North Mountain

Stanislaus National Forest · California · 7,856 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (311)

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

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Theatops californiensis
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Boechera arcuata
Acorn Woodpecker (4)
Melanerpes formicivorus
American Bird's-foot-trefoil (2)
Acmispon americanus
American Black Bear (4)
Ursus americanus
American Black Nightshade (2)
Solanum americanum
American Bullfrog (16)
Lithobates catesbeianus
American Coot (2)
Fulica americana
American Purple Vetch (1)
Vicia americana
American Robin (4)
Turdus migratorius
American Trailplant (1)
Adenocaulon bicolor
Amur Carp (1)
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Belted Kingfisher (1)
Megaceryle alcyon
Bentham's Bush Lupine (1)
Lupinus albifrons
Big Brown Bat (1)
Eptesicus fuscus
Bigelow's Sneezeweed (1)
Helenium bigelovii
Bigleaf Maple (5)
Acer macrophyllum
Bird's-foot Cliffbrake (3)
Pellaea mucronata
Black Phoebe (2)
Sayornis nigricans
Black-backed Woodpecker (2)
Picoides arcticus
Black-headed Grosbeak (2)
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (1)
Lepus californicus
Black-throated Gray Warbler (1)
Setophaga nigrescens
Blue Field Gilia (1)
Gilia capitata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1)
Polioptila caerulea
Bobcat (1)
Lynx rufus
Bolander's Monkeyflower (2)
Diplacus bolanderi
Bolander's Woodland-star (1)
Lithophragma bolanderi
Bracken Fern (7)
Pteridium aquilinum
Brewer Clover (1)
Trifolium breweri
Brewer's Blackbird (11)
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brewer's Monkeyflower (3)
Erythranthe breweri
Brewer's Peavine (2)
Lathyrus sulphureus
Brewer's Wildmint (1)
Monardella breweri
Bristly Dogtail Grass (2)
Cynosurus echinatus
Brown Creeper (1)
Certhia americana
Brown Missionbells (2)
Fritillaria micrantha
Brown-eyed Wolf Lichen (6)
Letharia columbiana
Bulbous Bluegrass (1)
Poa bulbosa
Bull Thistle (3)
Cirsium vulgare
Bullock's Oriole (1)
Icterus bullockii
Butterfly Mariposa Lily (10)
Calochortus venustus
California Ash (1)
Fraxinus dipetala
California Bay (2)
Umbellularia californica
California Black Oak (25)
Quercus kelloggii
California Blue-eyed-grass (4)
Sisyrinchium bellum
California Buckeye (6)
Aesculus californica
California Coffeeberry (2)
Frangula californica
California Flattened Jumping Spider (3)
Platycryptus californicus
California Ground Squirrel (7)
Otospermophilus beecheyi
California Mountain Kingsnake (1)
Lampropeltis zonata
California Pocket Mouse (1)
Chaetodipus californicus
California Torreya (1)
Torreya californica
California Yerba Santa (10)
Eriodictyon californicum
Canada Goose (4)
Branta canadensis
Canyon Live Oak (15)
Quercus chrysolepis
Canyon Liveforever (4)
Dudleya cymosa
Canyon Wren (1)
Catherpes mexicanus
Cassin's Finch (1)
Haemorhous cassinii
Chaparral Clarkia (1)
Clarkia affinis
Chaparral Honeysuckle (2)
Lonicera interrupta
Chipping Sparrow (1)
Spizella passerina
Choke Cherry (1)
Prunus virginiana
Clark's Nutcracker (1)
Nucifraga columbiana
Clasping-leaf Dogbane (1)
Apocynum cannabinum
Coast Night Snake (1)
Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus
Common Buttonbush (6)
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Common Chamise (3)
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Common Dandelion (1)
Taraxacum officinale
Common Hornwort (2)
Ceratophyllum demersum
Common Mullein (12)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Raven (5)
Corvus corax
Common Sagebrush Lizard (1)
Sceloporus graciosus
Common Wintergreen (1)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Woolly-sunflower (2)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (4)
Achillea millefolium
Crevice Alumroot (1)
Heuchera micrantha
Cutleaf Monkeyflower (10)
Erythranthe laciniata
Cutleaf Owl's-clover (1)
Castilleja lacera
Dark-eyed Junco (6)
Junco hyemalis
Deerbrush (10)
Ceanothus integerrimus
Dense Lace Fern (1)
Aspidotis densa
Deptford Pink (2)
Dianthus armeria
