Sugarloaf

Inyo National Forest · Nevada · 11,534 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (171)

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

(1)
Aliatypus janus
(1)
Boechera howellii
(2)
Boechera retrofracta
Antelope Bitterbrush (3)
Purshia tridentata
Bailey's Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum baileyi
Ball-head Standing-cypress (3)
Ipomopsis congesta
Basin Yellow Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya confertiflora
Beardless Lyme Grass (2)
Leymus triticoides
Big Sagebrush (4)
Artemisia tridentata
Black Cottonwood (1)
Populus trichocarpa
Blue Grama (2)
Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Mountain Rockcress (1)
Boechera puberula
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (2)
Elymus elymoides
Break Gilia (1)
Gilia brecciarum
Bristlecone Pine (2)
Pinus longaeva
Broad-keel Milkvetch (4)
Astragalus platytropis
Brook Trout (3)
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown-eye Suncup (1)
Chylismia claviformis
Bruneau Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus bruneaunis
California Tansy-mustard (1)
Descurainia californica
Californian False Hellebore (2)
Veratrum californicum
Case's Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus casei
Chambers' Twinpod (1)
Physaria chambersii
Cheatgrass (2)
Bromus tectorum
Clokey's Fleabane (3)
Erigeron clokeyi
Columbian Monkshood (1)
Aconitum columbianum
Common Mullein (2)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Woolly-sunflower (1)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (3)
Achillea millefolium
Cooper's Bitterweed (5)
Hymenoxys cooperi
Crested Wheatgrass (1)
Agropyron cristatum
Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany (7)
Cercocarpus ledifolius
Curly Bluegrass (2)
Poa secunda
Dark-red Onion (1)
Allium atrorubens
Death Valley Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia vallis-mortae
Desert Globemallow (2)
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Goosefoot (1)
Chenopodium pratericola
Desert Mountain Phlox (1)
Phlox stansburyi
Desert Wishbone-bush (1)
Mirabilis laevis
Desert paintbrush (8)
Castilleja chromosa
Desert-sweet (1)
Chamaebatiaria millefolium
Drummond's Thistle (2)
Cirsium scariosum
Eaton's Fleabane (1)
Erigeron eatonii
Entireleaf Thelypody (2)
Thelypodium integrifolium
Esmeralda Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum esmeraldense
Few-flower Meadowrue (1)
Thalictrum sparsiflorum
Fireweed (1)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Flat-crown Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum deflexum
Giant Blazingstar (1)
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (1)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Granite Prickly-phlox (4)
Linanthus pungens
Gray Ball Sage (1)
Salvia dorrii
Gray Hawk's-beard (1)
Crepis occidentalis
Gray Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia canescens
Gray Wavewing (1)
Cymopterus cinerarius
Great Basin Wildrye (2)
Leymus cinereus
Green Mormon-tea (5)
Ephedra viridis
Heermann's Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum heermannii
Heliotrope Phacelia (1)
Phacelia crenulata
Hoary Tansy-aster (2)
Dieteria canescens
Hood's Phlox (3)
Phlox hoodii
Hooker's Evening-primrose (1)
Oenothera elata
Horse (2)
Equus caballus
Humboldt Milkweed (4)
Asclepias cryptoceras
Idaho Blue-eyed-grass (1)
Sisyrinchium idahoense
Intermountain Milkwort (1)
Rhinotropis intermontana
Kentucky Bluegrass (1)
Poa pratensis
King's Bird's-beak (3)
Cordylanthus kingii
King's Milkvetch (5)
Astragalus calycosus
Lava Ankle-aster (3)
Ionactis alpina
Limber Pine (4)
Pinus flexilis
Littleleaf Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia glabrata
Lobeleaf Groundsel (3)
Packera multilobata
Long-flowered Snowberry (1)
Symphoricarpos longiflorus
Long-stalk Clover (1)
Trifolium longipes
Long-stalked Stitchwort (1)
Stellaria longipes
Longleaf Hawk's-beard (3)
Crepis acuminata
Low Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum pusillum
Many-flower Bedstraw (2)
Galium multiflorum
Many-flower Viguiera (1)
Heliomeris multiflora
Meadow Barley (1)
Hordeum brachyantherum
Meadow Timothy (1)
Phleum pratense
Mottled Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus lentiginosus
Mountain Snowberry (2)
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Mt. Hood Pussy-paws (3)
Calyptridium umbellatum
Naked-stem Phacelia (3)
Phacelia gymnoclada
Narrowleaf Goosefoot (1)
Chenopodium leptophyllum
Narrowleaf Milkweed (1)
Asclepias fascicularis
Narrowleaf Willow (5)
Salix exigua
Needle-and-Thread (2)
Hesperostipa comata
Nevada Cat's-eye (1)
Cryptantha nevadensis
Nodding Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum cernuum
Nodding Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum nutans
Oceanspray (1)
Holodiscus discolor
Onion-flowered Buckwheat (5)
Eriogonum latens
Oregon Bitterroot (6)
Lewisia rediviva
