arnica (7)
Arnica cordifolia
Hoary False Alyssum (4)
Berteroa incana
Hooker's Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria racemosa
Horse Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla hippiana
Jeffrey's Shootingstar (1)
Primula jeffreyi
Johnson's Tufted Jumping Spider (1)
Phidippus johnsoni
Lanceleaf Springbeauty (2)
Claytonia lanceolata
Lanceleaf Stonecrop (9)
Sedum lanceolatum
Large-flower Yellow Fawnlily (10)
Erythronium grandiflorum
Lewis' Mock Orange (2)
Philadelphus lewisii
Lewis' Monkeyflower (2)
Erythranthe lewisii
Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
Melospiza lincolnii
Linearleaf Phacelia (3)
Phacelia linearis
Littleleaf Alumroot (1)
Heuchera parvifolia
Lodgepole Pine (5)
Pinus contorta
Long-stalk Clover (2)
Trifolium longipes
MacGillivray's Warbler (1)
Geothlypis tolmiei
Many-flowered Woodrush (1)
Luzula multiflora
Marsh Valerian (4)
Valeriana sitchensis
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Meadow Timothy (1)
Phleum pratense
Mertens' Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza mertensiana
Mertens' Rush (1)
Juncus mertensianus
Moose (8)
Alces alces
Mountain Douglasia (3)
Androsace montana
Mountain Golden-banner (1)
Thermopsis montana
Mountain Lady's-slipper (1)
Cypripedium montanum
Mountain Maple (2)
Acer glabrum
Musk Thistle (8)
Carduus nutans
Narrowleaf Collomia (1)
Collomia linearis
Narrowleaf Cottonwood (1)
Populus angustifolia
Needle-and-Thread (1)
Hesperostipa comata
North American Red Squirrel (1)
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Northern Bedstraw (4)
Galium boreale
Northern Flicker (1)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Gentian (1)
Gentianella amarella
Northern House Wren (1)
Troglodytes aedon
Northern Pygmy-Owl (1)
Glaucidium gnoma
Northern Saw-whet Owl (1)
Aegolius acadicus
One-sided Wintergreen (1)
Orthilia secunda
Orange Agoseris (2)
Agoseris aurantiaca
Orchard Grass (2)
Dactylis glomerata
Oregon Bitterroot (1)
Lewisia rediviva
Pearly Everlasting (2)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pileated Woodpecker (3)
Dryocopus pileatus
Pine Grosbeak (1)
Pinicola enucleator
Pine Siskin (2)
Spinus pinus
Poker Alumroot (4)
Heuchera cylindrica
Prairie Agoseris (1)
Agoseris glauca
Prairie Flax (1)
Linum lewisii
Prairie Gentian (4)
Gentiana affinis
Prairie Junegrass (2)
Koeleria macrantha
Prairie-smoke (5)
Geum triflorum
Purple Avens (1)
Geum rivale
Purple Clematis (1)
Clematis occidentalis
Quaking Aspen (4)
Populus tremuloides
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (1)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Baneberry (4)
Actaea rubra
Red Crossbill (1)
Loxia curvirostra
Red Fox (2)
Vulpes vulpes
Red Raspberry (4)
Rubus idaeus
Red-osier Dogwood (3)
Cornus sericea
Richardson's Geranium (6)
Geranium richardsonii
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Juniper (1)
Juniperus scopulorum
Rosy Pussytoes (3)
Antennaria rosea
Rough Horsetail (2)
Equisetum hyemale
Rough-fruit Mandarin (2)
Prosartes trachycarpa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Corthylio calendula
Ruffed Grouse (2)
Bonasa umbellus
Sagebrush Bluebells (1)
Mertensia oblongifolia
Sagebrush Buttercup (1)
Ranunculus glaberrimus
Sand Violet (2)
Viola adunca
Saskatoon (4)
Amelanchier alnifolia
Self-heal (1)
Prunella vulgaris
Showy Green-gentian (9)
Frasera speciosa
Showy Jacob's-ladder (4)
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Showy Phlox (10)
Phlox speciosa
Shrubby Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon fruticosus
Silvery Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla argentea
Silvery Lupine (1)
Lupinus argenteus
Silvery Ragwort (1)
Packera cana
Slender Bog Orchid (1)
Platanthera stricta
Small-flower Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon procerus
Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary (2)
Collinsia parviflora
Small-flower Valerian (2)
Valeriana occidentalis
Snowshoe Hare (3)
Lepus americanus
Solomon's-plume (8)
Maianthemum racemosum
Speckled Alder (1)
Alnus incana
Spinyrib Wolf Spider (1)
Alopecosa aculeata
Spotted Coralroot (3)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Knapweed (1)
Centaurea stoebe
Spreading Dogbane (4)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spruce Grouse (1)
Canachites canadensis
Starflower Solomon's-plume (2)
Maianthemum stellatum
Sticky Geranium (11)
Geranium viscosissimum
Subalpine Fir (1)
Abies lasiocarpa
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (11)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Swainson's Thrush (1)
Catharus ustulatus
Sweet William (2)
Dianthus barbatus
Tall Cinquefoil (1)
Drymocallis arguta
Tall White Bog Orchid (5)
Platanthera dilatata
Thick-stem Aster (1)
Eurybia integrifolia
Thimbleberry (5)
Rubus parviflorus
Timber Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus miser
Towering Lousewort (1)
Pedicularis bracteosa
Twinflower (4)
Linnaea borealis
Umbellate Bastard Toad-flax (1)
Comandra umbellata
Upland Yellow Violet (2)
Viola praemorsa
Utah Honeysuckle (3)
Lonicera utahensis
Virginia Strawberry (4)
Fragaria virginiana
Wapiti (4)
Cervus canadensis
Wax Currant (1)
Ribes cereum
Western Deermouse (1)
Peromyscus sonoriensis
Western Gromwell (2)
Lithospermum ruderale
Western Roughleaf Violet (1)
Viola orbiculata
Western Turkeybeard (3)
Xerophyllum tenax
Western Wood-Pewee (1)
Contopus sordidulus
White Globe-flower (1)
Trollius albiflorus
White Point-vetch (1)
Oxytropis sericea
White-crowned Sparrow (2)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Wild Bergamot (1)
Monarda fistulosa
Willow Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax traillii
Wilson's Snipe (1)
Gallinago delicata
Wolf Lichen (2)
Letharia vulpina
Yellow Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum flavum
Yellow-bellied Marmot (3)
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Setophaga coronata
a bracket fungus (1)
Trichaptum abietinum
a fungus (1)
Maublancomyces montanus
tongues of fire (1)
Gymnosporangium clavariiforme
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 (8)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
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
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Vegetation (6)

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

Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 1,624 ha
GNR47.5%
Central Rockies Douglas-fir Forest
Tree / Conifer · 1,441 ha
GNR42.2%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 128 ha
GNR3.7%
Northern Rockies Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 57 ha
GNR1.7%
GNR0.9%
GNR0.9%

Jerico Mountain

Jerico Mountain Roadless Area

Helena National Forest, Montana · 8,445 acres