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (1)
Fuligo septica
Double Honeysuckle (1)
Lonicera conjugialis
Douglas' Squirrel (14)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Douglas' Wormwood (1)
Artemisia douglasiana
Douglas-fir (4)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Downy Woodpecker (2)
Dryobates pubescens
Durango Root (1)
Datisca glomerata
Elegant Clarkia (2)
Clarkia unguiculata
Emery Rocktripe Lichen (8)
Umbilicaria phaea
English Plantain (1)
Plantago lanceolata
Ensatina (1)
Ensatina eschscholtzii
Evening Snow (1)
Linanthus dichotomus
Evergreen Blackberry (1)
Rubus laciniatus
Fall Thistle (1)
Cirsium occidentale
False Puffball (1)
Reticularia lycoperdon
False Tarantula (1)
Calisoga longitarsis
Flattened Thornbush Lichen (1)
Kaernefeltia merrillii
Foothill Clover (1)
Trifolium ciliolatum
Fort Miller Clarkia (13)
Clarkia williamsonii
Fox Sparrow (5)
Passerella iliaca
Gaping Beardtongue (5)
Keckiella breviflora
Giant Pinedrops (7)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (1)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Giant Sequoia (2)
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Gilbert's Skink (2)
Plestiodon gilberti
Golden Currant (2)
Ribes aureum
Golden Eagle (2)
Aquila chrysaetos
Golden Fleece (6)
Ericameria arborescens
Golden Shiner (1)
Notemigonus crysoleucas
Golden Triteleia (3)
Triteleia ixioides
Golden-crowned Kinglet (1)
Regulus satrapa
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (1)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Gophersnake (3)
Pituophis catenifer
Granite-crack Monkeyflower (20)
Diplacus graniticola
Gray Fox (3)
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Great Gray Owl (2)
Strix nebulosa
Greenleaf Manzanita (1)
Arctostaphylos patula
Hairy Woodpecker (5)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hairy-pink (1)
Petrorhagia dubia
Hartweg's Iris (5)
Iris hartwegii
Hartweg's Wild Ginger (3)
Asarum hartwegii
Harvest Brodiaea (2)
Brodiaea elegans
Helmeted Guineafowl (2)
Numida meleagris
Hoary Tansy-aster (1)
Dieteria canescens
Hollyleaf Redberry (2)
Rhamnus ilicifolia
House Centipede (1)
Scutigera coleoptrata
House Finch (1)
Haemorhous mexicanus
Hummingbird-trumpet (2)
Epilobium canum
Incense Cedar (21)
Calocedrus decurrens
Incense Cedar Conk (1)
Tyromyces amarus
Indian Manzanita (1)
Arctostaphylos mewukka
Interior Live Oak (3)
Quercus wislizeni
Johnson's Tufted Jumping Spider (1)
Phidippus johnsoni
Kellogg's Monkeyflower (1)
Diplacus kelloggii
Lace Lipfern (1)
Myriopteris gracillima
Large-flower Collomia (22)
Collomia grandiflora
Lark Sparrow (1)
Chondestes grammacus
Lawrence's Goldfinch (2)
Spinus lawrencei
Layne's Monkeyflower (8)
Diplacus layneae
Lazuli Bunting (6)
Passerina amoena
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily (9)
Calochortus leichtlinii
Lesser Goldfinch (5)
Spinus psaltria
Lewis's Woodpecker (1)
Melanerpes lewis
Linear-lobed Owl's-clover (4)
Castilleja lineariloba
MacGillivray's Warbler (1)
Geothlypis tolmiei
Mariposa Phacelia (9)
Phacelia vallicola
Meadow Barley (1)
Hordeum brachyantherum
Meadow Goat's-beard (2)
Tragopogon dubius
Mexican Catchfly (4)
Silene laciniata
Milky Kelloggia (2)
Kelloggia galioides
Mountain Bluecurls (1)
Trichostema oblongum
Mountain Chickadee (1)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Lady's-slipper (1)
Cypripedium montanum
Mountain Quail (4)
Oreortyx pictus
Mourning Dove (1)
Zenaida macroura
Mule Deer (12)
Odocoileus hemionus
Naked Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nudum
Narrow-petal Trillium (1)
Trillium angustipetalum
Narrowleaf Milkweed (2)
Asclepias fascicularis
Narrowleaf Owl's-clover (1)
Castilleja attenuata
Newberry's Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon newberryi
Nipple-seed Plantain (1)
Plantago major
Northern Flicker (5)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Harrier (1)
Circus hudsonius
Northern Pygmy-Owl (3)
Glaucidium gnoma
Northern Yellow Warbler (1)
Setophaga aestiva
Northwestern Pond Turtle (1)
