Pennock Mountain

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest · Wyoming · 9,599 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (21)

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

American Dragonhead (1)
Dracocephalum parviflorum
American Three-toed Woodpecker (1)
Picoides dorsalis
Aspen Roughstem (1)
Leccinum insigne
Clark's Nutcracker (1)
Nucifraga columbiana
Creeping Oregon-grape (2)
Berberis repens
Fairy Slipper (1)
Calypso bulbosa
Field Horsetail (1)
Equisetum arvense
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus (1)
Parnassia fimbriata
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (1)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Greater Sage-Grouse (1)
Centrocercus urophasianus
Meadow Popcorn-flower (1)
Plagiobothrys scouleri
Moose (1)
Alces alces
Mountain Tarweed (1)
Madia glomerata
Nuttall's Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus nuttallii
Oregon Bitterroot (1)
Lewisia rediviva
Purple Clematis (1)
Clematis occidentalis
Red Baneberry (1)
Actaea rubra
Scarlet Skyrocket (1)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Small-flower Valerian (2)
Valeriana occidentalis
Terrestrial Gartersnake (1)
Thamnophis elegans
Timber Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus convallarius
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.

Pallid Sturgeon
Scaphirhynchus albusEndangered
Western Prairie White-fringed Orchid
Platanthera praeclaraThreatened
Canada Lynx
Lynx canadensis
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodusE, T
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Whooping Crane
Grus americanaE, XN
Other Species of Concern (1)

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

Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (1)

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.

Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Vegetation (9)

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

Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 2,127 ha
GNR54.8%
Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 533 ha
GNR13.7%
GNR11.0%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 238 ha
GNR6.1%
GNR5.7%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 178 ha
GNR4.6%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 47 ha
G31.2%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 39 ha
GNR1.0%
G30.0%

Pennock Mountain

Pennock Mountain Roadless Area

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Wyoming · 9,599 acres