Sherwin

Inyo National Forest · California · 3,140 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (320)

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

Whitebark Pine (2)
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
(3)
Heterotrichia versicolor
(2)
Suillus megaporinus
(1)
Monardella ovata
(1)
Cortinarius sp. 'CA82'
Alpine Bog Laurel (1)
Kalmia microphylla
Alpine Gentian (1)
Gentiana newberryi
Alpine Prickly Gooseberry (9)
Ribes montigenum
Alpine Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia megarhiza
American Black Bear (18)
Ursus americanus
American Dipper (5)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Pika (3)
Ochotona princeps
American Robin (13)
Turdus migratorius
Anderson's Thistle (18)
Cirsium andersonii
Antelope Bitterbrush (9)
Purshia tridentata
Arrow-leaf Groundsel (13)
Senecio triangularis
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (2)
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Bald Eagle (2)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Beaked Beardtongue (23)
Penstemon rostriflorus
Belding's Ground Squirrel (3)
Urocitellus beldingi
Big Sagebrush (13)
Artemisia tridentata
Big Western Juniper (20)
Juniperus grandis
Bitter Cherry (6)
Prunus emarginata
Black-backed Woodpecker (2)
Picoides arcticus
Black-billed Magpie (1)
Pica hudsonia
Bloomer's Goldenweed (2)
Ericameria bloomeri
Blue Stickseed (1)
Hackelia micrantha
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (2)
Elymus elymoides
Branching Scorpionweed (3)
Phacelia ramosissima
Break Gilia (1)
Gilia brecciarum
Brewer's Blackbird (7)
Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brewer's Cliffbrake (3)
Pellaea breweri
Brewer's Golden-aster (5)
Doellingeria breweri
Brewer's Monkeyflower (4)
Erythranthe breweri
Brewer's Mountain-heath (25)
Phyllodoce breweri
Brewer's Sparrow (3)
Spizella breweri
Brook Trout (10)
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Creeper (2)
Certhia americana
Brown Trout (2)
Salmo trutta
Brown-headed Cowbird (1)
Molothrus ater
Bruneau Mariposa Lily (4)
Calochortus bruneaunis
Bull Elephant's-head (6)
Pedicularis groenlandica
Bull Thistle (2)
Cirsium vulgare
Burke's Lupine (1)
Lupinus burkei
Butter-and-eggs (8)
Linaria vulgaris
California Blue-eyed-grass (1)
Sisyrinchium bellum
California Blushing Monkeyflower (10)
Erythranthe erubescens
California Gull (1)
Larus californicus
California Red Fir (12)
Abies magnifica
California Valerian (1)
Valeriana californica
Californian False Hellebore (36)
Veratrum californicum
Calliope Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus calliope
Canadian Milkvetch (5)
Astragalus canadensis
Canyon Bog Orchid (2)
Platanthera sparsiflora
Carpet Clover (1)
Trifolium monanthum
Carson City Larkspur (1)
Delphinium andersonii
Cascade Popcorn-flower (1)
Plagiobothrys hispidus
Cassin's Finch (2)
Haemorhous cassinii
Cassin's Vireo (1)
Vireo cassinii
Chamisso's Miner's-lettuce (2)
Montia chamissoi
Cheatgrass (1)
Bromus tectorum
Clark's Nutcracker (9)
Nucifraga columbiana
Cliff Jamesia (1)
Jamesia americana
Columbian Monkshood (21)
Aconitum columbianum
Common Deadnettle (1)
Lamium amplexicaule
Common Mare's-tail (2)
Hippuris vulgaris
Common Merganser (4)
Mergus merganser
Common Mullein (5)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Raven (2)
Corvus corax
Common Yarrow (10)
Achillea millefolium
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Astur cooperii
Coulter's Fleabane (7)
Erigeron coulteri
Cow-parsnip (12)
Heracleum maximum
Coyote (2)
Canis latrans
Coyote Tobacco (1)
Nicotiana attenuata
Crisped Thelypody (1)
Thelypodium crispum
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (5)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Dame's Rocket (2)
Hesperis matronalis
Dark-eyed Junco (10)
Junco hyemalis
Denseleaf Whitlow-grass (1)
Draba densifolia
Desert Mountain Phlox (3)
Phlox stansburyi
Desert Peach (2)
Prunus andersonii
Desert paintbrush (2)
Castilleja chromosa
Didier's Tulip (1)
Tulipa gesneriana
Douglas' Squirrel (7)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Dudley's Triteleia (3)
Triteleia dudleyi
Dusky Flycatcher (3)
Empidonax oberholseri
Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (1)
Erigeron compositus
Entireleaf Ragwort (6)
Senecio integerrimus
Entireleaf Stonecrop (1)
Rhodiola integrifolia
Eurasian Collared-Dove (1)
Streptopelia decaocto
Fendler's Meadowrue (1)
Thalictrum fendleri
Few-flower Ragwort (1)
Packera pauciflora
Field Horsetail (2)
Equisetum arvense
Field Pennycress (4)
Thlaspi arvense
Field Pepper-grass (1)
Lepidium campestre
Fire-wheel Blanket-flower (1)
Gaillardia pulchella
Fireweed (44)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Flat-spine Bursage (1)
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Flat-spine Stickseed (1)
Lappula occidentalis
Fly Amanita (3)
Amanita muscaria
Four-line Honeysuckle (10)
Lonicera involucrata
Fox Sparrow (3)
Passerella iliaca
Fragile Fern (1)
Cystopteris fragilis
Frosty paintbrush (1)
Castilleja pruinosa
Gadwall (3)
Mareca strepera
Garden Bird's-foot-trefoil (1)
Lotus corniculatus
Giant Blazingstar (1)
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Giant Pinedrops (9)
Pterospora andromedea
Glandular Labrador-tea (14)
Rhododendron columbianum
Golden Goodmania (1)
Goodmania luteola
Golden Triteleia (3)
Triteleia ixioides
Golden Trout (1)
Oncorhynchus aguabonita
Golden-Hardhack (3)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Golden-fruit Sedge (1)
Carex aurea
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (8)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Graceful Cinquefoil (4)
Potentilla gracilis
Granite Prickly-phlox (4)
Linanthus pungens
Gray Horsebrush (3)
Tetradymia canescens
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (3)
Castilleja miniata
Greater Sage-Grouse (1)
Centrocercus urophasianus
Green Rock-posy Lichen (2)
Rhizoplaca melanophthalma
Green-tailed Towhee (8)
Pipilo chlorurus
Green-tongue Liverwort (3)
Marchantia polymorpha
Greenleaf Manzanita (14)
Arctostaphylos patula
Hairy Woodpecker (9)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hermit Warbler (1)
Setophaga occidentalis
Hoary Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum incanum
Hoary Pincushion (1)
Chaenactis douglasii
Hoary Tansy-aster (4)
Dieteria canescens
Hooker's Evening-primrose (2)
Oenothera elata
Horse (1)
Equus caballus
Huckleberry Oak (6)
Quercus vacciniifolia
Hummingbird-trumpet (1)
Epilobium canum
Jeffrey's Pine (5)
Pinus jeffreyi
Juniper Mistletoe (2)
Phoradendron juniperinum
Kelley's Lily (19)
Lilium kelleyanum
King Bolete (5)
Boletus edulis
King's Ivesia (1)
Ivesia kingii
Large-flower Collomia (3)
Collomia grandiflora
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily (45)
Calochortus leichtlinii
Lemmon's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus lemmonii
Lesser Goldfinch (1)
Spinus psaltria
Limber Pine (5)
Pinus flexilis
Lincoln's Sparrow (1)
Melospiza lincolnii
Lodgepole Pine (12)
Pinus contorta
Long-stalk Clover (8)
Trifolium longipes
Longleaf Hawk's-beard (2)
Crepis acuminata
Low Scorpionweed (6)
Phacelia humilis
Mallard (6)
Anas platyrhynchos
Marsh Grass-of-Parnassus (7)
Parnassia palustris
Marshmallow Polypore (2)
Spongiporus leucospongia
Matted Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum caespitosum
Meadow Goat's-beard (2)
Tragopogon dubius
Milky Kelloggia (1)
Kelloggia galioides
Mono Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus monoensis
Mountain Bluebird (2)
Sialia currucoides
Mountain Chickadee (9)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Hemlock (15)
Tsuga mertensiana
Mountain Quail (1)
Oreortyx pictus
Mountain Snowberry (13)
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Mountain Timothy (1)
Phleum alpinum
Mountain Whitethorn (1)
Ceanothus cordulatus
Mountain Wildmint (17)
Monardella odoratissima
Mule Deer (23)
Odocoileus hemionus
Naked Buckwheat (8)
Eriogonum nudum
Narrowleaf Angelica (13)
Angelica lineariloba
New World Dyer's Polypore (1)
Phaeolus hispidoides
Newberry's Beardtongue (32)
Penstemon newberryi
Nighcrawler (1)
Lumbricus terrestris
North American Porcupine (1)
Erethizon dorsatum
Northern Alligator Lizard (1)
Elgaria coerulea
Northern Flicker (5)
Colaptes auratus
Northern House Wren (1)
Troglodytes aedon
Oceanspray (13)
Holodiscus discolor
Ochre Aldercap (3)
Naucoria escharioides
Olive-sided Flycatcher (4)
Contopus cooperi
One-seed Pussy-paws (16)
Calyptridium monospermum
One-sided Wintergreen (6)
Orthilia secunda
Orange Moss Agaric (1)
Rickenella fibula
Orange Rock-posy Lichen (1)
Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca
Oregon Checker-mallow (1)
Sidalcea oregana
Osprey (3)
