Thomes Creek

Mendocino National Forest · California · 16,616 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (227)

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

(1)
Streptanthus glandulosus
(5)
Coprinellus bipellis
(1)
Brodiaea rosea
(1)
Thysanocarpus laciniatus
American Black Bear (2)
Ursus americanus
American Dipper (1)
Cinclus mexicanus
American Trailplant (1)
Adenocaulon bicolor
Annual Knawel (3)
Scleranthus annuus
Anthony Peak Lupine (1)
Lupinus antoninus
Aquatic Gartersnake (1)
Thamnophis atratus
Arrowleaf Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum compositum
Ashy Silktassel (2)
Garrya flavescens
Band-tailed Pigeon (1)
Patagioenas fasciata
Big Manzanita (5)
Arctostaphylos manzanita
Bigleaf Maple (1)
Acer macrophyllum
Bird's-foot Cliffbrake (6)
Pellaea mucronata
Blue Field Gilia (2)
Gilia capitata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (1)
Polioptila caerulea
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (1)
Elymus elymoides
Brewer's Peavine (2)
Lathyrus sulphureus
Brewer's Rockcress (2)
Boechera breweri
Bulbous Bluegrass (1)
Poa bulbosa
Bush Beardtongue (1)
Keckiella lemmonii
California Ash (2)
Fraxinus dipetala
California Bay (7)
Umbellularia californica
California Black Oak (9)
Quercus kelloggii
California Brome (1)
Bromus carinatus
California Buckeye (7)
Aesculus californica
California Coffeeberry (4)
Frangula californica
California Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium californicum
California Fawnlily (5)
Erythronium californicum
California Figwort (3)
Scrophularia californica
California Flannelbush (1)
Fremontodendron californicum
California Foothill Pine (6)
Pinus sabiniana
California Grape (2)
Vitis californica
California Juniper (2)
Juniperus californica
California Kingsnake (1)
Lampropeltis californiae
California Mule's-ears (2)
Wyethia glabra
California Poppy (2)
Eschscholzia californica
California Rockrose (2)
Helianthella californica
California Saxifrage (1)
Micranthes californica
California Scrub Oak (2)
Quercus berberidifolia
California Scurfpea (3)
Pediomelum californicum
California Skullcap (1)
Scutellaria californica
California Spikenard (1)
Aralia californica
California Yerba Santa (4)
Eriodictyon californicum
Canyon Live Oak (3)
Quercus chrysolepis
Chaparral Currant (4)
Ribes malvaceum
Chaparral Honeysuckle (3)
Lonicera interrupta
Cheatgrass (1)
Bromus tectorum
Clasping-leaf Dogbane (1)
Apocynum cannabinum
Coffee Fern (2)
Pellaea andromedifolia
Common Chamise (7)
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Common Fig (1)
Ficus carica
Common Monkeyflower (2)
Erythranthe guttata
Common Mullein (3)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Sagebrush Lizard (1)
Sceloporus graciosus
Common Sunflower (1)
Helianthus annuus
Common Woolly-sunflower (3)
Eriophyllum lanatum
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Cougar (2)
Puma concolor
Coville's Lipfern (4)
Myriopteris covillei
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Junco hyemalis
Deerbrush (6)
Ceanothus integerrimus
Distant Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia distans
Douglas' Wormwood (1)
Artemisia douglasiana
Douglas-fir (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Durango Root (3)
Datisca glomerata
Erect Plantain (4)
Plantago erecta
Fall Thistle (1)
Cirsium occidentale
False Puffball (1)
Reticularia lycoperdon
Few-flower Blue-eyed Mary (1)
Collinsia sparsiflora
Field Hedge-parsley (1)
Torilis arvensis
Foot-hill Trefoil (2)
Acmispon brachycarpus
Foothill Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon heterophyllus
Foothill Deathcamas (1)
Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Fragrant Sumac (2)
Rhus aromatica
Fremont Cottonwood (1)
Populus fremontii
Fringepod (1)
Thysanocarpus curvipes
Gambel's Dwarf Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus gambelianus
Giant Chainfern (1)
Woodwardia fimbriata
Gold Poppy (4)
Eschscholzia caespitosa
Goldback Fern (3)
Pentagramma triangularis
Golden Violet (3)
Viola douglasii
Gophersnake (2)
Pituophis catenifer
Greene's Blue-eyed Mary (2)
Collinsia greenei
Greene's Ragwort (2)
Packera greenei
Hartweg's Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium marginatum
Hayfield Tarweed (1)
Hemizonia congesta
Honey-scent Navarretia (1)
Navarretia mellita
Hooked Groundstar (4)
Ancistrocarphus filagineus
Incense Cedar (2)
Calocedrus decurrens
Indian Warrior (7)
Pedicularis densiflora
Interior Live Oak (2)
Quercus wislizeni
Ithuriel's Spear (2)
Triteleia laxa
Jepson's Ceanothus (1)
Ceanothus jepsonii
Jepson's Navarretia (2)
Navarretia jepsonii
Jordan's Maidenhair Fern (6)
Adiantum jordanii
Kellogg's Monkeyflower (4)
Diplacus kelloggii
Kellogg's Yampah (1)
Perideridia kelloggii
Large-flower Collomia (5)
Collomia grandiflora
Layne's Monkeyflower (7)
Diplacus layneae
Leafless wintergreen (1)
Pyrola aphylla
Leather Oak (17)
Quercus durata
Lemmon's Catchfly (1)
Silene lemmonii
Leopard Lily (1)
Lilium pardalinum
Lesser Hareleaf (2)
Lagophylla minor
Littleleaf Silverback (1)
Luina hypoleuca
Long-ray Triteleia (1)
Triteleia peduncularis
Long-spur Plectritis (1)
Plectritis ciliosa
Lovely Clarkia (10)
Clarkia concinna
Low Hop Clover (1)
Trifolium campestre
