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Bighorn Basin
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The Bighorn Basin lies in the rainshadow of the Beartooth Plateau. It includes some of the driest places in Montana, and parts receive an average of only six inches of precipitation per year. Unleached, nearly white soils commonly occur. These were derived from the underlying Quaternary terrace deposits, Tertiary Fort Union Formation, and Cretaceous
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Canada Thistle
Cirsium arvense (species),
“Creeping Thistle”, “Lettuce From Hell”, “California Thistle”, “Corn Thistle”, “Cursed Thistle”, “Field Thistle”, “Green Thistle”, “Hard Thistle”, “Perennial Thistle”, “Prickly Thistle”, “Small-Flowered Thistle”, “Way Thistle”
52
Observations
JAN - DEC
Elymus spicatus
SPECIES
48
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lepidium draba
SPECIES ·
“Hoary Cress”, “Whitetop”
45
Observations
JAN - DEC
Kali Turgidum
Salsola kali (species),
“Saltwort”, “Russian Thistle”
32
Observations
JAN - DEC
Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha (species),
“Panhandle Prickly-Pear”
23
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Prairie Rattlesnake
Crotalus viridis (species)
20
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana (species),
“American Pronghorn”, “Mexican Pronghorn”
12
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus (species),
“Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Black-Tailed Deer”, “Cedros Island Mule Deer”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Elk
Cervus canadensis (species),
“American Wapiti”, “Wapiti”, “North American Elk”, “Alashan Wapiti”, “Izubra/Manchurian Wapiti”, “McNeill’s Deer”, “Merriam’s Wapiti”, “Shou”, “Siberian Wapiti”, “Tien Shan Wapiti”, “Tule Elk”, “Asian Wapiti”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Desert Cottontail
Sylvilagus audubonii (species),
“Audubon's Cottontail”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
2,436
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia (species)
1,849
Observations
JAN - DEC
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus (species)
1,734
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris (species),
“Starling”, “European Starling”
1,711
Observations
JAN - DEC
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
1,609
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Hyalophora columbia
SPECIES ·
“Columbia Silkmoth”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Sphinx vashti
SPECIES ·
“Vashti Sphinx”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lophocampa maculata
SPECIES ·
“Spotted Tussock Moth”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Orthops kalmii
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
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Ecoregion
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Bighorn Basin
Bighorn Basin
Bighorn Basin
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