Tesuque Creek

Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico · 810 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (299)

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

(1)
Hygronarius californicus
(1)
Agaricus griseicephalus
(1)
Russula acrifolia
(1)
Collybiopsis californica
(17)
Campanula petiolata
(1)
Hydnum subtilior
(14)
Anticlea elegans
(1)
Aceria kiefferi
(1)
Thaxterogaster subporphyropus
Alfalfa (3)
Medicago sativa
Alpine Cancer-root (1)
Conopholis alpina
American Bistort (2)
Bistorta bistortoides
American Hog-nosed Skunk (1)
Conepatus leuconotus
American Pinesap (3)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Purple Vetch (3)
Vicia americana
American Robin (5)
Turdus migratorius
Apache-plume (4)
Fallugia paradoxa
Arizona Valerian (5)
Valeriana arizonica
Aspen Roughstem (2)
Leccinum insigne
Awnless Brome (3)
Bromus inermis
Bearberry (26)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Beard-lip Beardtongue (34)
Penstemon barbatus
Bigelow's Groundsel (3)
Senecio bigelovii
Birdbill Dayflower (2)
Commelina dianthifolia
Black Medic (4)
Medicago lupulina
Black-billed Magpie (1)
Pica hudsonia
Black-chinned Hummingbird (1)
Archilochus alexandri
Blue Grama (1)
Bouteloua gracilis
Blue Spruce (1)
Picea pungens
Bobcat (1)
Lynx rufus
Bolete Eater (1)
Hypomyces chrysospermus
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (3)
Elymus elymoides
Box-elder (1)
Acer negundo
Bristly Beard Lichen (1)
Usnea hirta
Brown Creeper (1)
Certhia americana
Bushtit (1)
Psaltriparus minimus
Bushy Beard Lichen (1)
Usnea strigosa
Canada Buffaloberry (6)
Shepherdia canadensis
Canada Jay (1)
Perisoreus canadensis
Canada Violet (33)
Viola canadensis
Canyon Towhee (1)
Melozone fusca
Cassin's Finch (1)
Haemorhous cassinii
Cat-tonque Liverwort (1)
Conocephalum salebrosum
Chicken Fat Mushroom (1)
Suillus americanus
Chipping Sparrow (2)
Spizella passerina
Choke Cherry (5)
Prunus virginiana
Clark's Nutcracker (1)
Nucifraga columbiana
Clasping Twisted-stalk (9)
Streptopus amplexifolius
Cliff Jamesia (14)
Jamesia americana
Cockerell's Stonecrop (3)
Sedum cockerellii
Colorado Monkeyflower (4)
Erythranthe minor
Columbian Monkshood (12)
Aconitum columbianum
Columbian Virgin's-bower (8)
Clematis columbiana
Common Dandelion (3)
Taraxacum officinale
Common Eyelash (1)
Scutellinia scutellata
Common Mullein (22)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Purslane (1)
Portulaca oleracea
Common Raven (7)
Corvus corax
Common Shepherd's Purse (1)
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Common Wintergreen (8)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Yarrow (33)
Achillea millefolium
Cordilleran Valerian (1)
Valeriana acutiloba
Cow-parsnip (24)
Heracleum maximum
Creeping Oregon-grape (35)
Berberis repens
Crowned Coral (1)
Artomyces pyxidatus
Dark-eyed Junco (10)
Junco hyemalis
Delicious Blackberry (1)
Rubus deliciosus
Dissected Bahia (3)
Hymenothrix dissecta
Dog Vomit Slime Mold (1)
Fuligo septica
Douglas-fir (4)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dusky Grouse (5)
Dendragapus obscurus
Early Wood Lousewort (9)
Pedicularis canadensis
Eastern Warbling-Vireo (4)
Vireo gilvus
Eaton's Firecracker (1)
Penstemon eatonii
Elegant Sunburst Lichen (1)
Rusavskia elegans
Entireleaf Stonecrop (1)
Rhodiola integrifolia
Fairy Slipper (1)
Calypso bulbosa
Fendler's Barberry (3)
Berberis fendleri
Fendler's Cowbane (1)
Oxypolis fendleri
Fendler's Meadowrue (6)
Thalictrum fendleri
Fendler's Ragwort (12)
Packera fendleri
Fendler's Waterleaf (7)
