Rough Creek

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · Nevada · 8,476 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (91)

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

American Goshawk (1)
Astur atricapillus
Bailey's Greasewood (3)
Sarcobatus baileyi
Baretwig Neststraw (1)
Stylocline psilocarphoides
Basin Yellow Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya confertiflora
Bighorn Sheep (1)
Ovis canadensis
Birdnest Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nidularium
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (1)
Lepus californicus
Blue Mountain Rockcress (1)
Boechera puberula
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (1)
Elymus elymoides
Bristly Combseed (1)
Pectocarya setosa
Broad-flower Pincushion (2)
Chaenactis stevioides
Brook-pimpernel (1)
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Brown-eye Suncup (3)
Chylismia claviformis
Carson City Larkspur (1)
Delphinium andersonii
Case's Milkvetch (4)
Astragalus casei
Coyote Tobacco (1)
Nicotiana attenuata
Dark-red Onion (1)
Allium atrorubens
Desert Globemallow (4)
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Horned Lizard (4)
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
Desert Mountain Phlox (3)
Phlox stansburyi
Desert Peach (1)
Prunus andersonii
Desert paintbrush (4)
Castilleja chromosa
Drummond's Thistle (1)
Cirsium scariosum
Dwarf Onion (1)
Allium parvum
Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower (1)
Diplacus nanus
Fiddle Mustard (1)
Streptanthus longirostris
Flat-crown Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum deflexum
Four-wing Saltbush (1)
Atriplex canescens
Glandular Layia (2)
Layia glandulosa
Golf-ball Spring-parsley (4)
Cymopterus globosus
Gray Ball Sage (1)
Salvia dorrii
Great Basin Collared Lizard (2)
Crotaphytus bicinctores
Greene's Rabbitbrush (1)
Chrysothamnus greenei
Hairy Wild Cabbage (3)
Caulanthus pilosus
Hairy Willowherb (1)
Epilobium ciliatum
Hairy-pod Pepper-grass (1)
Lepidium lasiocarpum
Hillman's stinkweed (6)
Cleomella hillmanii
Hoary Pincushion (1)
Chaenactis douglasii
Inyo Linanthus (1)
Linanthus inyoensis
Lava Ankle-aster (1)
Ionactis alpina
Littleleaf Horsebrush (2)
Tetradymia glabrata
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (2)
Gambelia wislizenii
Low Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum pusillum
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Mealy Brittle-stem (1)
Psathyrotes annua
Money Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum nummulare
Naked-stem Phacelia (7)
Phacelia gymnoclada
Needle-and-Thread (1)
Hesperostipa comata
Nevada Evening-primrose (6)
Eremothera nevadensis
Nevada Psorothamnus (1)
Psorothamnus polydenius
Nodding Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum cernuum
Nodding Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum nutans
Oval-leaf Buckwheat (7)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Panhandle Prickly-pear (1)
Opuntia polyacantha
Pronghorn (1)
Antilocapra americana
Purple Cymopterus (1)
Vesper purpurascens
Purple Fiddleleaf (5)
Nama aretioides
Rayless Shaggy Fleabane (3)
Erigeron aphanactis
Rosette Tiquilia (2)
Tiquilia nuttallii
Rosy Gilia (2)
Gilia sinuata
Sagebrush Cholla (2)
Micropuntia pulchella
Salt-lover (1)
Halogeton glomeratus
Shaggy Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus malacus
Short-spine Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia spinosa
Short-stem Lupine (2)
Lupinus brevicaulis
Single-leaf Pine (1)
Pinus monophylla
Small-flower Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja minor
Sow-thistle Desert-dandelion (1)
Malacothrix sonchoides
Spindle Milkvetch (3)
Astragalus oophorus
Spiny Greasebush (1)
Glossopetalon spinescens
Spiny Menodora (2)
Menodora spinescens
Spiny Milkwort (1)
Rhinotropis subspinosa
Spotted Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum maculatum
Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush (1)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Torrey's Desert-dandelion (1)
Malacothrix torreyi
Transmontane Sand-verbena (1)
Abronia turbinata
Tufted Townsend-daisy (1)
Townsendia scapigera
Two-form Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria dimorpha
Utah Juniper (1)
Juniperus osteosperma
Violet Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus iodanthus
Washoe Suncup (2)
Camissonia pusilla
Western Blue Iris (1)
Iris missouriensis
Western Fence Lizard (2)
Sceloporus occidentalis
White Eatonella (1)
Eatonella nivea
White-margined Wax Plant (3)
Glyptopleura marginata
Whitestem Blazingstar (1)
Mentzelia albicaulis
Winter-fat (2)
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Wyman Creek Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum rupinum
Yard Knotweed (1)
Polygonum aviculare
Zebra-tailed Lizard (1)
Callisaurus draconoides
a jumping spider (1)
Habronattus oregonensis
Federally Listed Species (3)

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.

Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (4)

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

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (4)

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.

Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Vegetation (10)

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

Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,672 ha
G348.8%
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 455 ha
GNR13.3%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 421 ha
GNR12.3%
Mojave Desert Mixed Scrub
Shrub / Shrubland · 303 ha
GNR8.8%
Great Basin & Intermountain Ruderal Shrubland
Shrub / Exotic Tree-Shrub · 266 ha
7.7%
Intermountain Greasewood Flat
Shrub / Shrubland · 120 ha
GNR3.5%
Intermountain Salt Desert Scrub
Shrub / Shrubland · 102 ha
GNR3.0%
Inter-Mountain Basins Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 42 ha
1.2%
G30.2%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 2 ha
G20.0%

Rough Creek

Rough Creek Roadless Area

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada · 8,476 acres