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Stirling - Big Thunder

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · Nevada · 2,699 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)

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Observed Species (9)

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

Apache-plume (1)
Fallugia paradoxa

Foothill Deathcamas (1)
Toxicoscordion paniculatum

Goodding's Vervain (1)
Glandularia gooddingii

Gray Ball Sage (1)
Salvia dorrii

Great Basin Collared Lizard (1)
Crotaphytus bicinctores

Munite Prickly-poppy (1)
Argemone munita

Paperbag Bush (1)
Scutellaria mexicana

Scented Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon palmeri

Spiny Cliffbrake (1)
Pellaea truncata

Federally Listed Species (4)

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.

Devil's Hole Pupfish
Cyprinodon diabolisEndangered

Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimusEndangered

Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus

Vegetation (4)

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

Mojave Desert Mixed Scrub

Shrub / Shrubland · 1,027 ha

GNR94.1%

Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Tree / Conifer · 32 ha

GNR2.9%