Willard Estelle #173

Kootenai National Forest · Montana · 3,714 acres · RoadlessArea Rule (2001)
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Observed Species (230)

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

Whitebark Pine (2)
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
Alderleaf Buckthorn (1)
Rhamnus alnifolia
Alpine Bog Laurel (2)
Kalmia microphylla
Alpine Marsh Violet (1)
Viola palustris
Alpine Speedwell (1)
Veronica wormskjoldii
American Bistort (3)
Bistorta bistortoides
American Dipper (1)
Cinclus mexicanus
American False Hellebore (1)
Veratrum viride
American Pika (3)
Ochotona princeps
American Pinesap (1)
Monotropa hypopitys
American Rockbrake (2)
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
American Trailplant (4)
Adenocaulon bicolor
Anderson's Holly Fern (3)
Polystichum andersonii
Arrow-leaf Groundsel (1)
Senecio triangularis
Arrowleaf Balsamroot (1)
Balsamorhiza sagittata
Baker's Mariposa Lily (10)
Calochortus apiculatus
Bald Eagle (3)
Haliaeetus leucocephalusDL
Bear's Head (1)
Hericium abietis
Bearberry (8)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bicknell's Northern Crane's-bill (1)
Geranium bicknellii
Black Cottonwood (1)
Populus trichocarpa
Black Medic (1)
Medicago lupulina
Blewit (1)
Collybia nuda
Blood-red Crane's-bill (1)
Geranium sanguineum
Bluebunch Wheatgrass (1)
Pseudoroegneria spicata
Box-elder (1)
Acer negundo
Bracken Fern (1)
Pteridium aquilinum
Brook Trout (2)
Salvelinus fontinalis
Bull Elephant's-head (3)
Pedicularis groenlandica
Bull Thistle (2)
Cirsium vulgare
California Polemonium (3)
Polemonium californicum
Canada Buffaloberry (3)
Shepherdia canadensis
Canada Mint (1)
Mentha canadensis
Canadian Milkvetch (1)
Astragalus canadensis
Cat-faced Orbweaver (1)
Araneus gemmoides
Cedar Waxwing (1)
Bombycilla cedrorum
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (2)
Poecile rufescens
Chicory (1)
Cichorium intybus
Choke Cherry (2)
Prunus virginiana
Clasping Twisted-stalk (1)
Streptopus amplexifolius
Clasping-leaf Dogbane (1)
Apocynum cannabinum
Columbia Spotted Frog (4)
Rana luteiventris
Columbian Ground Squirrel (6)
Urocitellus columbianus
Columbian Lily (2)
Lilium columbianum
Columbian Monkshood (2)
Aconitum columbianum
Common Centaury (1)
Centaurium erythraea
Common Hound's-tongue (1)
Cynoglossum officinale
Common Mullein (4)
Verbascum thapsus
Common Speedwell (1)
Veronica officinalis
Common St. John's-wort (3)
Hypericum perforatum
Common Tansy (6)
Tanacetum vulgare
Common Viper's-bugloss (1)
Echium vulgare
Common Wintergreen (7)
Chimaphila umbellata
Common Yarrow (1)
Achillea millefolium
Cougar (1)
Puma concolor
Coyote (1)
Canis latrans
Creeping Bellflower (1)
Campanula rapunculoides
Creeping Oregon-grape (4)
Berberis repens
Creeping Thistle (1)
Cirsium arvense
Curly Pondweed (1)
Potamogeton crispus
Curve-beak Lousewort (2)
Pedicularis contorta
Douglas-fir (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Dwarf Dogwood (2)
Cornus canadensis
Eggleaf Beardtongue (2)
Penstemon ellipticus
Engelmann Spruce (1)
Picea engelmannii
Fairy Slipper (2)
Calypso bulbosa
Field Bindweed (1)
Convolvulus arvensis
Field Horsetail (2)
Equisetum arvense
Field Pennycress (1)
Thlaspi arvense
Fierce Orbweaver (1)
Araneus saevus
Fireweed (3)
Chamaenerion angustifolium
Five-leaf Dwarf Bramble (1)
Rubus pedatus
Fly Amanita (4)
Amanita muscaria
Four-line Honeysuckle (1)
Lonicera involucrata
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus (1)
Parnassia fimbriata
Fuller's Teasel (1)
Dipsacus fullonum
Garden Bird's-foot-trefoil (2)
Lotus corniculatus
Geyer's Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium geyeri
Ghost Pipe (4)
Monotropa uniflora
Giant Gardenslug (2)
Limax maximus
Giant Pinedrops (8)
Pterospora andromedea
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain (5)
Goodyera oblongifolia
Golden-Hardhack (1)
Dasiphora fruticosa
Grand Fir (6)
Abies grandis
Great Blanket-flower (3)
Gaillardia aristata
Great Horned Owl (1)
Bubo virginianus
Green-flower Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola chlorantha
Ground Juniper (1)
Juniperus communis
Heartleaf Arnica (4)
Arnica cordifolia
Hoary False Alyssum (1)
Berteroa incana
Hobo Spider (1)
Eratigena agrestis
Lace Foamflower (6)
Tiarella trifoliata
Lace Lipfern (1)
Myriopteris gracillima
Lanceleaf Arnica (1)
Arnica lanceolata
Lanceleaf Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia lanceolata
Large Fringe-cup (1)
Tellima grandiflora
Large-bract Vervain (1)
Verbena bracteata
Large-flower Yellow Fawnlily (1)
Erythronium grandiflorum
Large-flowered Triteleia (1)
Triteleia grandiflora
Largescale Sucker (1)
Catostomus macrocheilus
Leafless wintergreen (1)
Pyrola aphylla
Lewis' Mock Orange (2)
Philadelphus lewisii
Lewis' Monkeyflower (3)
Erythranthe lewisii
Linearleaf Miner's-lettuce (1)
Montia linearis
Lodgepole Pine (4)
Pinus contorta
Long-toed Salamander (1)
Ambystoma macrodactylum
Longnose Dace (12)
Rhinichthys cataractae
Longtail Wild Ginger (4)
Asarum caudatum
Lung Lichen (3)
Lobaria pulmonaria
Mallard (2)
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallow-leaf Ninebark (2)
Physocarpus malvaceus
Marsh Valerian (2)
Valeriana sitchensis
Meadow Goat's-beard (1)
Tragopogon dubius
Menzies' Wintergreen (1)
Chimaphila menziesii
Mertens' Coralroot (4)
Corallorhiza mertensiana
Mertens' Sedge (1)
Carex mertensii
Moose (1)
Alces alces
Mountain Lady's-slipper (5)
Cypripedium montanum
Mountain Maple (2)
Acer glabrum
Narrowleaf Cotton-grass (1)
Eriophorum angustifolium
Nodding Onion (3)
Allium cernuum
North American Red Squirrel (1)
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Northern Alligator Lizard (2)
Elgaria coerulea
Northern Gentian (1)
Gentianella amarella
Northern Red Belt (1)
Fomitopsis mounceae
Oceanspray (3)
Holodiscus discolor
One-flowered Wintergreen (1)
Moneses uniflora
One-sided Wintergreen (1)
Orthilia secunda
Orange Chocolate Chip Lichen (1)
Solorina crocea
Orange Honeysuckle (1)
Lonicera ciliosa
Orchard Grass (1)
Dactylis glomerata
Oregon Boxleaf (1)
Paxistima myrsinites
Oxeye Daisy (3)
Leucanthemum vulgare
Pacific Clubmoss (1)
Huperzia occidentalis
Pacific Oak Fern (2)
Gymnocarpium disjunctum
Pacific Treefrog (1)
Pseudacris regilla
Pacific Yew (1)
Taxus brevifolia
Paper Birch (2)
Betula papyrifera
Pearly Everlasting (3)
Anaphalis margaritacea
Pin Clover (1)
Erodium cicutarium
Pine Siskin (1)
Spinus pinus
Pink Wintergreen (1)
Pyrola asarifolia
Ponderosa Pine (5)
Pinus ponderosa
Quaking Aspen (1)
Populus tremuloides
Rainbow Trout or Steelhead (2)
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Red Baneberry (3)
Actaea rubra
Red Crossbill (1)
Loxia curvirostra
Red Elderberry (2)
Sambucus racemosa
Red-osier Dogwood (1)
Cornus sericea
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Buteo jamaicensis
Rocky Mountain Goat (1)
Oreamnos americanus
Rocky Mountain Juniper (1)
Juniperus scopulorum
Rose Meadowsweet (4)
Spiraea splendens
Rosy Pussytoes (2)
Antennaria rosea
Rough-fruit Mandarin (1)
Prosartes trachycarpa
Ruffed Grouse (3)
Bonasa umbellus
Running Clubmoss (3)
Lycopodium clavatum
Rush Skeletonweed (2)
Chondrilla juncea
Rusty-hair Saxifrage (1)
Micranthes ferruginea
Sandberg's Desert-parsley (1)
Lomatium sandbergii
Saskatoon (5)
Amelanchier alnifolia
Self-heal (4)
Prunella vulgaris
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Accipiter striatus
Siberian Springbeauty (1)
Claytonia sibirica
Single-flowered Clintonia (9)
Clintonia uniflora
Slender Bog Orchid (1)
Platanthera stricta
Slender Cotton-grass (2)
Eriophorum gracile
Small-fruit Bulrush (1)
Scirpus microcarpus
Snowberry (2)
Symphoricarpos albus
Snowshoe Hare (1)
Lepus americanus
Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum racemosum
Spotted Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza maculata
Spotted Knapweed (6)
Centaurea stoebe
Spreading Dogbane (9)
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Spreading Woodfern (1)
Dryopteris expansa
Spring Draba (1)
Draba verna
Spruce Grouse (1)
Canachites canadensis
Square-twigged Huckleberry (2)
Vaccinium membranaceum
Starflower Solomon's-plume (1)
Maianthemum stellatum
Stiff Clubmoss (1)
Spinulum annotinum
Streambank Globemallow (1)
Iliamna rivularis
Striped Coralroot (1)
Corallorhiza striata
Subalpine Fir (2)
Abies lasiocarpa
Subalpine Fleabane (1)
Erigeron glacialis
Subarctic Ladyfern (1)
Athyrium filix-femina
Sulphur Cinquefoil (1)
Potentilla recta
Tall Tumble-mustard (1)
Sisymbrium altissimum
Terrestrial Gartersnake (1)
Thamnophis elegans
Thimbleberry (6)
Rubus parviflorus
Three-leaf Bitterroot (1)
Lewisia triphylla
Tobacco Ceanothus (4)
Ceanothus velutinus
Torrent Sculpin (2)
Cottus rhotheus
Towering Lousewort (1)
Pedicularis bracteosa
Treelike Clubmoss (1)
Dendrolycopodium dendroideum
Triangle Grapefern (1)
Botrychium lanceolatum
Twinflower (1)
Linnaea borealis
Umbellate Hawkweed (1)
Hieracium umbellatum
Utah Honeysuckle (2)
Lonicera utahensis
Virginia Strawberry (2)
Fragaria virginiana
Virile Crayfish (1)
Faxonius virilis
Wapiti (2)
Cervus canadensis
Western Featherbells (1)
Anticlea occidentalis
Western Hemlock (3)
Tsuga heterophylla
Western Larch (6)
Larix occidentalis
Western Red-cedar (10)
Thuja plicata
Western Roughleaf Violet (1)
Viola orbiculata
Western Swordfern (3)
Polystichum munitum
Western Toad (6)
Anaxyrus boreas
Western Trillium (4)
Trillium ovatum
Western Turkeybeard (8)
Xerophyllum tenax
Western White Pine (2)
Pinus monticola
White Sagebrush (1)
Artemisia ludoviciana
White Sweetclover (1)
Melilotus albus
White-flowered Rhododendron (2)
Rhododendron albiflorum
White-stem Raspberry (2)
Rubus leucodermis
White-tailed Deer (3)
Odocoileus virginianus
White-winged Crossbill (1)
Loxia leucoptera
Wild Bergamot (3)
Monarda fistulosa
Wild Sarsaparilla (3)
Aralia nudicaulis
Wild Turkey (3)
Meleagris gallopavo
Winter Vetch (1)
Vicia villosa
Witch's Butter (1)
Tremella mesenterica
Wood Rose (1)
Rosa gymnocarpa
Woodland Strawberry (1)
Fragaria vesca
Yellow Beardtongue (1)
Penstemon confertus
Yellow Clover (3)
Trifolium aureum
Yellow Skunk Cabbage (1)
Lysichiton americanus
a fungus (1)
Laetiporus conifericola
a fungus (2)
Caloboletus rubripes
Federally Listed Species (8)

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.

Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulisThreatened
Bull Trout
Salvelinus confluentus
Canada Lynx
Lynx canadensis
Grizzly bear
Ursus arctos horribilis
Monarch
Danaus plexippusProposed Threatened
North American Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Suckley's Cuckoo Bumble Bee
Bombus suckleyiProposed Endangered
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Other Species of Concern (8)

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

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus nataliae
Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern (8)

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.

Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Black Swift
Cypseloides niger
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope
Cassin's Finch
Haemorhous cassinii
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
Williamson's Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Vegetation (5)

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

Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 1,100 ha
GNR73.2%
Southern Rockies Mixed Conifer Forest
Tree / Conifer · 206 ha
GNR13.7%
GNR4.4%
Rocky Mountain Lodgepole Pine Forest
Tree / Conifer · 46 ha
GNR3.1%
Rocky Mountain Subalpine Meadow
Herb / Grassland · 29 ha
GNR1.9%

Willard Estelle #173

Willard Estelle #173 Roadless Area

Kootenai National Forest, Montana · 3,714 acres