Hydrophyllum fendleri
Fendler's Whitethorn (8)
Ceanothus fendleri
Few-flower Shootingstar (14)
Primula pauciflora
Fire-wheel Blanket-flower (1)
Gaillardia pulchella
Fireweed (31)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Fleshy Ground Cup (1)
Aleurina ferruginea
Fleshy-fruit Yucca (5)
Yucca baccata
Fly Amanita (9)
Amanita muscaria
Four-line Honeysuckle (13)
Lonicera involucrata
Foxtail Barley (2)
Hordeum jubatum
Franciscan Bluebells (3)
Mertensia franciscana
Fremont's Squirrel (4)
Tamiasciurus fremonti
Fringed Tubaria (1)
Tubaria furfuracea
Gambel Oak (11)
Quercus gambelii
Giant Pinedrops (12)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (13)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Golden Corydalis (12)
Corydalis aurea
Golden Draba (1)
Draba aurea
Golden Pholiota (5)
Pholiota aurivella
Golden-gilled Gymnopilus (1)
Gymnopilus luteofolius
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (7)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Grace's Warbler (1)
Setophaga graciae
Gray's Lousewort (28)
Pedicularis procera
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (7)
Castilleja miniata
Greater Short-horned Lizard (5)
Phrynosoma hernandesi
Green-tongue Liverwort (2)
Marchantia polymorpha
Greenhead Coneflower (23)
Rudbeckia laciniata
Ground Juniper (17)
Juniperus communis
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hammond's Flycatcher (2)
Empidonax hammondii
Heartleaf Bittercress (3)
Cardamine cordifolia
Heller's Whitlow-grass (3)
Draba helleriana
Hermit Thrush (3)
Catharus guttatus
Hooded False Morel (3)
Paragyromitra infula
Hooker's Evening-primrose (2)
Oenothera elata
James' Buckwheat (4)
Eriogonum jamesii
Kaibab Jack (1)
Suillus kaibabensis
Kenilworth Ivy (1)
Cymbalaria muralis
Koch's Wolf Spider (1)
Alopecosa kochi
Largeleaf Avens (1)
Geum macrophyllum
Least Chipmunk (6)
Neotamias minimus
Limber Pine (1)
Pinus flexilis
Little Bluestem (1)
Schizachyrium scoparium
Lobster Mushroom (2)
Hypomyces lactifluorum
Longleaf Mock Thelypody (1)
Pennellia longifolia
Male Fern (1)
Dryopteris filix-mas
Many-flower Viguiera (3)
Heliomeris multiflora
Many-flowered Gromwell (12)
Lithospermum multiflorum
Meadow Goat's-beard (5)
Tragopogon dubius
Meadow Timothy (1)
Phleum pratense
Mexican Bedstraw (1)
Galium mexicanum
Minute Lemon Cups (1)
Calycina citrina
Mountain Chickadee (10)
Poecile gambeli
Mountain Golden-banner (1)
Thermopsis montana
Mountain Maple (17)
Acer glabrum
Mountain Muhly (1)
Muhlenbergia montana
Mountain Ninebark (3)
Physocarpus monogynus
Mountain Pennycress (11)
Noccaea fendleri
Mountain Snowberry (3)
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius
Mule Deer (8)
Odocoileus hemionus
Narrowleaf Globemallow (1)
Sphaeralcea angustifolia
Narrowleaf Puccoon (1)
Lithospermum incisum
Narrowleaf Umbrella-wort (1)
Mirabilis linearis
Nevada Peavine (7)
Lathyrus lanszwertii
New Mexican Vervain (4)
Verbena macdougalii
Nodding Onion (18)
Allium cernuum
Northern Bedstraw (1)
Galium boreale
Northern Bog Violet (3)
Viola nephrophylla
Northern Flicker (2)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Gentian (1)
Gentianella amarella
Nuttall's Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria parvifolia
Oceanspray (1)
Holodiscus discolor
One-seeded Juniper (1)
Juniperus monosperma
One-sided Wintergreen (1)
Orthilia secunda
Orange-crowned Warbler (1)
Leiothlypis celata
Orchard Grass (9)
Dactylis glomerata
Oregon Boxleaf (8)
Paxistima myrsinites
Oxeye Daisy (1)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Panhandle Prickly-pear (1)
