Home/Areas/AK/ North Wrangell

North Wrangell

Tongass National Forest · Alaska · 8,091 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)

Take Action Now

Learn How You Can Help

Click map to expand

Observed Species (255)

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

(1)
Ctenodiscus crispatus

Alaska Blue-eyed-grass (1)
Sisyrinchium littorale

Alaska Blueberry (5)
Vaccinium alaskaense

Alaska-cedar (7)
Callitropsis nootkatensis

Aleutian Maidenhair Fern (1)
Adiantum aleuticum

Alpine Blueberry (2)
Vaccinium uliginosum

Alpine Bog Laurel (13)
Kalmia microphylla

American Crow (4)
Corvus brachyrhynchos

American Dipper (1)
Cinclus mexicanus

American Dunegrass (1)
Leymus mollis

American Ermine (1)
Mustela richardsonii

American False Hellebore (3)
Veratrum viride

American Pinesap (2)
Monotropa hypopitys

American Robin (2)
Turdus migratorius

American Speedwell (1)
Veronica americana

American Wigeon (4)
Mareca americana

Angel Wings (2)
Pleurocybella porrigens

Apricot Jelly Fungus (2)
Guepinia helvelloides

Artist's Bracket (1)
Ganoderma applanatum

Bald Eagle (8)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL

Barrow's Goldeneye (6)
Bucephala islandica

Belted Kingfisher (2)
Megaceryle alcyon

Big Skate (1)
Beringraja binoculata

Big-eyed Comb-tailed Spider (1)
Ethobuella tuonops

Black Arion Slug (1)
Arion ater

Black Cottonwood (4)
Populus trichocarpa

Black Crowberry (2)
Empetrum nigrum

Black Turnstone (4)
Arenaria melanocephala

Blackbelly Eelpout (1)
Lycodes pacificus

Blackened Waxgill (1)
Hygrocybe conica

Blue-gray Rosette Lichen (1)
Physcia caesia

Bog Buckbean (7)
Menyanthes trifoliata

Bonaparte's Gull (5)
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Bracken Fern (3)
Pteridium aquilinum

Braun's Holly Fern (1)
Polystichum braunii

Bridge Orbweaver (1)
Larinioides sclopetarius

Broad-petal Gentian (2)
Gentiana platypetala

Brown Bear (1)
Ursus arctos

Bufflehead (1)
Bucephala albeola

Bull Kelp (1)
Nereocystis luetkeana

Cabbage Lung Lichen (3)
Lobaria linita

California Black Currant (2)
Ribes bracteosum

California Gull (1)
Larus californicus

California Sea Cucumber (1)
Apostichopus californicus

Canada Goose (4)
Branta canadensis

Canada Sandspurry (1)
Spergularia canadensis

Candy Lichen (8)
Icmadophila ericetorum

Cat's Tail Moss (1)
Pseudisothecium stoloniferum

Cedar Leaf Blight (1)
Didymascella thujina

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (3)
Poecile rufescens

Chinook Salmon (1)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Clasping Twisted-stalk (1)
Streptopus amplexifolius

Cloudberry (8)
Rubus chamaemorus

Common Butterwort (1)
Pinguicula vulgaris

Common Comfrey (2)
Symphytum officinale

Common Dandelion (1)
Taraxacum officinale

Common Eyebright (1)
Euphrasia nemorosa

Common Goat's-beard (4)
Aruncus dioicus

Common Labrador-tea (16)
Rhododendron groenlandicum

Common Loon (2)
Gavia immer

Common Merganser (1)
Mergus merganser

Common Raven (4)
Corvus corax

Common Rock Louse (1)
Ligia pallasii

Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium

Contorted Hair Moss (1)
Pogonatum contortum

Cow-parsnip (15)
Heracleum maximum

Creeping Bellflower (1)
Campanula rapunculoides

Creeping Buttercup (4)
Ranunculus repens

Dark-eyed Junco (5)
Junco hyemalis

Deer Fern (9)
Struthiopteris spicant

Devil's-club (22)
Oplopanax horridus

Dog Vomit Slime Mold (1)
Fuligo septica

Dyer's Polypore (3)
Phaeolus schweinitzii

English Sundew (1)
Drosera anglica

Eurasian Collared-Dove (1)
Streptopelia decaocto

European Mountain-ash (4)
Sorbus aucuparia

European Starling (1)
Sturnus vulgaris

False Chanterelle (1)
Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca

False Lily-of-the-Valley (6)
Maianthemum dilatatum

Fan Moss (6)
Rhizomnium glabrescens

Fat Gaper (1)
Tresus capax

Few-flower Shootingstar (1)
Primula pauciflora

Field Horsetail (2)
Equisetum arvense

Fireweed (6)
Chamaenerion angustifolium

Five-leaf Dwarf Bramble (2)
Rubus pedatus

Flaming Pholiota (1)
Pholiota flammans

Fly Amanita (8)
Amanita muscaria

Foolish Mussel (2)
Mytilus trossulus

Fox Sparrow (3)
Passerella iliaca

Fragmenting Coral Lichen (1)
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii

