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Wildlife in Eldorado Canyon State Park

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Eldorado Canyon right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

3,404
recent observations
30
species listed
26
plants
2
insects & arthropods
1
mammals

Naturalists have logged 3,404 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Eldorado Canyon. The most frequently seen is the creeping mahonia, with 250 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (26 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (2).

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Most-observed species in Eldorado Canyon

creeping mahonia
Berberis repens
250 observations · iNaturalist
smooth sumac
Rhus glabra
197 observations
Great Plains yucca
Yucca glauca
182 observations
Front Range Beardtongue
Penstemon virens
173 observations · iNaturalist
Douglas-fir
Pseudotsuga menziesii
148 observations
Rocky Mountain Juniper
Juniperus scopulorum
146 observations
Rocky Mountains Ponderosa Pine
Pinus scopulorum
145 observations · iNaturalist
chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
132 observations
common starlily
Leucocrinum montanum
128 observations · iNaturalist
prairie pasqueflower
Pulsatilla nuttalliana
125 observations · iNaturalist
Rocky Mountain raspberry
Rubus deliciosus
117 observations · iNaturalist
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
115 observations
pinewoods geranium
Geranium caespitosum
111 observations · iNaturalist
Lanceleaf Stonecrop
Sedum lanceolatum
100 observations · iNaturalist
box elder
Acer negundo
99 observations
Western Wallflower
Erysimum capitatum
99 observations · iNaturalist
Madrean springbeauty
Claytonia rosea
97 observations · iNaturalist
sulfur buckwheat
Eriogonum umbellatum
91 observations
field chickweed
Cerastium arvense
87 observations · iNaturalist
Plains Pricklypear
Opuntia polyacantha
87 observations
Spotted Towhee
Pipilo maculatus
84 observations
wax currant
Ribes cereum
84 observations · iNaturalist
great blanketflower
Gaillardia aristata
83 observations
Fendler's pennycress
Noccaea fendleri
79 observations · iNaturalist
western poison ivy
Toxicodendron rydbergii
78 observations · iNaturalist
western harebell
Campanula petiolata
75 observations · iNaturalist
Aphrodite Fritillary
Argynnis aphrodite
75 observations · iNaturalist
Blue Fungus Beetle
Cypherotylus californicus
74 observations · iNaturalist
Nuttall's Violet
Viola nuttallii
72 observations
Fendler's Waterleaf
Hydrophyllum fendleri
71 observations · iNaturalist

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