Wolf Creek BioBlitz

This is a guide for the Wolf Creek BioBlitz on August 22nd. Wolf Creek Pass straddles the Continental Divide between two of the largest intact wilderness areas in the Southern Rockies – the Weminuche and South San Juan wildernesses. Wolf Creek Pass is an important wildlife linkage that is ...more ↓

Boreal Toad 1
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Northern leopard frog 2
Lithobates pipiens
Spotted Owl 3
Strix occidentalis
Boreal Owl 4
Aegolius funereus
Black Swift 5
Cypseloides niger
White-tailed Ptarmigan 6
Lagopus leucura
Mallard 7
Anas platyrhynchos
Lesser Scaup 8
Aythya affinis
Ring-necked Duck 9
Aythya collaris
Golden Eagle 6
Aquila chrysaetos
Hermit Thrush 5
Catharus guttatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 6
Contopus cooperi
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax traillii extimus
Lincoln's Sparrow 10
Melospiza lincolnii
Wilson's warbler 11
Cardellina pusilla
Brown Creeper 12
Certhia americana
Rocky Mountain Elk 13
Cervus elaphus nelsoni
Mule Deer 14
Odocoileus hemionus
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep 15
Ovis canadensis canadensis
Hoary Bat 16
Lasiurus cinereus
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 17
Tadarida brasiliensis
American Black Bear 18
Ursus americanus
American Marten 19
Martes americana
Stoat 20
Mustela erminea
Long-tailed Weasel 21
Mustela frenata
Wolverine
Gulo gulo luscus
Canada Lynx 22
Lynx canadensis
Mountain Lion 23
Puma concolor
Yellow-bellied Marmot 24
Marmota flaviventris
Gunnison's Prairie Dog 25
Cynomys gunnisoni
Oncorhynchus clarki 26
Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii
Brook Trout 27
Salvelinus fontinalis
Hudsonian Emerald 28
Somatochlora hudsonica
upswept moonwort 30
Botrychium ascendens
Echo moonwort 31
Botrychium echo
western moonwort 32
Botrychium hesperium
lance-leaved moonwort 33
Botrychium lanceolatum
slender moonwort
Botrychium lineare
Mingan moonwort 33
Botrychium minganense
paradox moonwort 34
Botrychium paradoxum
northwestern moonwort 35
Botrychium pinnatum
Yosemite moonwort
Botrychium simplex compositum
Lodgepole Pine 37
Pinus contorta
Subalpine Fir 38
Abies lasiocarpa
Engelmann spruce 39
Picea engelmannii
park milkvetch 26
Astragalus leptaleus
Rocky Mountain Trifolium 40
Trifolium attenuatum
mountain gooseberry 41
Ribes montigenum
mountain strawberry 42
Fragaria virginiana
white-leaved cinquefoil 6
Potentilla pulcherrima
Woods' rose 43
Rosa woodsii
large-leaved avens 44
Geum macrophyllum
creeping sibbaldia 45
Sibbaldia procumbens
brook saxifrage 46
Micranthes odontoloma
fivestamen miterwort 47
Pectiantia pentandra
dwarf bilberry 48
Vaccinium cespitosum
Vaccinium myrtillus ssp. oreophilum
Vaccinium myrtillus oreophilum
Greenland Primrose 49
Primula egaliksensis
Parry's primrose 50
Primula parryi
Pretty Jacob's-ladder 51
Polemonium pulcherrimum
Pagosa skyrocket 52
Ipomopsis polyantha
Canadian bunchberry 53
Cornus canadensis
Rocky Mountain fringed gentian 6
Gentianopsis thermalis
Knowlton cactus 54
Pediocactus knowltonii
American Bistort 55
Bistorta bistortoides
Great Sundew 56
Drosera anglica
Round-leaved Sundew 57
Drosera rotundifolia
Kotzebue's Grass-of-Parnassus 49
Parnassia kotzebuei
orange agoseris 6
Agoseris aurantiaca
Pale agoseris 58
Agoseris glauca
common dandelion 59
Taraxacum officinale
northern goldenrod 58
Solidago multiradiata
cut-leaf fleabane 60
Erigeron compositus
coulter's fleabane 41
Erigeron coulteri
Glacial Daisy 61
Erigeron glacialis
Flat-top Pussytoes 55
Antennaria corymbosa
small-leaf pussytoes 55
Antennaria parvifolia
pearly everlasting 62
Anaphalis margaritacea
heartleaf arnica 55
Arnica cordifolia
hairy arnica 63
Arnica mollis
Black-tipped Ragwort 55
Senecio atratus
arrowleaf ragwort 64
Senecio triangularis
Tasselflower Brickellia 6
Brickellia grandiflora
Saffron Ragwort 26
Packera crocata
Colorado Tansy Aster 26
Machaeranthera coloradoensis
Harebell 65
Campanula rotundifolia
Richardson's geranium 66
Geranium richardsonii
mountain bluebells 67
Mertensia ciliata
Rose Paintbrush 68
Castilleja rhexifolia
Sulphur Indian-paintbrush 55
Castilleja sulphurea
Elephant's Head 6
Pedicularis groenlandica
sickletop lousewort 69
Pedicularis racemosa alba
Whipple's Penstemon 70
Penstemon whippleanus
lesser bladderwort 71
Utricularia minor
Seep Monkeyflower 72
Mimulus guttatus
Fitweed 73
Corydalis caseana
Case's Corydalis
Corydalis caseana brandegeei
Plantainleaf Buttercup 74
Ranunculus alismifolius

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