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
One-seed Pussy-paws (2)
Calyptridium monospermum
Oracle Oak (2)
Quercus × morehus
Orange Peel Fungus (1)
Aleuria aurantia
Pacific Bleedingheart (1)
Dicentra formosa
Pacific Dogwood (5)
Cornus nuttallii
Pacific Grove Clover (1)
Trifolium obtusiflorum
Pacific Treefrog (8)
Pseudacris regilla
Pansy Monkeyflower (13)
Diplacus pulchellus
Pearly Everlasting (1)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Perennial Pea (2)
Lathyrus latifolius
Pied-billed Grebe (2)
Podilymbus podiceps
Pileated Woodpecker (4)
Dryocopus pileatus
Pin Clover (1)
Erodium cicutarium
Pine Violet (5)
Viola lobata
Pine Violet (1)
Viola purpurea
Pink Alumroot (1)
Heuchera rubescens
Pond Slider (1)
Trachemys scripta
Ponderosa Pine (4)
Pinus ponderosa
Prairie Flax (2)
Linum lewisii
Prickly Lettuce (1)
Lactuca serriola
Purple Finch (1)
Haemorhous purpureus
Purple Milkweed (23)
Asclepias cordifolia
Purple Nightshade (1)
Solanum xanti
Quaking Aspen (4)
Populus tremuloides
Quick's Scorpionweed (2)
Phacelia quickii
Raccoon (1)
Procyon lotor
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (4)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Owl's-clover (1)
Castilleja exserta
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Sitta canadensis
Red-osier Dogwood (4)
Cornus sericea
Red-shouldered Hawk (4)
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk (5)
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-winged Blackbird (4)
Agelaius phoeniceus
Rose Clover (1)
Trifolium hirtum
Rose Meadowsweet (2)
Spiraea splendens
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Corthylio calendula
Sacred Thorn-apple (1)
Datura wrightii
San Diego Raspberry (1)
Rubus glaucifolius
San Francisco Broomrape (2)
Aphyllon franciscanum
Sand-loving Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe arenaria
Sandhill Crane (1)
Antigone canadensis
Scarlet Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe cardinalis
Sculpted Puffball (1)
Calvatia sculpta
Sedge-leaf Whitethorn (3)
Ceanothus cuneatus
Self-heal (2)
Prunella vulgaris
Shaggy Mane (3)
Coprinus comatus
Showy Milkweed (8)
Asclepias speciosa
Showy Tarweed (4)
Madia elegans
Sierra Currant (1)
Ribes nevadense
Sierra Downingia (1)
Downingia montana
Sierra Gartersnake (1)
Thamnophis couchii
Sierra Gooseberry (13)
Ribes roezlii
Sierra Jewelflower (5)
Streptanthus tortuosus
Sierra Lessingia (14)
Lessingia leptoclada
Sierra Lupine (4)
Lupinus grayi
Sierra Mariposa Lily (2)
Calochortus minimus
Sierra Mountain-misery (27)
Chamaebatia foliolosa
Sierra Newt (5)
Taricha sierrae
Sierra Onion (1)
Allium campanulatum
Sierra Suncup (2)
Camissonia sierrae
Sierra Threadplant (1)
Nemacladus interior
Sierra Tidy-tips (1)
Layia pentachaeta
Silvery Hairgrass (1)
Aira caryophyllea
Slender-stemmed Monkeyflower (29)
Erythranthe filicaulis
Small Skeletonplant (1)
Stephanomeria exigua
Small Southern Clarkia (2)
Clarkia australis
Small-flower Woodland-star (1)
Lithophragma parviflorum
Small-head Tarweed (1)
Hemizonella minima
Smelly Oyster (4)
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Snowberry (1)
Symphoricarpos albus
Snowplant (6)
Sarcodes sanguinea
Southern Alligator Lizard (1)
Elgaria multicarinata
Star Rosette Lichen (1)
Physcia stellaris
Steller's Jay (21)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Sticky Brown-stain Blue-eyed Mary (2)
Collinsia tinctoria
Stivers' Annual Lupine (32)
Lupinus stiversii
Streambank Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia parviflora
Striped Skunk (2)
Mephitis mephitis
Sugar Pine (8)
Pinus lambertiana
Sulphur Shelf (1)
Laetiporus gilbertsonii
Sulphur Tuft (1)
Hypholoma fasciculare
Sunshine Amanita (3)
Amanita aprica
Superb Mariposa Lily (8)
Calochortus superbus
Tall Tumble-mustard (1)
Sisymbrium altissimum
Thymeleaf Speedwell (1)
Veronica serpyllifolia
Tiger Whiptail (5)
Aspidoscelis tigris
Tongue Clarkia (4)
Clarkia rhomboidea
Torrey's Monkeyflower (11)
Diplacus torreyi
Turkey Vulture (4)
Cathartes aura
Twining Snakelily (1)
Dichelostemma volubile
Two-lobed Clarkia (6)
