Sierra Negra Rare II Study Area

Carson National Forest · New Mexico · 9,470 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (101)

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

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Cuscuta chinensis
Adonis Blazingstar (2)
Mentzelia multiflora
Annual Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum annuum
Apache-plume (5)
Fallugia paradoxa
Big Greasewood (2)
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Black-chinned Hummingbird (1)
Archilochus alexandri
Bladder-vetch (5)
Sphaerophysa salsula
Blue Grama (1)
Bouteloua gracilis
Bold Tufted Jumping Spider (1)
Phidippus audax
Broom Snakeweed (1)
Gutierrezia sarothrae
Buffalo Bur (2)
Solanum rostratum
Calliope Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus calliope
Canada Goose (1)
Branta canadensis
Cedar Waxwing (1)
Bombycilla cedrorum
Chicory (1)
Cichorium intybus
Chinese Tamarisk (1)
Tamarix chinensis
Cliff Swallow (1)
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Colorado Four-o'clock (1)
Mirabilis multiflora
Common Horehound (1)
Marrubium vulgare
Cooper's Hawk (2)
Astur cooperii
Corrugate-seed Broomspurge (1)
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Curve-billed Thrasher (3)
Toxostoma curvirostre
Desert Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia campanularia
Dwarf Cheeseweed (1)
Malva neglecta
Eastern Collared Lizard (4)
Crotaphytus collaris
Fendler's Hedgehog Cactus (1)
Echinocereus fendleri
Fiddle Mustard (1)
Streptanthus longirostris
Field Bindweed (1)
Convolvulus arvensis
Fineleaf Woolly-white (1)
Hymenopappus filifolius
Flat-spine Bursage (1)
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Four-wing Saltbush (5)
Atriplex canescens
Foxtail Barley (1)
Hordeum jubatum
Fragrant White Sand-verbena (3)
Abronia fragrans
Garden Asparagus (1)
Asparagus officinalis
Golden Currant (2)
Ribes aureum
Gophersnake (3)
Pituophis catenifer
Great Rushy Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus lonchocarpus
Hairy Oyster Mushroom (1)
Panus lecomtei
Heliotrope Phacelia (1)
Phacelia crenulata
Hopi-tea (1)
Thelesperma megapotamicum
Ivyleaf Ground-chery (1)
Physalis hederifolia
James' Dalea (1)
Dalea jamesii
Large-petal Onion (1)
Allium macropetalum
Littleleaf Mock Orange (1)
Philadelphus microphyllus
Low Standing-cypress (1)
Ipomopsis pumila
Maximilian Sunflower (1)
Helianthus maximiliani
Meadow Goat's-beard (2)
Tragopogon dubius
Merlin (1)
Falco columbarius
Mottled Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus lentiginosus
Mountain Bluebird (1)
Sialia currucoides
Munro's Grass (2)
Munroa squarrosa
Narrowleaf Bean (1)
Phaseolus angustissimus
Narrowleaf Puccoon (1)
Lithospermum incisum
Narrowleaf Umbrella-wort (1)
Mirabilis linearis
Narrowleaf Willow (1)
Salix exigua
Nuttall's Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus nuttallii
Old-Man-in-the-Spring (1)
Senecio vulgaris
Paintbrushes (1)
Castilleja
Pale Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera pallida
Pale Wolf-berry (1)
Lycium pallidum
Panhandle Prickly-pear (1)
Opuntia polyacantha
Plains Flax (1)
Linum puberulum
Plateau Striped Whiptail (2)
Aspidoscelis velox
Poison Ivy Leaf Mite (1)
Aculops rhois
Poplar Leaf Gall Mite (1)
Aceria parapopuli
Pretty Dodder (1)
Cuscuta indecora
Prickly Lettuce (1)
Lactuca serriola
Puncture-vine (1)
Tribulus terrestris
Raccoon (1)
Procyon lotor
Red Bluet (3)
Houstonia rubra
Red Globemallow (4)
Sphaeralcea coccinea
Rufous Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus rufus
Russian Olive (4)
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Sacred Thorn-apple (2)
Datura wrightii
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (1)
Echinocereus coccineus
Shadscale (2)
Atriplex confertifolia
Short-stem Russula (1)
Russula brevipes
Showy Milkweed (2)
Asclepias speciosa
Side-bells Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon secundiflorus
Silverleaf Nightshade (1)
Solanum elaeagnifolium
Spiny Lizards (3)
Sceloporus
Spinystar (2)
Escobaria vivipara
Steller's Jay (1)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Stemless Four-nerve-daisy (1)
Tetraneuris acaulis
Tansy Blanket-flower (2)
Gaillardia pinnatifida
Torrey's Rush (1)
Juncus torreyi
Touristplant (2)
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Townsend's Solitaire (1)
Myadestes townsendi
Two-needle Pinyon Pine (1)
Pinus edulis
Upright Prairie Coneflower (2)
Ratibida columnifera
Western Black Widow Spider (1)
Latrodectus hesperus
Western Bluebird (1)
Sialia mexicana
White Clover (1)
Trifolium repens
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-flower Standing-cypress (5)
Ipomopsis longiflora
Wild Licorice (1)
Glycyrrhiza lepidota
Winter-fat (1)
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Woodhouse's Toad (2)
Anaxyrus woodhousii
Woolly Paper-flower (1)
Psilostrophe tagetina
Woolly Plantain (2)
Plantago patagonica
eastern sand scorpion (1)
Paruroctonus utahensis
Federally Listed Species (5)

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.

Mexican Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis lucidaThreatened
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimusEndangered
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (9)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bendire's Thrasher
Toxostoma bendirei
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (8)

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
Bendire's Thrasher
Toxostoma bendirei
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Vegetation (13)

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

Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,301 ha
G334.0%
GNR13.4%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Shrub-Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 509 ha
GNR13.3%
GNR9.8%
Intermountain Salt Desert Scrub
Shrub / Shrubland · 314 ha
GNR8.2%
Intermountain Semi-Desert Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 196 ha
G25.1%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 131 ha
GNR3.4%
Colorado Plateau Low Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 124 ha
GNR3.2%
Colorado Plateau Mixed Bedrock Canyon and Tableland
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 114 ha
3.0%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 71 ha
G31.8%
Southern Rockies Juniper Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 59 ha
GNR1.5%
Intermountain Greasewood Flat
Shrub / Shrubland · 46 ha
GNR1.2%
GNR1.0%

Sierra Negra Rare II Study Area

Sierra Negra Rare II Study Area Roadless Area

Carson National Forest, New Mexico · 9,470 acres