Wellington Hills

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest · Nevada · 21,009 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (131)

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

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Boechera retrofracta
American Beaver (1)
Castor canadensis
American Black Bear (1)
Ursus americanus
American Kestrel (1)
Falco sparverius
Antelope Bitterbrush (1)
Purshia tridentata
Arcane Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus obscurus
Baltic Rush (1)
Juncus balticus
Basin Yellow Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya confertiflora
Beautiful Rockcress (1)
Boechera pulchra
Big Sagebrush (6)
Artemisia tridentata
Birdnest Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum nidularium
Black-chinned Hummingbird (1)
Archilochus alexandri
Black-tailed Jackrabbit (1)
Lepus californicus
Black-throated Sparrow (1)
Amphispiza bilineata
Bloomer's Fleabane (1)
Erigeron bloomeri
Bottlebrush Squirrel-tail (2)
Elymus elymoides
Bristle-head (1)
Rigiopappus leptocladus
Brook-pimpernel (1)
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Brown Trout (1)
Salmo trutta
Bullock's Oriole (1)
Icterus bullockii
Cheatgrass (1)
Bromus tectorum
Clasping Pepper-grass (2)
Lepidium perfoliatum
Common Blue-mustard (2)
Chorispora tenella
Common Horehound (3)
Marrubium vulgare
Common Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe guttata
Common Mullein (1)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Sunflower (1)
Helianthus annuus
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Coyote Tobacco (1)
Nicotiana attenuata
Curly Bluegrass (1)
Poa secunda
Curveseed Butterwort (1)
Ceratocephala testiculata
Dark-red Onion (1)
Allium atrorubens
Desert Alyssum (1)
Alyssum desertorum
Desert Globemallow (2)
Sphaeralcea ambigua
Desert Gooseberry (2)
Ribes velutinum
Desert Horned Lizard (2)
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
Desert Peach (2)
Prunus andersonii
Desert Prince's-plume (1)
Stanleya pinnata
Desert Wishbone-bush (1)
Mirabilis laevis
Desert paintbrush (3)
Castilleja chromosa
Douglas' Wormwood (1)
Artemisia douglasiana
Dwarf Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia arbuscula
Eurasian Collared-Dove (1)
Streptopelia decaocto
Fall Thistle (1)
Cirsium occidentale
Field Bindweed (1)
Convolvulus arvensis
Flat-spine Bursage (2)
Ambrosia acanthicarpa
Foothill Deathcamas (3)
Toxicoscordion paniculatum
Four-wing Saltbush (1)
Atriplex canescens
Giant Blazingstar (1)
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Giant Pinedrops (1)
Pterospora andromedea
Glandular Layia (2)
Layia glandulosa
Gophersnake (2)
Pituophis catenifer
Gray Ball Sage (4)
Salvia dorrii
Great Basin Spadefoot (1)
Spea intermontana
Green Mormon-tea (2)
Ephedra viridis
Greene's Rabbitbrush (1)
Chrysothamnus greenei
Heermann's Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum heermannii
Hoary Pincushion (2)
Chaenactis douglasii
Hooker's Balsamroot (2)
Balsamorhiza hookeri
House Finch (1)
Haemorhous mexicanus
Kit Fox (1)
Vulpes macrotis
Littleleaf Horsebrush (1)
Tetradymia glabrata
Long-flowered Snowberry (2)
Symphoricarpos longiflorus
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (3)
Gambelia wislizenii
Longleaf Phlox (4)
Phlox longifolia
Matted Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum caespitosum
Meadow Foxtail (2)
Alopecurus pratensis
Money Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nummulare
Mule Deer (1)
Odocoileus hemionus
Munite Prickly-poppy (3)
Argemone munita
Muttongrass (1)
Poa fendleriana
Narrowleaf Milkweed (4)
Asclepias fascicularis
Narrowleaf Willow (1)
Salix exigua
Nevada Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium nevadense
Nevada Lupine (2)
Lupinus nevadensis
Nevada Mormon-tea (4)
Ephedra nevadensis
North American Racer (1)
Coluber constrictor
Northern Scorpion (1)
Paruroctonus boreus