Opuntia polyacantha
Parry Thistle (4)
Cirsium parryi
Parry's Goldenweed (4)
Oreochrysum parryi
Penny-sized Blackfoot Fungus (2)
Cerioporus varius
Pin Clover (1)
Erodium cicutarium
Pine Dwarf-mistletoe (1)
Arceuthobium vaginatum
Pine Siskin (2)
Spinus pinus
Pineywoods Geranium (18)
Geranium caespitosum
Pink Wintergreen (7)
Pyrola asarifolia
Plateau Fence Lizard (1)
Sceloporus tristichus
Poplar Sunburst Lichen (1)
Xanthomendoza hasseana
Prairie Flax (1)
Linum lewisii
Prairie Junegrass (2)
Koeleria macrantha
Prairie Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia frigida
Purple Avens (1)
Geum rivale
Purple Clematis (1)
Clematis occidentalis
Purple Foxglove (2)
Digitalis purpurea
Purple-petal Bog Orchid (2)
Platanthera purpurascens
Pygmy Nuthatch (2)
Sitta pygmaea
Pygmy-flower Rock-jasmine (12)
Androsace septentrionalis
Quaking Aspen (51)
Populus tremuloides
Red Baneberry (43)
Actaea rubra
Red Clover (21)
Trifolium pratense
Red Crossbill (2)
Loxia curvirostra
Red Elderberry (10)
Sambucus racemosa
Red Raspberry (6)
Rubus idaeus
Red Tree Brain Fungus (6)
Peniophora rufa
Red-breasted Nuthatch (3)
Sitta canadensis
Red-naped Sapsucker (3)
Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Richardson's Bitterweed (2)
Hymenoxys richardsonii
Richardson's Geranium (29)
Geranium richardsonii
Rocky Mountain Beardtongue (19)
Penstemon strictus
Rocky Mountain Juniper (2)
Juniperus scopulorum
Rocky Mountain Maple Felt Mite (7)
Aceria calaceris
Rocky Mountain Townsend-daisy (1)
Townsendia eximia
Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine (1)
Pinus scopulorum
Rocky Mountainsnail (1)
Oreohelix strigosa
Rosy Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria rosea
Rough Horsetail (1)
Equisetum hyemale
Rubber Rabbitbrush (3)
Ericameria nauseosa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1)
Corthylio calendula
Running Fleabane (3)
Erigeron flagellaris
Sand Violet (4)
Viola adunca
Scaly Vase Chanterelle (1)
Turbinellus floccosus
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus (2)
Echinocereus coccineus
Scarlet Skyrocket (53)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Scouler's Catchfly (1)
Silene scouleri
Self-heal (6)
Prunella vulgaris
Shamrock Orbweaver (1)
Araneus trifolium
Sheep Sorrel (1)
Rumex acetosella
Short-ray Prairie Coneflower (1)
Ratibida tagetes
Short-stem Russula (1)
Russula brevipes
Showy Fleabane (12)
Erigeron speciosus
Showy Green-gentian (16)
Frasera speciosa
Slender Wood Reedgrass (1)
Cinna latifolia
Slimy Gomphidius (1)
Gomphidius glutinosus
Smelly Oyster (2)
Phyllotopsis nidulans
Smoky Bracket (2)
Bjerkandera adusta
Smooth Greensnake (1)
Opheodrys vernalis
Solomon's-plume (24)
Maianthemum racemosum
Southwestern Fence Lizard (1)
Sceloporus cowlesi
Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (6)
Pinus brachyptera
Southwestern White Pine (3)
Pinus strobiformis
Speckled Alder (2)
Alnus incana
Spikenard (1)
Aralia bicrenata
Spotted Coralroot (13)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Saxifrage (13)
Saxifraga bronchialis
Spreading Dogbane (10)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spring Coralroot (4)
Corallorhiza wisteriana
Spruce Broom Rust (1)
Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli
Starflower Solomon's-plume (3)
Maianthemum stellatum
Steller's Jay (1)
Cyanocitta stelleri
Sticky Goldenrod (1)
Solidago simplex
Streambank Saxifrage (3)
Micranthes odontoloma
Striped Coralroot (3)
Corallorhiza striata
Stump Agrocybe (1)
Agrocybe acericola
Sweetclover (3)
