Little Sandstone

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Wyoming · 5,483 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (23)

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

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Navarretia furnissii
Bristly Mousetail (1)
Myosurus apetalus
Bulbous Bluegrass (1)
Poa bulbosa
Bulbous Woodland-star (1)
Lithophragma glabrum
Field Pepper-grass (1)
Lepidium campestre
Great Basin Nemophila (1)
Nemophila breviflora
Greater Sage-Grouse (1)
Centrocercus urophasianus
Lanceleaf Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia lanceolata
Northern Leopard Frog (2)
Lithobates pipiens
Northern Mule's-ears (1)
Wyethia amplexicaulis
Panicled Willowherb (1)
Epilobium brachycarpum
Prairie Rattlesnake (1)
Crotalus viridis
Pronghorn (1)
Antilocapra americana
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon strictus
Small-flower Blue-eyed Mary (1)
Collinsia parviflora
Small-flower Woodland-star (1)
Lithophragma parviflorum
Snowshoe Hare (1)
Lepus americanus
Streambank Globemallow (1)
Iliamna rivularis
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Three-nerve Fleabane (1)
Erigeron subtrinervis
Upland Yellow Violet (1)
Viola praemorsa
Western Tiger Salamander (2)
Ambystoma mavortium
Yellow Owl's-clover (1)
Orthocarpus luteus
Federally Listed Species (8)

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.

Bonytail
Gila elegansEndangered
Humpback Chub
Gila cyphaThreatened
Canada Lynx
Lynx canadensis
Colorado Pikeminnow
Ptychocheilus luciusE, XN
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Razorback Sucker
Xyrauchen texanusE, PT
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (14)

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
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus nataliae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (12)

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
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Vegetation (12)

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

Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 676 ha
GNR30.5%
Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 500 ha
GNR22.5%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 291 ha
GNR13.1%
GNR11.3%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 157 ha
GNR7.1%
G32.4%
GNR1.9%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 39 ha
G31.7%
G31.6%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 31 ha
GNR1.4%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 7 ha
G20.3%

Little Sandstone

Little Sandstone Roadless Area

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Wyoming · 5,483 acres