West Yuba

Tahoe National Forest · California · 16,059 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (181)

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

(1)
Hygrophorus arenicola
(2)
Helvella sulcatoides
Aleutian Maidenhair Fern (3)
Adiantum aleuticum
Alpine Bog Laurel (1)
Kalmia microphylla
American Black Bear (2)
Ursus americanus
Arizona Cinquefoil (1)
Sibbaldia procumbens
Arrow-leaf Groundsel (1)
Senecio triangularis
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (1)
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Bald Eagle (1)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Beavertail Mariposa Lily (1)
Calochortus coeruleus
Black-headed Grosbeak (1)
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Bleeding Mycena (1)
Mycena haematopus
Blewit (2)
Collybia nuda
Blue Field Gilia (1)
Gilia capitata
Bracken Fern (1)
Pteridium aquilinum
Brewer's Angelica (1)
Angelica breweri
Brewer's Golden-aster (1)
Doellingeria breweri
Brewer's Monkeyflower (1)
Erythranthe breweri
Broad-stem Onion (1)
Allium platycaule
Brook Trout (1)
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Goblet (1)
Arrhenia epichysium
California Black Oak (2)
Quercus kelloggii
California Blushing Monkeyflower (2)
Erythranthe erubescens
California Mountain Kingsnake (1)
Lampropeltis zonata
California Oatgrass (1)
Danthonia californica
California Polemonium (1)
Polemonium californicum
California Red Fir (2)
Abies magnifica
California Spikenard (2)
Aralia californica
California Waterleaf (1)
Hydrophyllum occidentale
Californian False Hellebore (1)
Veratrum californicum
Canyon Creek Stonecrop (10)
Sedum paradisum
Canyon Live Oak (2)
Quercus chrysolepis
Cascade Wallflower (1)
Erysimum arenicola
Cliff Fleabane (1)
Erigeron petrophilus
Clustered Lady's-slipper (1)
Cypripedium fasciculatum
Coastal Woodfern (1)
Dryopteris arguta
Cobwebby Indian-paintbrush (1)
Castilleja arachnoidea
Coccora (1)
Amanita calyptroderma
Common Jellyspot (1)
Dacrymyces stillatus
Common Merganser (1)
Mergus merganser
Common Mullein (2)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Wintergreen (2)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Cow-parsnip (3)
Heracleum maximum
Cusick's Speedwell (1)
Veronica cusickii
Douglas' Squirrel (1)
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Douglas' Wormwood (1)
Artemisia douglasiana
Douglas-fir (3)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dwarf False Ground-cherry (1)
Leucophysalis nana
Ensatina (1)
Ensatina eschscholtzii
False Tarantula (1)
Calisoga longitarsis
Fendler's Meadowrue (1)
Thalictrum fendleri
Fly Amanita (1)
Amanita muscaria
Four-line Honeysuckle (1)
Lonicera involucrata
Fremont's Silktassel (1)
Garrya fremontii
Giant Chainfern (1)
Woodwardia fimbriata
Giant Pine Spike (1)
Chroogomphus pseudovinicolor
Giant Pinedrops (4)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (4)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Golden Triteleia (2)
Triteleia ixioides
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (1)
Callospermophilus lateralis
Gophersnake (2)
Pituophis catenifer
Gray's Bedstraw (1)
Galium grayanum
Greater Red Indian-paintbrush (2)
Castilleja miniata
Greenleaf Manzanita (1)
Arctostaphylos patula
Hairy Woodpecker (1)
Leuconotopicus villosus
Hartweg's Wild Ginger (2)
Asarum hartwegii
Henderson's Shootingstar (1)
Primula hendersonii
Huckleberry Oak (3)
Quercus vacciniifolia
Hummingbird-trumpet (6)
Epilobium canum
Incense Cedar (2)
Calocedrus decurrens
Incense Cedar Conk (2)
Tyromyces amarus
Jeffrey's Pine (1)
Pinus jeffreyi
Kelley's Lily (1)
Lilium kelleyanum
Kellogg's bitterroot (1)
Lewisia kelloggii
Largeleaf Periwinkle (1)
Vinca major
Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily (4)
Calochortus leichtlinii
Lemmon's Catchfly (1)
Silene lemmonii
Littleleaf Sedge (1)
Carex luzulifolia
Lobb's Buckwheat (3)
Eriogonum lobbii
Long-legged Myotis (1)
Myotis volans
Long-stalk Clover (1)
Trifolium longipes
Long-toed Salamander (1)
Ambystoma macrodactylum
Many-flower Snakelily (1)
Dichelostemma multiflorum
Mildred's Clarkia (1)
Clarkia mildrediae
Mountain Maple (1)
Acer glabrum
Mountain Navarretia (1)
Navarretia divaricata
Mountain Wildmint (1)
Monardella odoratissima
Naked Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum nudum
Nettle-leaf Giant-hyssop (3)
Agastache urticifolia
New World Dyer's Polypore (1)
Phaeolus hispidoides
Newberry's Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon newberryi
Nodding Melicgrass (1)
Melica stricta
Northern Alligator Lizard (1)
Elgaria coerulea
Oceanspray (1)
Holodiscus discolor
Orange Sponge Polypore (1)
Pycnoporellus alboluteus
Pacific Stonecrop (5)
Sedum spathulifolium
Pacific Treefrog (5)
Pseudacris regilla
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
Dryocopus pileatus
Pine Violet (1)
Viola purpurea
Pine Violet (1)
Viola lobata