Frilled Dogwinkle (1)
Nucella lamellosa

Garden Bird's-foot-trefoil (1)
Lotus corniculatus

Garden Lady's-mantle (1)
Alchemilla mollis

Gassy Webcap (1)
Cortinarius traganus

Golden-crowned Kinglet (2)
Regulus satrapa

Golden-crowned Sparrow (2)
Zonotrichia atricapilla

Great Blue Heron (10)
Ardea herodias

Ground Juniper (1)
Juniperus communis

Gurney's Sea Pen (1)
Ptilosarcus gurneyi

Gutweed (1)
Ulva intestinalis

Hairy Hermit Crab (2)
Pagurus hirsutiusculus

Hairy Willowherb (1)
Epilobium ciliatum

Hanging Moss (1)
Antitrichia curtipendula

Harbor Seal (1)
Phoca vitulina

Harlequin Duck (6)
Histrionicus histrionicus

Herb-Robert (3)
Geranium robertianum

Hermit Thrush (1)
Catharus guttatus

Hoary Rock Moss (1)
Racomitrium lanuginosum

Horned Grebe (3)
Podiceps auritus

Iceland Gull (1)
Larus glaucoides

Jellied Bird's Nest Fungus (2)
Nidula candida

Killdeer (4)
Charadrius vociferus

King Bolete (2)
Boletus edulis

Knight's Plume Moss (1)
Ptilium crista-castrensis

Lace Foamflower (6)
Tiarella trifoliata

Lanky Moss (3)
Rhytidiadelphus loreus

Large Fringe-cup (1)
Tellima grandiflora

Largeleaf Avens (4)
Geum macrophyllum

Largeleaf Lupine (1)
Lupinus polyphyllus

Least Sandpiper (3)
Calidris minutilla

Lettuce Lichen (1)
Lobaria oregana

Lichen Agaric (1)
Lichenomphalia ericetorum

Licorice Fern (4)
Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Lindberg's Sphagnum (1)
Sphagnum lindbergii

Livid Sedge (1)
Carex livida

Lodgepole Pine (7)
Pinus contorta

Majestic Amanita (1)
Amanita augusta

Mallard (2)
Anas platyrhynchos

Meadow Waxgill (1)
Cuphophyllus pratensis

Mertens' Saxifrage (1)
Saxifraga mertensiana

Methuselah's Beard Lichen (2)
Usnea longissima

Moonglow Anemone (1)
Anthopleura artemisia

Moose (2)
Alces alces

Mottled Star (2)
Evasterias troschelii

Mountain Cranberry (3)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Mountain Hemlock (5)
Tsuga mertensiana

Mountain Star-thistle (1)
Centaurea montana

Mule Deer (10)
Odocoileus hemionus

Narrowed Tick (1)
Ixodes angustus

Nootka Lupine (4)
Lupinus nootkatensis

North American Porcupine (2)
Erethizon dorsatum

North American Red Squirrel (3)
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Northern Flicker (1)
Colaptes auratus

