Species Inventory

Small Mammals
13-lined ground squirrel / Spermophilus triecemlineatus
Deer mouse / Peromyscus maniclatus
Least chipmunk / Tamias minimus
Least weasel / Mustela rivalis
Long-tail weasel / Mustela frenata
Masked shrew / Sorex cinereus
Meadow vole / Microtus pennsylvaicus
Pocket gopher / Thomoys sp.
Pygmy shrew / Sorex hoyi
Red least chipmunk squirrel / Tamiasclurs hudsonicus
Red-backed vole / Clethrionomys gapperi
Richard ground squirrel / Spermophillus richardsoni
Short-tailed weasel (ermine) / Mustela eminea

Medium Mammals
Badger / Taxidea taxus
Porcupine / Erethizon dorsayum
Red fox / Vulpes vulpes
Snowshoe hare / Lepus americanus
Striped skunk / Mephitis mephitis

Large Mammals
Black bear / Ursus americanus
Cougar / Puma concolor
Coyote / Canis latrans
Lynx / Lynx canadenis

Ungulates
Buffalo (bison) / Bison bison*
Moose / Alces alces
Mule deer / Odocoileus hemionus
Rocky mountain elk (wapiti) / Cervus elaphus
White-tail deer / Odocoileus virginianus
* present historically

Flying Mammals
Little brown bat / Myotis lucifugus

Aquatic Mammals
Beaver / Castor canadensis
Muskrat / Ondatra zibethicus

Transient Mammals
Eastern grey squirrel / Sciurus carolinensis
Wolf / Canis lupus

Domestic Mammals
Cat / Felis catus
Cattle / Bos taurus
Dog / Canis familiaris
Horse / Equus caballus
Sheep / Ovis aries

Frogs
Boreal chorus frog / Pseudacris maculata
Wood frog / Rana sylvatica

Salamanders
Tiger salamander / Ambystroma tigrinum

Resident Birds
Barred owl / Strix varia
Black-billed magpie / Pica hudsonia
Black-capped chickadee / Poecile atricapillus
Blue jay / Cyanocitta cristata
Common raven / Corvus corax
Downy woodpecker / Picoides pubescens
Gray partridge / Perdix perdix
Great gray owl / Strix nebulosa
Great horned owl / Bubo virginianus
House sparrow / Passer domesticus
Pileated woodpecker / Dryocopus pileatus
Ring-necked pheasant / Phasisnus colchcus
Rock pigeon (dove) / Columba livia
Ruffed grouse / Bonasa umbellus
Saw-whet owl / Aegolius accadicus
Sharp-tail grouse / Tympanuchus phasianellus
Short-eared owl / Asio flammeus

Wetland Birds
Belted kingfisher / Megaceryle accyon
Double-crested cormorant / Phalacrocorax auritus
Great blue heron / Ardea herodias
Pelican / Pelecanus erythrothynchos
Red-winged blackbird / Agelaius phoeniceus
Waterfowl / Anatidae
Canada geese / Branta canadensis
Snow geese / Chen caerulescens
Trumpeter swan / Cygnus buccinator
Tundra swan / Cygnus columbianus

Marsh (Dabbling) Ducks / Anatinae
American wigeon / Anas americana
Blue winged teal / Anas discors
Gadwall / Anas strepera
Green winged teal / Anas crecca
Mallard / Anas platyrhynchos
Northern shoveler / Anas clypeata
Wood duck / Aix sponsa
Diving Duck / Aythyinae
Barrow’s goldeneye / Bucephala islandica
Bufflehead / Bucephala albeola
Canvasback / Aythya valisineria
Common goldeneye / Bucephala clangula
Common merganser / Mergus merganser
Hooded merganser / Lophodytes cucullatus
Lesser scaup / Aythyinae
Ring-necked duck / Aythya collaris

Shore Birds
Black tern / Chlidonias niger
Coot / Fulica americana
Franklin’s gull / Larus pipixcan
Greater yellowlegs / Tringa melanoleuca
Killdeer / Charadrius vociferus
Lesser yellowlegs / Tringa flavipes
Sandhill crane / Grus canadensis
Solitary sandpiper / Triga solitaria
Sora / Porzana carolina
Spotted sandpiper / Actitis macularia
Wilson’s snipe / Gallinago gallinago