Pandion haliaetus
Pacific Treefrog (8)
Pseudacris regilla
Panhandle Prickly-pear (1)
Opuntia polyacantha
Patis Onion (6)
Allium bisceptrum
Peirson's Goldenweed (1)
Tonestus peirsonii
Perennial Twistflower (1)
Streptanthus cordatus
Pine Grosbeak (1)
Pinicola enucleator
Pine Siskin (1)
Spinus pinus
Pine Violet (7)
Viola purpurea
Pinemat Manzanita (10)
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Pinewoods Lousewort (3)
Pedicularis semibarbata
Pink Alumroot (1)
Heuchera rubescens
Pink Stickseed (3)
Hackelia mundula
Pink Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola asarifolia
Poplar Leaf Gall Mite (2)
Aceria parapopuli
Prairie Flax (20)
Linum lewisii
Primrose Monkeyflower (9)
Erythranthe primuloides
Purple Ivesia (3)
Horkeliella congdonis
Pursh's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus purshii
Quaking Aspen (13)
Populus tremuloides
Red Baneberry (1)
Actaea rubra
Red Crossbill (1)
Loxia curvirostra
Red Elderberry (4)
Sambucus racemosa
Red False Buckthorn (1)
Frangula rubra
Red-breasted Nuthatch (1)
Sitta canadensis
Red-breasted Sapsucker (3)
Sphyrapicus ruber
Red-osier Dogwood (2)
Cornus sericea
Red-shouldered Hawk (1)
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk (2)
Buteo jamaicensis
Ring-necked Duck (1)
Aythya collaris
Rosy Pussytoes (2)
Antennaria rosea
Royal Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon speciosus
Rubber Rabbitbrush (1)
Ericameria nauseosa
Rydberg's Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon rydbergii
Scarlet Skyrocket (25)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Scented Beardtongue (3)
Penstemon palmeri
Shaggy Hawkweed (2)
Hieracium horridum
Shockley's Ivesia (3)
Ivesia shockleyi
Short-stem Slippery Jack (1)
Suillus brevipes
Showy Green-gentian (18)
Frasera speciosa
Sierra Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon heterodoxus
Sierra Chinquapin (19)
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Sierra Columbine (3)
Aquilegia pubescens
Sierra Gentian (3)
Gentianopsis holopetala
Sierra Jewelflower (7)
Streptanthus tortuosus
Sierra Primrose (1)
Primula suffrutescens
Sierra Wallflower (1)
Erysimum perenne
Silvery Ragwort (3)
Packera cana
Single-leaf Pine (1)
Pinus monophylla
Siskiyou Mountains Owl's-clover (17)
Orthocarpus cuspidatus
Slender Buckwheat (10)
Eriogonum microtheca
Slender-trumpet Standing-cypress (5)
Ipomopsis tenuituba
Smooth White Violet (3)
Viola macloskeyi
Snow Goose (1)
Anser caerulescens
Soft-haired Snowberry (1)
Symphoricarpos mollis
Song Sparrow (1)
Melospiza melodia
Sooty Grouse (10)
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Speckled Alder (4)
Alnus incana
Spiked Big Sagebrush (2)
Artemisia spiciformis
Spotted Coralroot (2)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Knapweed (1)
Centaurea stoebe
Spreading Dogbane (3)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading Phlox (13)
Phlox diffusa
Spurry Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum spergulinum
Starflower Solomon's-plume (9)
Maianthemum stellatum
Steller's Jay (22)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush (2)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Streambank Saxifrage (2)
Micranthes odontoloma
Subalpine Fleabane (2)
Erigeron glacialis
Suksdorf's Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe suksdorfii
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (19)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Sunshine Amanita (1)
Amanita aprica
Swamp Whiteheads (14)
Angelica capitellata
Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus officinalis
Tall Swamp Onion (9)
Allium validum
Tall White Bog Orchid (8)
Platanthera dilatata
Tall Woolly Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum elatum
Threadleaf Sedge (1)
Carex filifolia
Thymeleaf Speedwell (1)
Veronica serpyllifolia
Tiling's Monkeyflower (4)
Erythranthe tilingii
Tobacco Ceanothus (23)
Ceanothus velutinus
Toothed Wintergreen (5)
Pyrola dentata
Torrey's Blue-eyed Mary (1)
Collinsia torreyi
Townsend's Solitaire (2)
Myadestes townsendi
Turkey Vulture (1)
Cathartes aura
Turpentine Wavewing (2)
Cymopterus terebinthinus
Upright Prairie Coneflower (1)
Ratibida columnifera
Veiled Polypore (9)
Cryptoporus volvatus
Virginia Strawberry (9)
Fragaria virginiana
Wall-flower Phoenicaulis (2)
Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Water-plantain Buttercup (1)