Northern Red Belt (2)
Fomitopsis mounceae

Northwestern Spined Laceweaver (1)
Cybaeopsis wabritaska

Nuttall's Cockle (1)
Clinocardium nuttallii

One-flowered Wintergreen (1)
Moneses uniflora

Orange-brown Waxgill (1)
Gliophorus laetus

Orange-crowned Warbler (1)
Leiothlypis celata

Oregon Beaked Moss (1)
Kindbergia oregana

Oval-leaf Huckleberry (12)
Vaccinium ovalifolium

Oxeye Daisy (4)
Leucanthemum vulgare

Pacific Bananaslug (1)
Ariolimax columbianus

Pacific Lion's Mane Jelly (1)
Cyanea ferruginea

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin (2)
Leptocottus armatus

Pacific Wren (2)
Troglodytes pacificus

Pear-shaped Puffball (1)
Apioperdon pyriforme

Pearly Everlasting (2)
Anaphalis margaritacea

Pigeon Guillemot (2)
Cepphus columba

Purple Foxglove (6)
Digitalis purpurea

Queen's veil mountain fern (3)
Oreopteris quelpartensis

Ragfish (2)
Icosteus aenigmaticus

Red Alder (5)
Alnus rubra

Red Clover (2)
Trifolium pratense

Red Elderberry (6)
Sambucus racemosa

Red Huckleberry (13)
Vaccinium parvifolium

Red-throated Loon (1)
Gavia stellata

Rex Sole (1)
Glyptocephalus zachirus

Rock Pigeon (1)
Columba livia

Rockweed (4)
Fucus distichus

Rockweed Isopod (1)
Pentidotea wosnesenskii

Rough-skinned Newt (3)
Taricha granulosa

Roundleaf Sundew (6)
Drosera rotundifolia

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Corthylio calendula

Running Clubmoss (3)
Lycopodium clavatum

Salmonberry (21)
Rubus spectabilis

Sand Star (1)
Luidia foliolata

Sandhill Crane (1)
Antigone canadensis

Savannah Sparrow (1)
Passerculus sandwichensis

Scaly Pholiota (1)
Pholiota squarrosa

Sea Otter (1)
Enhydra lutris

Seabeach Sandwort (3)
Honckenya peploides

Self-heal (7)
Prunella vulgaris

Shaggy Peatmoss (1)
Sphagnum squarrosum

Shiner Perch (2)
Cymatogaster aggregata

Short-billed Gull (2)
Larus brachyrhynchus

Sitka Spruce (13)
Picea sitchensis

Sitka Willow (3)
Salix sitchensis

Six-spotted Yellow Orbweaver (1)
Araniella displicata

Slender-sepal Marsh-marigold (5)
Caltha leptosepala

Smooth Yellow Woodland Violet (4)
Viola glabella

Snakeskin Liverwort (1)
Conocephalum conicum

Song Sparrow (10)
Melospiza melodia

Spleenwortleaf Goldthread (2)
Coptis aspleniifolia

Spreading Woodfern (3)
Dryopteris expansa

Stairstep Moss (2)
Hylocomium splendens

Steller's Jay (7)
Cyanocitta stelleri

Stereo Tooth (1)
Hydnellum stereosarcinon

Stiff Clubmoss (1)
Spinulum annotinum

Subalpine Fleabane (1)
Erigeron peregrinus

Subarctic Ladyfern (7)
Athyrium filix-femina

Sulphur Tuft (2)
Hypholoma fasciculare

Surf Scoter (1)
Melanitta perspicillata

Swamp Gentian (2)
Gentiana douglasiana

Tall Buttercup (1)
Ranunculus acris

Thatched Barnacle (1)
Semibalanus cariosus

Thimbleberry (15)
Rubus parviflorus

Tomentose Suillus (1)
Suillus tomentosus

Trailing Black Currant (2)
Ribes laxiflorum

Truncated Laceweaver (1)
Callobius pictus

Tufted Clubrush (1)
Trichophorum cespitosum

Tufted Collybia (2)
Collybiopsis confluens

Turkey Tail (1)
Trametes versicolor

Twinflower (4)
Linnaea borealis

Umbonate Slippery Jack (1)
Suillus umbonatus

Varied Thrush (5)
Ixoreus naevius

Violet-green Swallow (3)
Tachycineta thalassina

Washington Butterclam (1)
Saxidomus gigantea

Water Puffball (2)
Lycoperdon perlatum

Western Columbine (1)
Aquilegia formosa

Western Dwarf Dogwood (26)
Cornus unalaschkensis

Western Flycatcher (1)
Empidonax difficilis

Western Hemlock (12)
Tsuga heterophylla

Western Hemlock-parsley (1)
Conioselinum gmelinii

Western Red-cedar (11)
Thuja plicata

Western Sandpiper (1)
Calidris mauri

Western Toad (2)
Anaxyrus boreas

White Clover (1)
Trifolium repens

White-crested Coral Fungus (2)
Clavulina coralloides

White-crowned Sparrow (2)
Zonotrichia leucophrys

Wilson's Warbler (1)
Cardellina pusilla

Winter Chanterelle (7)
Craterellus tubaeformis

Woodland Forget-me-not (1)
Myosotis sylvatica

Yellow Skunk Cabbage (28)
Lysichiton americanus

Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Setophaga coronata

Yellowleg Bonnet (1)
Mycena epipterygia

a bracket fungus (1)
Neolentinus kauffmanii

a fungus (1)
Humidicutis marginata

a fungus (2)
Helvella vespertina

a fungus (1)
Lactarius olivaceoumbrinus

a fungus (9)
Laetiporus conifericola

a fungus (1)
Gymnopilus punctifolius

a fungus (4)
Guepiniopsis alpina

a fungus (1)
Gloiodon occidentalis

a fungus (1)
Ganoderma oregonense

a fungus (7)
Fomitopsis ochracea

a fungus (1)
Porphyrellus porphyrosporus

a fungus (1)
Pycnoporellus fulgens

a fungus (1)
Cortinarius smithii

a fungus (1)
Tilachlidium brachiatum

a fungus (1)
Cortinarius seidliae

a fungus (1)
Cantharellus roseocanus

a fungus (4)
Cantharellus formosus

a fungus (1)
Aureoboletus mirabilis

a fungus (1)
Alloclavaria purpurea

Federally Listed Species (1)

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.

Short-tailed albatross
Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus