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The climate of the Middle Rockies lacks the strong maritime influence of the Northern Rockies (15). Mountains have Douglas-fir, subalpine fir, and Engelmann spruce forests, as well as some large alpine areas. Pacific tree species are never dominant and forests can have open canopies. Foothills are partly wooded or shrub- and grass-covered. Intermontane valleys are grass- and/or shrub-covered and contain a mosaic of terrestrial and aquatic fauna that is distinct from the nearby mountains. Many mountain-fed, perennial streams occur and differentiate the intermontane valleys from the Northwestern Great Plains (43). Granitics and associated management problems are less extensive than in the Idaho Batholith (16). Recreation, logging, mining, and summer livestock grazing are common land uses.
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Plants
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”
553
Observations
JAN - DEC
Grouse Whortleberries
Vaccinium scoparium (species),
“Grouseberry”, “Littleleaf Huckleberry”
500
Observations
JAN - DEC
Leafy Spurge
Euphorbia esula (species)
378
Observations
JAN - DEC
Thinleaf Huckleberry
Vaccinium membranaceum (species)
311
Observations
JAN - DEC
Elymus spicatus
SPECIES
309
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
American Bison
Bison bison (species),
“Buffalo”, “Bison”
284
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”
89
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana (species),
“American Pronghorn”, “Mexican Pronghorn”
89
Observations
JAN - DEC
Moose
Alces alces (species),
“Eurasian Elk”, “Eurasian Moose”, “European Elk”, “Siberian Elk”
79
Observations
JAN - DEC
Yellow-Pine Chipmunk
Tamias amoenus (species)
69
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
American Robin
Turdus migratorius (species)
113,677
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Billed Magpie
Pica hudsonia (species)
107,206
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus (species),
“Parus Atricapillus”, “Poecile Atricapilla”
88,312
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
85,573
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus (species),
“Yellow-Shafted Flicker”
82,443
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Amara quenseli
SPECIES
56
Observations
JAN - DEC
Limonius californicus
SPECIES ·
“Sugarbeet Wireworm”
49
Observations
Bombus bifarius
SPECIES ·
“Two Form Bumble Bee”
48
Observations
JAN - DEC
Vanessa cardui
SPECIES ·
“Painted Lady”, “Pyrameis Cardui”, “Cynthia Cardui”
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bombus huntii
SPECIES ·
“Hunt Bumble Bee”
37
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Letharia vulpina
SPECIES ·
“Wolf Lichen”
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Calbovista subsculpta
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Fomitopsis mounceae
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Suillus lakei
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Clitocybe
GENUS
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Ecoregion
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Ecoregion
Middle Rockies
Middle Rockies
Middle Rockies
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