Many-flower Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum dasyanthemum
Many-flower Snakelily (5)
Dichelostemma multiflorum
Many-flower Tobacco (1)
Nicotiana acuminata
Medusa-head (2)
Taeniatherum caput-medusae
Mexican Bedstraw (1)
Galium mexicanum
Mexican Catchfly (9)
Silene laciniata
Milo Baker Lupine (1)
Lupinus luteolus
Mountain Nemacladus (2)
Nemacladus montanus
Mountain Quail (1)
Oreortyx pictus
Mountain Whitethorn (2)
Ceanothus cordulatus
Mountain-mahogany (5)
Cercocarpus betuloides
Mule Deer (1)
Odocoileus hemionus
Munite Prickly-poppy (8)
Argemone munita
Naked Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nudum
Narrowleaf Goldenweed (1)
Ericameria linearifolia
Narrowleaf Swordfern (1)
Polystichum imbricans
Nested Polypody (1)
Polypodium calirhiza
North American Racer (1)
Coluber constrictor
Northern Pygmy-Owl (1)
Glaucidium gnoma
Ojai Fritillary (12)
Fritillaria affinis
Oregon Bitterroot (3)
Lewisia rediviva
Pacific Bleedingheart (1)
Dicentra formosa
Pacific Grove Clover (1)
Trifolium obtusiflorum
Pacific Mistletoe (1)
Phoradendron villosum
Pacific Stonecrop (2)
Sedum spathulifolium
Pacific Treefrog (2)
Pseudacris regilla
Paper Onion (3)
Allium amplectens
Parish's Horse-nettle (1)
Solanum parishii
Paskenta Grade Dwarf-flax (3)
Hesperolinon tehamense
Peregrine Falcon (1)
Falco peregrinus
Peregrine Thistle (4)
Cirsium cymosum
Phloxleaf Bedstraw (2)
Galium andrewsii
Pink False Gilia (1)
Allophyllum divaricatum
Purple Black-snakeroot (1)
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Purple Milkweed (2)
Asclepias cordifolia
Rayless Arnica (1)
Arnica discoidea
Red Baneberry (1)
Actaea rubra
Red Larkspur (7)
Delphinium nudicaule
Red-stem Springbeauty (3)
Claytonia rubra
Redwood Beardtongue (4)
Keckiella corymbosa
Ring-necked Snake (1)
Diadophis punctatus
San Francisco Broomrape (3)
Aphyllon franciscanum
Scarlet Missionbells (6)
Fritillaria recurva
Scarlet Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe cardinalis
Scythe-leaf Onion (8)
Allium falcifolium
Sedge-leaf Whitethorn (4)
Ceanothus cuneatus
Serpentine Collomia (2)
Collomia diversifolia
Serpentine Springbeauty (4)
Claytonia exigua
Shelton's Violet (1)
Viola sheltonii
Shortstem Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus uniflorus
Showy Tarweed (3)
Madia elegans
Sickle-leaf Jewelflower (13)
Streptanthus drepanoides
Sierra Gooseberry (2)
Ribes roezlii
Sierra Onion (3)
Allium campanulatum
Silver-crown (3)
Cacaliopsis nardosmia
Siskiyou Mountain Woodland-star (1)
Lithophragma campanulatum
Sky-blue Beardtongue (4)
Penstemon azureus
Slender Catchfly (3)
Silene greenei
Slender Clarkia (1)
Clarkia gracilis
Slender-stem Lessingia (1)
Lessingia nemaclada
Small-flower Rosinweed (4)
Calycadenia pauciflora
Soft Brome (1)
Bromus hordeaceus
Sonoran Desert Centipede (1)
Scolopendra polymorpha
Southwestern Carrot (1)
Daucus pusillus
Spreading Dogbane (1)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Stebbins' Madia (2)
Harmonia stebbinsii
Stiff Velezia (1)
Dianthus nudiflorus
Streambank Springbeauty (2)
Claytonia parviflora
Striped Racer (1)
Masticophis lateralis
Sugar Pine (2)
Pinus lambertiana
Superb Mariposa Lily (2)
Calochortus superbus
Taw Manroot (5)
Marah watsonii
Thickleaf Bird's-foot-trefoil (2)
Hosackia crassifolia
Thimbleberry (2)
Rubus parviflorus
Tiger Whiptail (2)
Aspidoscelis tigris
Tolmie's Mariposa Lily (9)
Calochortus tolmiei
Tongue Clarkia (6)
Clarkia rhomboidea
Toothed Medic (1)
Medicago polymorpha
Toothed Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola dentata
Torrent Sedge (1)
Carex nudata
Toyon (9)
Heteromeles arbutifolia
Tri-pod Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum tripodum
Tuberous Black-snakeroot (1)
Sanicula tuberosa
Turpentine Weed (3)
Trichostema laxum
Twining Snakelily (4)
Dichelostemma volubile
Wallace's Spikemoss (1)
Selaginella wallacei
Wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja applegatei
Wavyleaf Soap-plant (2)
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Western Fence Lizard (8)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Larkspur (1)
Delphinium hesperium
Western Poison-oak (2)
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Western Rattlesnake (3)
Crotalus oreganus
Western Redbud (4)
Cercis occidentalis
Western Sweet-shrub (11)
Calycanthus occidentalis
Western Vervain (3)
Verbena lasiostachys
Western Wallflower (3)
Erysimum capitatum
White Sweetclover (2)
Melilotus albus
White Triteleia (1)
Triteleia hyacinthina
White-headed Woodpecker (1)
Leuconotopicus albolarvatus
White-stem Raspberry (4)
Rubus leucodermis
White-veined Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola picta
Whiteleaf Manzanita (4)
Arctostaphylos viscida
Wiry Snapdragon (2)
Sairocarpus vexillocalyculatus
Wood Rose (1)
Rosa gymnocarpa
Woolly Angelica (1)
Angelica tomentosa
Woolly Desert-dandelion (3)
Malacothrix floccifera
Woolly Indian-paintbrush (6)
Castilleja foliolosa
Wrentit (1)
Chamaea fasciata
Yellow Mariposa Lily (2)
Calochortus luteus
Yellow Pincushion (3)
Chaenactis glabriuscula
Yellow Star-thistle (1)
Centaurea solstitialis
Yellow Whispering-bells (2)
Emmenanthe penduliflora
blue dicks (1)
Dipterostemon capitatus
turkey mullein (1)
Croton setiger
Federally Listed Species (6)

