Lincoln Gulch

Helena National Forest · Montana · 8,250 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (34)

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

Alfalfa (1)
Medicago sativa
American False Hellebore (1)
Veratrum viride
American Pasqueflower (1)
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
Beaked Sedge (1)
Carex utriculata
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen (1)
Letharia columbiana
Buxbaum's Sedge (1)
Carex buxbaumii
Columbia Spotted Frog (2)
Rana luteiventris
Common St. John's-wort (1)
Hypericum perforatum
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Fescue Sandwort (1)
Eremogone capillaris
Heartleaf Arnica (1)
Arnica cordifolia
Mertens' Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza mertensiana
Mountain Maple (1)
Acer glabrum
Narrowleaf Cotton-grass (1)
Eriophorum angustifolium
Northwestern Sedge (1)
Carex concinnoides
Oregon Boxleaf (1)
Paxistima myrsinites
Pearly Everlasting (1)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Purple Clematis (1)
Clematis occidentalis
Rough-fruit Mandarin (1)
Prosartes trachycarpa
Sartwell's Sedge (1)
Carex sartwellii
Short Sedge (1)
Carex rossii
Slender Sedge (1)
Carex lasiocarpa
Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum racemosum
Square-twigged Huckleberry (1)
Vaccinium membranaceum
Streambank Globemallow (1)
Iliamna rivularis
Thimbleberry (1)
Rubus parviflorus
Tobacco Ceanothus (1)
Ceanothus velutinus
Utah Honeysuckle (1)
Lonicera utahensis
Water Sedge (1)
Carex aquatilis
Western Larch (1)
Larix occidentalis
Western Toad (1)
Anaxyrus boreas
Western Turkeybeard (2)
Xerophyllum tenax
Yellow Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum flavum
Yellow Sedge (1)
Carex flava
Federally Listed Species (7)

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
Bull Trout
Salvelinus confluentus
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 (13)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger surinamenisis
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus nataliae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (13)

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 Tern
Chlidonias niger
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Vegetation (8)

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

Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 1,165 ha
GNR34.9%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 796 ha
GNR23.8%
Central Rockies Douglas-fir Forest
Tree / Conifer · 725 ha
GNR21.7%
GNR9.0%
GNR3.5%
Northern Rockies Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 104 ha
GNR3.1%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 73 ha
GNR2.2%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 5 ha
G30.2%

Lincoln Gulch

Lincoln Gulch Roadless Area

Helena National Forest, Montana · 8,250 acres