Ranunculus alismifolius
Watson's Spikemoss (3)
Selaginella watsonii
Wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush (9)
Castilleja applegatei
Wax Currant (21)
Ribes cereum
Western Blue Iris (21)
Iris missouriensis
Western Columbine (22)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Gentian (3)
Frasera puberulenta
Western Joepye-weed (6)
Ageratina occidentalis
Western Sweet-cicely (2)
Osmorhiza occidentalis
Western Tanager (2)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Wallflower (5)
Erysimum capitatum
Western White Pine (7)
Pinus monticola
Western Wood-Pewee (5)
Contopus sordidulus
White Clover (1)
Trifolium repens
White Fir (11)
Abies concolor
White Goosefoot (2)
Chenopodium album
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Sitta carolinensis
White-crowned Sparrow (3)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-flower Hawkweed (6)
Hieracium albiflorum
White-headed Woodpecker (1)
Leuconotopicus albolarvatus
Whitney's Bristleweed (2)
Hazardia whitneyi
Whitney's Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus whitneyi
Williamson's Sapsucker (5)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Wilson's Warbler (1)
Cardellina pusilla
Wood Beauty (3)
Drymocallis lactea
Woods' Rose (3)
Rosa woodsii
Woolly Mule's-ears (45)
Wyethia mollis
Wormskjold's Clover (1)
Trifolium wormskioldii
Wright's Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum wrightii
Wyoming Indian-paintbrush (17)
Castilleja linariifolia
Yellow Navarretia (1)
Navarretia breweri
Yellow-bellied Marmot (1)
Marmota flaviventris
Yellow-pine Chipmunk (1)
Neotamias amoenus
Yellow-rumped Warbler (10)
Setophaga coronata
Yosemite Millipede (1)
Californiulus yosemitensis
a fungus (1)
Rickenella mellea
a fungus (1)
Capitotricha bicolor
a fungus (3)
Cortinarius comptulus
a fungus (1)
Cystodermella adnatifolia
a fungus (1)
Fayodia bisphaerigera
a fungus (1)
Floccularia albolanaripes
a fungus (2)
Hygrophorus boyeri
a fungus (1)
Hygrophorus gliocyclus
a fungus (1)
Inocybe pallidicremea
a fungus (1)
Leratiomyces percevalii
a fungus (6)
Neolentinus ponderosus
a fungus (1)
Tubaria romagnesiana
a jumping spider (2)
Habronattus americanus
Federally Listed Species (13)

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.

Owens Pupfish
Cyprinodon radiosusEndangered
Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
Ovis canadensis sierraeEndangered
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Rana sierraeEndangered
Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
Yosemite Toad
Anaxyrus canorusThreatened
California Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis occidentalis
Fisher
Pekania pennanti
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Owens Tui Chub
Gila bicolor ssp. snyderi
Sierra Nevada Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes necator
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (17)

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
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Spinus lawrencei
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (17)

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
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Spinus lawrencei
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Vegetation (12)

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

Sierra Nevada Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 375 ha
GNR29.5%
Sierra Nevada Alpine Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 207 ha
GNR16.3%
Mediterranean California Alpine Bedrock and Scree
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 156 ha
12.3%
GNR10.6%
California Subalpine Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 88 ha
GNR6.9%
California Mountain Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 80 ha
GNR6.3%
Sierra Nevada Jeffrey Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 69 ha
GNR5.5%
Sierra Nevada Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 40 ha
3.1%
California High Mountain Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 31 ha
GNR2.4%
Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest
Tree / Hardwood · 31 ha
GNR2.4%
GNR1.6%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 16 ha
G31.3%

Sherwin

Sherwin Roadless Area

Inyo National Forest, California · 3,140 acres