Clarkia biloba
Valley Oakmoss Lichen (1)
Evernia prunastri
Variable-leaf Baby-blue-eyes (1)
Nemophila heterophylla
Varied Thrush (1)
Ixoreus naevius
Veiled Polypore (8)
Cryptoporus volvatus
Vine Maple (1)
Acer circinatum
Wand Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum roseum
Water Smartweed (1)
Persicaria amphibia
Watercress (1)
Nasturtium officinale
Watershield (2)
Brasenia schreberi
Wavyleaf Soap-plant (2)
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Western Aster (1)
Symphyotrichum ascendens
Western Azalea (3)
Rhododendron occidentale
Western Bird's-foot-trefoil (1)
Acmispon glaber
Western Black Widow Spider (3)
Latrodectus hesperus
Western Blue Iris (3)
Iris missouriensis
Western Bluebird (6)
Sialia mexicana
Western Columbine (2)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Fence Lizard (3)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Forest Scorpion (1)
Uroctonus mordax
Western Gray Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon laetus
Western Gray Squirrel (5)
Sciurus griseus
Western Kingbird (1)
Tyrannus verticalis
Western Poison-oak (1)
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Western Rattlesnake (5)
Crotalus oreganus
Western Sweet-shrub (7)
Calycanthus occidentalis
Western Tanager (2)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Toad (1)
Anaxyrus boreas
White Barrel Bird's Nest (1)
Nidula niveotomentosa
White Fir (4)
Abies concolor
White Meadowfoam (2)
Limnanthes alba
White-headed Woodpecker (12)
Leuconotopicus albolarvatus
White-stem Raspberry (2)
Rubus leucodermis
Whiteleaf Manzanita (10)
Arctostaphylos viscida
Williamson's Sapsucker (1)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Wolf Lichen (8)
Letharia vulpina
Wood Duck (2)
Aix sponsa
Woodland Strawberry (4)
Fragaria vesca
Woolly Panicgrass (1)
Dichanthelium lanuginosum
Yellow Map Lichen (2)
Rhizocarpon geographicum
Yellow Pincushion (2)
Chaenactis glabriuscula
Yellow-bellied Marmot (2)
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-rumped Warbler (3)
Setophaga coronata
Yosemite Tarweed (2)
Jensia yosemitana
a fungus (1)
Boletus rex-veris
a fungus (1)
Morchella tridentina
a fungus (2)
Neolentinus ponderosus
a fungus (1)
Agaricus subrutilescens
blue dicks (1)
Dipterostemon capitatus
turkey mullein (4)
Croton setiger
Federally Listed Species (9)

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.

California Red-legged Frog
Rana draytoniiThreatened
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Rana sierraeEndangered
California Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis occidentalis
Fisher
Pekania pennanti
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Other Species of Concern (19)

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

American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
California Gull
Larus californicus
California Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis occidentalis
California Thrasher
Toxostoma redivivum
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Spinus lawrencei
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (18)

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.

American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
California Gull
Larus californicus
California Thrasher
Toxostoma redivivum
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Spinus lawrencei
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Vegetation (9)

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

California Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,422 ha
GNR44.7%
California Foothill Mixed Oak Woodland
Tree / Hardwood · 931 ha
GNR29.3%
GNR6.8%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 207 ha
GNR6.5%
California Mountain Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 110 ha
GNR3.5%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 95 ha
GNR3.0%
GNR1.5%
Sierra Nevada Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 42 ha
1.3%

North Mountain

North Mountain Roadless Area

Stanislaus National Forest, California · 7,856 acres