Peralta Ridge

Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · 4,027 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (32)

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

Beard-lip Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon barbatus
Bracken Fern (3)
Pteridium aquilinum
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus platycercus
Brook-pimpernel (1)
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Butterfly Milkweed (1)
Asclepias tuberosa
Cooper's Hawk (3)
Astur cooperii
Creeping Thistle (2)
Cirsium arvense
Desert Groundsel (1)
Senecio eremophilus
Feather-plume Dalea (1)
Dalea formosa
Fireweed (1)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Four-wing Saltbush (1)
Atriplex canescens
Green-tailed Towhee (1)
Pipilo chlorurus
Greenhead Coneflower (1)
Rudbeckia laciniata
Hairy Woodpecker (2)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hooker's Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera elata
Jemez Woodlandsnail (1)
Ashmunella ashmuni
Leafy Jacob's-ladder (1)
Polemonium foliosissimum
New Mexico Locust (1)
Robinia neomexicana
Northern House Wren (1)
Troglodytes aedon
One-sided Wintergreen (1)
Orthilia secunda
Parry Thistle (1)
Cirsium parryi
Pink Plains Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon ambiguus
Pygmy Nuthatch (1)
Sitta pygmaea
Quaking Aspen (2)
Populus tremuloides
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Buteo jamaicensis
Richardson's Geranium (2)
Geranium richardsonii
Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (2)
Pinus brachyptera
Western Tanager (1)
Piranga ludoviciana
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Wild Turkey (1)
Meleagris gallopavo
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Setophaga coronata
a fungus (1)
Pleurotus populinus
Federally Listed Species (6)

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.

Jemez Mountains Salamander
Plethodon neomexicanusEndangered
Mexican Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis lucidaThreatened
Mexican Wolf
Canis lupus baileyiE, XN
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (16)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte atrata
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte australis
California Gull
Larus californicus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (14)

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 Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte atrata
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
Leucosticte australis
California Gull
Larus californicus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Vegetation (8)

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

Rocky Mountain Gambel Oak Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 732 ha
GNR44.9%
GNR18.1%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 177 ha
GNR10.9%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 155 ha
G39.5%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 141 ha
GNR8.6%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 41 ha
GNR2.5%
G30.5%
G30.3%

Peralta Ridge

Peralta Ridge Roadless Area

Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico · 4,027 acres