Norwegian Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla norvegica
Nuttall's Povertyweed (1)
Blitum nuttallianum
Oregon Bitterroot (2)
Lewisia rediviva
Oval-leaf Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum ovalifolium
Pacific Popcorn-flower (1)
Plagiobothrys tenellus
Panhandle Prickly-pear (3)
Opuntia polyacantha
Parish's Larkspur (2)
Delphinium parishii
Pin Clover (3)
Erodium cicutarium
Pine Violet (3)
Viola purpurea
Pursh's Milkvetch (2)
Astragalus purshii
Rayless Shaggy Fleabane (3)
Erigeron aphanactis
Red-winged Blackbird (2)
Agelaius phoeniceus
Rigid Threadplant (1)
Nemacladus rigidus
Rock Wren (1)
Salpinctes obsoletus
Rough-seed Cat's-eye (1)
Oreocarya flavoculata
Rubber Rabbitbrush (4)
Ericameria nauseosa
Rufous Hummingbird (1)
Selasphorus rufus
Russian Olive (1)
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Sagebrush Cholla (4)
Micropuntia pulchella
Short-awn Foxtail (1)
Alopecurus aequalis
Showy Milkweed (1)
Asclepias speciosa
Silver Buffaloberry (2)
Shepherdia argentea
Single-leaf Pine (6)
Pinus monophylla
Slender Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum microtheca
Spindle Milkvetch (4)
Astragalus oophorus
Spiny Greasebush (1)
Glossopetalon spinescens
Spiny Hop-sage (1)
Grayia spinosa
Spotted Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum maculatum
Spreading Fleabane (1)
Erigeron divergens
Stemless Mock Goldenweed (1)
Stenotus acaulis
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Tall Tumble-mustard (1)
Sisymbrium altissimum
Tall Woolly Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum elatum
Tessellate Fiddleneck (3)
Amsinckia tessellata
Tiger Whiptail (2)
Aspidoscelis tigris
Two-form Pussytoes (1)
Antennaria dimorpha
Upland Larkspur (1)
Delphinium nuttallianum
Utah Juniper (2)
Juniperus osteosperma
Veatch's Blazingstar (1)
Mentzelia veatchiana
Washoe Scorpionweed (1)
Phacelia curvipes
Waxy Bitterbrush (1)
Purshia glandulosa
Western Blue Iris (1)
Iris missouriensis
Western Fence Lizard (3)
Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Meadowlark (1)
Sturnella neglecta
Western Rattlesnake (1)
Crotalus oreganus
Western Tanager (1)
Piranga ludoviciana
White Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus albus
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Whitestem Blazingstar (2)
Mentzelia albicaulis
Wright's Buckwheat (2)
Eriogonum wrightii
a fungus (2)
Puccinia monoica
maroon-spotted woollystar (2)
Eriastrum signatum
Federally Listed Species (3)

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.

Greater Sage-Grouse
Centrocercus urophasianus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (13)

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

American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Northern Harrier
Circus hudsonius
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (12)

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.

American White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
California Gull
Larus californicus
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Pinyon Jay
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Sage Thrasher
Oreoscoptes montanus
Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
Vegetation (8)

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

Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland
Tree / Conifer · 4,596 ha
GNR54.1%
Great Basin Dry Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 1,880 ha
GNR22.1%
Great Basin Big Sagebrush Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 825 ha
G39.7%
Intermountain Mountain Sagebrush Steppe
Shrub / Shrubland · 814 ha
GNR9.6%
Great Basin & Intermountain Ruderal Shrubland
Shrub / Exotic Tree-Shrub · 138 ha
1.6%
1.1%
Rocky Mountain Foothill Shrubland
Shrub / Shrubland · 9 ha
G30.1%
G30.0%

Wellington Hills

Wellington Hills Roadless Area

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada · 21,009 acres