Melilotus officinalis
Tassel Flower (7)
Brickellia grandiflora
Terrestrial Gartersnake (9)
Thamnophis elegans
Thimbleberry (37)
Rubus parviflorus
Thymeleaf Speedwell (1)
Veronica serpyllifolia
Townsend's Solitaire (1)
Myadestes townsendi
Townsend's Warbler (2)
Setophaga townsendi
Veiled Polypore (3)
Cryptoporus volvatus
Violet-green Swallow (4)
Tachycineta thalassina
Virgate Scorpionweed (7)
Phacelia heterophylla
Virginia Strawberry (15)
Fragaria virginiana
Water Puffball (1)
Lycoperdon perlatum
Wax Currant (1)
Ribes cereum
Western Antler Lichen (1)
Pseudevernia intensa
Western Painted Suillus (9)
Suillus lakei
Western Red Columbine (22)
Aquilegia elegantula
Western Rock-jasmine (1)
Androsace occidentalis
Western Tanager (1)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Wallflower (7)
Erysimum capitatum
Western Wood-Pewee (1)
Contopus sordidulus
White Checker-mallow (10)
Sidalcea candida
White Clover (5)
Trifolium repens
White Fir (29)
Abies concolor
White Sagebrush (4)
Artemisia ludoviciana
White Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus albus
White-breasted Nuthatch (2)
Sitta carolinensis
White-margin Pussytoes (3)
Antennaria marginata
White-veined Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola picta
Whortleberry (1)
Vaccinium myrtillus
Wild Bergamot (11)
Monarda fistulosa
Wild Turkey (1)
Meleagris gallopavo
Williamson's Sapsucker (1)
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Wilson's Warbler (1)
Cardellina pusilla
Winged Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum alatum
Witch's Butter (1)
Tremella mesenterica
Wolf's Currant (1)
Ribes wolfii
Woodland Agrimony (1)
Agrimonia striata
Woodland Strawberry (8)
Fragaria vesca
Woods' Rose (3)
Rosa woodsii
Wooton's Ragwort (5)
Senecio wootonii
Wright's Goldenrod (1)
Solidago wrightii
Yellow Hawkweed (2)
Hieracium fendleri
Yellow Russula (1)
Russula claroflava
Yellow-rumped Warbler (5)
Setophaga coronata
Zion False Goldenaster (1)
Heterotheca zionensis
a fungus (1)
Helvella compressa
a fungus (1)
Hebeloma album
a fungus (1)
Hebeloma albomarginatum
a fungus (3)
Flammulina populicola
a fungus (3)
Dacrymyces chrysospermus
a fungus (2)
Phlegmacium sublilacinum
a fungus (1)
Trametes ochracea
a fungus (1)
Boletus barrowsii
a fungus (1)
Tricholoma pardinum
a fungus (3)
Auricularia americana
a fungus (1)
Armillaria solidipes
a fungus (1)
Armillaria ostoyae
a fungus (1)
Xeromphalina enigmatica
a fungus (1)
Coltricia perennis
a fungus (2)
Phellinus tremulae
a fungus (1)
Leucophleps spinispora
a fungus (1)
Leucopaxillus albissimus
a fungus (2)
Hysterangium separabile
fetid goosefoot (2)
Dysphania incisa
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 (11)

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

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Virginia's Warbler
Leiothlypis virginiae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (9)

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.

Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Nutcracker
Nucifraga columbiana
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Grace's Warbler
Setophaga graciae
Lewis's Woodpecker
Melanerpes lewis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Vegetation (3)

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

Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 147 ha
GNR45.1%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 104 ha
GNR31.7%
GNR20.4%

Tesuque Creek

Tesuque Creek Roadless Area

Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico · 810 acres