Oval-leaf Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Pacific Willow (1)
Salix lasiandra
Palmer's Catchfly (2)
Silene bernardina
Panhandle Prickly-pear (7)
Opuntia polyacantha
Parish's needlegrass (1)
Eriocoma parishii
Parry's Rabbitbrush (1)
Ericameria parryi
Patis Onion (2)
Allium bisceptrum
Pennsylvania Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla pensylvanica
Porter's Chess (1)
Bromus porteri
Prairie Junegrass (3)
Koeleria macrantha
Purple Fiddleleaf (2)
Nama aretioides
Pursh's Milkvetch (3)
Astragalus purshii
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (1)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Rayless Shaggy Fleabane (1)
Erigeron aphanactis
Rock Wren (1)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rocky Mountain Woodsia (1)
Woodsia scopulina
Rose Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon floridus
Rosy Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum rosense
Rosy Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria rosea
Rough Bentgrass (1)
Agrostis scabra
Rough-seed Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya flavoculata
Royal Beardtongue (7)
Penstemon speciosus
Salt-lover (2)
Halogeton glomeratus
Scented Shootingstar (1)
Primula fragrans
Shadscale (1)
Atriplex confertifolia
Shaggy Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus malacus
Silky Raillardella (1)
Raillardella argentea
Silvery Lupine (9)
Lupinus argenteus
Single-leaf Pine (5)
Pinus monophylla
Skunky Monkeyflower (2)
Diplacus mephiticus
Slender Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum microtheca
Small-leaf Globemallow (1)
Sphaeralcea parvifolia
Smooth Scouring-rush (1)
Equisetum laevigatum
Soft-leaf Muhly (3)
Muhlenbergia richardsonis
Sooty Grouse (1)
Dendragapus fuliginosus
Spike Fescue (1)
Festuca kingii
Spindle Milkvetch (8)
Astragalus oophorus
Spiny Hop-sage (1)
Grayia spinosa
Spiny Menodora (1)
Menodora spinescens
Spring Birch (6)
Betula occidentalis
Spurry Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum spergulinum
Starflower Solomon's-plume (2)
Maianthemum stellatum
Stemless Mock Goldenweed (2)
Stenotus acaulis
Steppe Agoseris (1)
Agoseris parviflora
Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush (2)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (11)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Swamp Whiteheads (1)
Angelica capitellata
Tall Prince's-plume (1)
Stanleya elata
Thorny Wire-lettuce (1)
Pleiacanthus spinosus
Tiling's Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe tilingii
Torrey's Stickleaf (1)
Mentzelia torreyi
Tufted Hairgrass (1)
Deschampsia cespitosa
Two-color Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia bicolor
Upward-lobed Moonwort (2)
Botrychium ascendens
Utah Juniper (1)
Juniperus osteosperma
Wall-flower Phoenicaulis (2)
Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides
Wax Currant (2)
Ribes cereum
Waxy Bitterbrush (1)
Purshia glandulosa
Western Blue Iris (2)
Iris missouriensis
Western Fence Lizard (1)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Wallflower (2)
Erysimum capitatum
White Clover (2)
Trifolium repens
White Mountain Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum gracilipes
White Mountains Horkelia (2)
Horkelia hispidula
White Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus albus
Whitney's Milkvetch (6)
Astragalus whitneyi
Wingnut Cat's-eye (1)
Cryptantha pterocarya
Winter-fat (1)
Krascheninnikovia lanata
Woods' Rose (5)
Rosa woodsii
Woolly Mule's-ears (4)
Wyethia mollis
Wormskjold's Clover (2)
Trifolium wormskioldii
Wyman Creek Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum rupinum
Wyoming Indian-paintbrush (5)
Castilleja linariifolia
Yellow Navarretia (1)
Navarretia breweri
Yellow Willow (1)
Salix lutea
Federally Listed Species (7)

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
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimusEndangered
Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Owens Tui Chub
Gila bicolor ssp. snyderi
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (5)

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

Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (5)

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.

Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
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 Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 2,480 ha
GNR53.1%
GNR13.2%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 615 ha
GNR13.2%
Great Basin Semi-Desert Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 190 ha
GNR4.1%
3.4%
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 145 ha
GNR3.1%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 107 ha
G32.3%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 54 ha
G31.2%
Northern Rockies Subalpine Grassland
Herb / Grassland · 41 ha
GNR0.9%

Sugarloaf

Sugarloaf Roadless Area

Inyo National Forest, Nevada · 11,534 acres