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.

Northern Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis caurinaThreatened
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusE, XN
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Western Spadefoot
Spea hammondiiProposed Threatened
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (18)

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

Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Belding's Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi
Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii
California Thrasher
Toxostoma redivivum
Channel Island Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia graminea
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens rufescens
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Spinus lawrencei
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Dryobates nuttallii
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii cardonensis
White-headed Woodpecker
Dryobates albolarvatus gravirostris
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (15)

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.

Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Bullock's Oriole
Icterus bullockii
California Thrasher
Toxostoma redivivum
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Poecile rufescens
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Lawrence's Goldfinch
Spinus lawrencei
Oak Titmouse
Baeolophus inornatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Savannah Sparrow
Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow
Melospiza melodia
Western Screech-Owl
Megascops kennicottii
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Vegetation (12)

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

California Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 3,603 ha
GNR53.6%
California Mountain Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 464 ha
GNR6.9%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 414 ha
GNR6.2%
California Mixed Evergreen Forest
Tree / Conifer · 412 ha
GNR6.1%
California Foothill Mixed Oak Woodland
Tree / Hardwood · 328 ha
GNR4.9%
GNR4.1%
California Ruderal Grassland and Meadow
Herb / Exotic Herbaceous · 258 ha
3.8%
California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 236 ha
GNR3.5%
GNR2.2%
GNR1.2%
Central California Coast Ranges Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 74 ha
1.1%
G20.1%

Thomes Creek

Thomes Creek Roadless Area

Mendocino National Forest, California · 16,616 acres