Pinemat Manzanita (1)
Arctostaphylos nevadensis
Plume Moss (1)
Dendroalsia abietina
Purple Cortinarius (1)
Cortinarius violaceus
Purple Fawnlily (1)
Erythronium purpurascens
Purple Milkweed (4)
Asclepias cordifolia
Quaking Aspen (1)
Populus tremuloides
Red Elderberry (1)
Sambucus racemosa
Red-osier Dogwood (1)
Cornus sericea
Rose Meadowsweet (2)
Spiraea splendens
Rubber Boa (2)
Charina bottae
Sacramento Cycladenia (1)
Cycladenia humilis
Scarlet Skyrocket (1)
Ipomopsis aggregata
Shasta Clover (2)
Trifolium productum
Shelton's Violet (1)
Viola sheltonii
Sierra Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon heterodoxus
Sierra Chinquapin (1)
Chrysolepis sempervirens
Sierra Gartersnake (2)
Thamnophis couchii
Sierra Jewelflower (2)
Streptanthus tortuosus
Sierra Stickseed (1)
Hackelia nervosa
Smooth White Violet (1)
Viola macloskeyi
Smooth Wild Rye (1)
Elymus glaucus
Snowplant (3)
Sarcodes sanguinea
Spotted Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spreading Dogbane (2)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading Phlox (1)
Phlox diffusa
Spring Coccora (1)
Amanita vernicoccora
Starry Ladies'-Tresses (1)
Spiranthes × stellata
Sticky Gooseberry (1)
Ribes viscosissimum
Striped Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza striata
Suburban Psathyrella (1)
Candolleomyces candolleanus
Sugarstick (3)
Allotropa virgata
Sulphur Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla recta
Sulphur-flower Buckwheat (1)
Eriogonum umbellatum
Tall Phacelia (1)
Phacelia procera
Terrestrial Gartersnake (2)
Thamnophis elegans
Thick-stem Aster (1)
Eurybia integrifolia
Thimbleberry (2)
Rubus parviflorus
Tinker's-penny (1)
Hypericum anagalloides
Tongue Clarkia (1)
Clarkia rhomboidea
Townsend's Solitaire (1)
Myadestes townsendi
Tuberous Black-snakeroot (1)
Sanicula tuberosa
Umbrella Plant (2)
Darmera peltata
Utah Serviceberry (1)
Amelanchier utahensis
Veiled Polypore (4)
Cryptoporus volvatus
Western Azalea (1)
Rhododendron occidentale
Western Catchfly (4)
Silene occidentalis
Western Columbine (4)
Aquilegia formosa
Western Coneflower (1)
Rudbeckia occidentalis
Western Gray Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon laetus
Western Joepye-weed (2)
Ageratina occidentalis
Western Rattlesnake (1)
Crotalus oreganus
Western Sweet-cicely (1)
Osmorhiza occidentalis
Western Tanager (2)
Piranga ludoviciana
Western Toad (1)
Anaxyrus boreas
Western Wallflower (1)
Erysimum capitatum
White Fan Fungus (1)
Neocotylidia diaphana
White Spindles (1)
Clavaria fragilis
White-flower Hawkweed (2)
Hieracium albiflorum
White-veined Wintergreen (3)
Pyrola picta
Whiteleaf Manzanita (1)
Arctostaphylos viscida
Wolf Lichen (1)
Letharia vulpina
Woolly Mule's-ears (2)
Wyethia mollis
Yellow-bellied Marmot (1)
Marmota flaviventris
Yosemite Millipede (1)
Californiulus yosemitensis
a fungus (1)
Entoloma lividoalbum
a fungus (1)
Entoloma edulis
a fungus (1)
Leucopaxillus albissimus
a fungus (1)
Marasmius plicatulus
a fungus (1)
Morchella snyderi
a fungus (1)
Gomphidius oregonensis
a fungus (1)
Pluteus fulvibadius
a fungus (1)
Psathyrella praetenuis
a fungus (1)
Ciboria rufofusca
a fungus (1)
Suillus pseudobrevipes
a fungus (1)
Dendrocollybia racemosa
a fungus (1)
Floccularia albolanaripes
a fungus (1)
Hydnum melitosarx
a terrestrial slug (3)
Ariolimax buttoni
Federally Listed Species (10)

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.

California Red-legged Frog
Rana draytoniiThreatened
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Rana sierraeEndangered
California Condor
Gymnogyps californianusE, XN
California Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis occidentalis
Gray Wolf
Canis lupus
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Northwestern Pond Turtle
Actinemys marmorataProposed Threatened
Sierra Nevada Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes necator
Other Species of Concern (9)

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

American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
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.

American Dipper
Cinclus mexicanus
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Setophaga nigrescens
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Warbler
Setophaga occidentalis
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Wrentit
Chamaea fasciata
Vegetation (6)

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

California Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 5,104 ha
GNR78.5%
California Red Fir Forest
Tree / Conifer · 771 ha
GNR11.9%
California Mountain Chaparral
Shrub / Shrubland · 172 ha
GNR2.6%
Sierra Nevada Cliff and Canyon
Sparse / Sparsely Vegetated · 164 ha
2.5%
Sierra Nevada Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 67 ha
GNR1.0%
GNR0.7%

West Yuba

West Yuba Roadless Area

Tahoe National Forest, California · 16,059 acres