Birds of Prey
American kestrel / Falco sparverius
Bald eagle / Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Broad-winged hawk / Buteo platypteus
Cooper’s hawk / Accipter cooperii
Ferruginous hawk / Buteo regalis
Golden eagle / Aquila chrysa
Merlin / Falco columbarius
Northern goshawk / Accipiter gentilis
Northern harrier / Circus cyaneus
Peregrine falcon / Falco peregrinus
Prairie falcon / Falco mexicanus
Red-tailed hawk / Buteo jamaicensis
Sharp-shinned hawk / Accipiter striacus
Swainson’s hawk / Buteo swainsonii

Summer Visitors
Alder flycatcher / Empidonax alnorum
American crow / Corvus brachyrhynchos
American goldfinch / Carduelis tristis
American pipit / Anthus rubescens
American redstart / Setophaga ruticilla
American robin / Turdus migratorius
Baltimore oriole / Icterus galbula
Bank swallow / Riparia riparia
Barn swallow / Hirundo rustica
Blue-headed vireo / Vireo solitarius
Brewer’s blackbird / Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brown-headed cowbird / Molothus ater
Cedar waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Chipping sparrow / Spizella passerina
Clay-colored sparrow / Spizella pallida
Cliff swallow / Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common yellwthroat / Geothlypis trichas
Eastern kingbird / Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern phoebe / Sayomis phoebe
European starling / Stumus vulgaris
Golden-crowned kinglet / Regulus satrapa
Gray catbird / Dumetella carolinensis
Gray jay / Perisoreus canadensis
Hairy woodpecker / Picoides villosus
Hermit thrush / Catharus guttatus
Horned lark / Eremophila alpestris
House wren / Troglodytes aedon
Hummingbird / Selasphorus sp.
Lazuli bunting / Passerina amoena
Le Conte’s sparrow / Ammodramus leconteii
Least flycatcher / Empidonax minimus
Lincoln’s sparrow / Melospiza lincolnii
Mountain bluebird / Sialia currucoides
Mourning dove / Zenaida macroura
Northern flicker / Colaptes auratus
Northern rough-winged / Stelgidopteryx erripennis
Northern waterthrush / Selurus noveboracensis
Olive-sided flycatcher / Contopus cooperi
Orange crowned warbler / Vermivora celata
Ovenbird / seiurus aurocapillus
Pine siskin / Carduelis pinus
Purple martin / Progne subis
Red breasted nuthatch / Sita canadensis
Red-eyed vireo / Vireo olivaceus
Rose-breasted grosbeak / Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned kinglet / Regulus calendula
Sapsucker- yellow bellied / Spyrapicus varius
Sapsucker-red naped / Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Savannah sparrow / Passerculus sandwichensis
Say’s phoebe / Sayomis saya
Song sparrow / Melospiza melodia
Sprague’s pipit / Anthus spragueii
Swainson’s thrush / Catharus ustulatus
Tennessee warbler / Vermivora peregrina
Townsend’s solitaire /Myadestes townsend
Tree swallow / Tachycineta bicolor
Veery / Cathanus fuscescens
Vesper sparrow / Pooecetes gramineus
Warbling vireo / Vireo gilvus
Western meadolark / Stumella neglecta
Western tanager / Piranga ludoviciana
Western wood-pewee / Contopus sordidulus
White breasted nuthatch / Sita carloinensis
White-crowned sparrow / Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated sparrow / Zonotrichia albicollis
Willow flycatcher / Empidonax traillii
Yellow warbler / Dendroica petechia
Yellow-rumped warbler / Dendroica coronata

Winter Visitors
Am. Tree sparrow ./ Spizella arborea
Bohemian waxwing / Bombycilla garrulus
Common redpoll / Carduelis flammea
Dark-eyed junko / Junco hyemalis
Evening grosbeak / Coccothraustes vespertinus
Gray-crowned rosy finch / Leucosticte tephrocotis
Gyrfalcon / Falco rusticolus ( white morph )
Northern shrike / Lanius excubitor
Pine grosbeak / Pinicola enucleator
Red crossbill / Loxia leucoptera
Rough-legged hawk / Buteo lagopus
Snow bunting / Plectrophenax nivalis
Snowy owl / Nyctea scandiaca
White-winged crossbill / Loxia leucoptera

Skippers, Family Hesperiidae
Arctic skipper / Carterocephalus palaemon
Dreamy dusky wing (spread-wing)/Erynnis icelus
European skipper / Thymelicus lineola
Garita skipper (folded-wing) / Oarisma garita
Long dash skipper (folded-wing) / Polites mystic

Swallowtails, Family Papilionidae
Anise swallowtail / Papilio zelicaon (nitra)
Pale swallowtail / Papilio eurymedon
Tiger swallowtail / Papilio canadensis
White and Sulphurs, Family Pieridae
Alfalfa sulphurs / Colias eurytheme
Cabbage white / Pieris rapae
Checkered white / Pieris protodice
Large marble / Euchloe ausonides
Western white / Ponita occidentalis

Gossamer-winged, Family Lycaenidae
Acmon blue / Plebejus acmon
Arctic blue / Agriades franklinii
Melissa blue / Lycaeides melissa
Silvery blue / Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Western tailed blue / Everes amyntula
Brushfoots, Family Nymphalidae
Aphrodite fritillary / Speyeria aphrodite
Common alpine / Erebia epipsodea
Common wood nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Great spangled fritillary / Speyeria cybele
Green comma / Polygonia faunus
Milbert’s tortoise shell / Aglais milberti
Mormon fritillary / Speyeria mormonia
Mourning cloak / Nymphalis antiopa
Painted lady / Vanessa cardui
Pearl crescent / Phyciodes cocyta
Red admiral / Vanessa atalanta rubria
Red disked alpine / Erebia discoidalis
Ringlet / Coenonympha inornata
Satyr anglewing / Polygonia satyrus
Small wood nymph / Cercyonis oetus
Silvery blue / Glaucopsyche lygdamus
White admiral / Limenitis arthemis
Zephyr anglewing / Polygonia zephyrus
Western tailed blue / Everes amyntula

Brushfoots, Family Nymphalidae
Aphrodite fritillary / Speyeria aphrodite
Common alpine / Erebia epipsodea
Common wood nymph / Cercyonis pegala
Great spangled fritillary / Speyeria cybele
Green comma / Polygonia faunus
Milbert’s tortoise shell / Aglais milberti
Mormon fritillary / Speyeria mormonia
Mourning cloak / Nymphalis antiopa
Painted lady / Vanessa cardui
Pearl crescent / Phyciodes cocyta
Red admiral / Vanessa atalanta rubria
Red disked alpine / Erebia discoidalis
Ringlet / Coenonympha inornata
Satyr anglewing / Polygonia satyrus
Small wood nymph / Cercyonis oetus
White admiral / Limenitis arthemis
Zephyr anglewing / Polygonia zephyrus

Gilled Fungi
Blackfooted pax / Paxillus atrotomentosus
Common paxillus / Paxillus involutus
Destructive pholeota / Pholeota destruens
Dung mushroom / Psilocybe merdaria
Early morel / Verpa bohemica
Fairy ring / Marasmius oreades
Flat-top agarics / Agaricus meleagris
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Honey mushroom / Armillaria mellea
Horse mushroom / Agaricus arvense
Inky cap / Coprinus atramentarius
Japanese parasol / Coprinus plicatilis
Meadow mushroom / Agaricus campestris
Mica (inky) cap / Coprinus micaceus
Morel / Morchella esculenta
Oyster mushroom / Pleurotus ostreatus
Poison pie / Hebeloma crustuliniforme
Red-gilled cortinarius / Cortinarius semisanguineus
Round dung mushroom / Psilocybe coprophila
Shaggy mane / Coprinus comatus
Short -stemmed russula / Russula brevipes
Velvet foot / Flammulina velutipes
Western chevalier / Tricholoma leucophyllum
Woodland mushroom / Agaricus silvicola

Puffballs and Earthstars, Gasteromycetes
Beaked earth star / Geastrum pectinatum
Gem-studded puffball / Lycoperdon perlatum
Giant puffball / Calvatia gigantea
Golden puffball / Bovista colorata
Hygroscpic earth star / Geastrum recolligens
Lead-coloured puffball / Bovista plumbea
Pear-shaped puffball / Lycoperdon pyriforme
Small tumbling puffball / Bovista pusilla
Western giant puffball / Calvatia booniana

Coral Fungi
Comb tooth hericium / Hericium ramosum
Crown coral fungi / Clavicorona pyxidata

Sac Fungi, Ascomycetes
Brown -cup fungi / Peziza repanda
Red eyelash cup / Scutellinia scutellata

Slime Mold Fungi, Myxomycetes
Pink bead slime mold fungi / Lycogala epidendron
Slime mold / Fuligo septica

Sponge Mushroom, Boletes
Aspen bolete / Leccinum insigne
Black-leg / Polyporus badius
Bracket fungi / Polyporus velpinus
Giant mtn. polypore / Bondarzewia montana
Rusty gilled polypore / Gloeophyllum saepiarium
Smoky polypore / Bjerkandera adusta
Spring polypore / Polyporus mori

Bracket Fungi, Hymenomycetes
Artist’s conk / Ganoderma applanatum
False tinder conk / Phellinus tremulae
Hairy turkey tail / Trametes hirsuta
Hairy white shelf fungi / Trametes pubescens
Poplar polypore / Trichoptum subchartaceum
Red belt conk / Fomitopsis pinicola
Red wort fungi / Peniophora rufa
Silver leaf (purple) / Stereum purpureum
Splitgill / Schizophyllum commune
Tinder conk or horse hoof / Fomes fomentarius
Violet-pored bracket fungi / Hirschioporus pargamenus

Crust Lichen, Crustose
Common aspen lichen / Arthonia patellulata
Crusted orange lichen / caloplaca cerina
Greyish green lichen / Mycoblastus sanquinarios
Orange rim lichen / Caloplca halocarpa

Leaf Lichen, Foliose
Apple pelt lichen / Peltigera malacea
Brown lichen / Parmelia albertana
Brown wort lichen / Melanelia subaurifera
Candleflame lichen / /Candelaria concolor
Culed snow lichen / Flavocertraria cucullata
Dog pelt lichen / Peltigera canina
Floury starburst lichen / Parmeliopsis aleurites
Frog pelt lichen / Peltigera neoploydactyla
Green speckleback lichen / Parmelia flaventior
Green starburst lichen / Parmeliopsis ambigum
Grey starburst lichen / Parmeliopsis hyperopta
Grey-eyed rosette lichen / Physcia aipolia
Hooded rosette lichen / Physcia adscendens
Lustrous brown lichen / Parmelia exasperatula
Monk’s hood lichen / Hypogymnia physodes
No-hoods rosette lichen / Physcia tenella
Pelt lichen / Peltigera elizabethae
Pincushion orange lichen / Xanthonia polycarpa
Powder orange lichen / Xanthonia fallax
Powder sunshine lichen / Cetraria pinastri
Star rosette lichen / Physcia stellaris
Studded leather lichen / Peltigera aphtosa
Temporary pelt lichen / Peltigera didactyla
Toad pelt lichen / Peltigera scabrosa
Waxpaper lichen / Parmelia sulcata

Club Lichen, Fruticose
Black foot lichen / Cladonia phyllophora
Mealy-pixie cup lichen / Chlorophaea
Pixie cup lichen / Cladonia fimbriata
Scarlet toothpick lichen / Cladonia bacillaris
Shrub funnel lichen / Cladonia crispata
Sieve cup lichen / cladonia multiformis
Slender cup lichen / Cladonia gracilis
Stump cladonia / Cladonia botrytes
Tall toothpick lichen / Cladonia subulata
Tiny toothpick lihen / Cladonia coniocraea
Torneclug lichen / Cladonia carios

Shrub Lichen
Punctured gristle lichen / ramalina dilacerata
Reindeer lichen / Cladina rangifermia
Wolf lichen / Letharia vulpina

Hair Lichen
Black bear lichen / Alectoria glabra
Old man’s beard lichen / Usnea subfloridana
Powdery old man’s beard / Usnea lapponica
Scutfy beard lichen / Usnea scabrata
Simple horsehair lichen / Bryoria simplicior

Trees
Balsam poplar / Populus balsamifera
Blue spruce / Picea pungens
Flowering almond / Prunus triloba
Lodgepole pine / Pinus contorta
Mugo pine / Pinus mugo
Paper birch / Betula papynifera
Siberian crabapple / Malus baccata
Trembling aspen / Populus tremuloides
Water birch / Betula occidentalis
White spruce / Picea glauca
Shrubs Bearberry / Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bebb’s willow / Salix bebbiana