Important Plants and Wildlife
- The Mosquito Range is one of the botanical "hotspots" in Colorado. Few other areas in the state support the number and rarity of plant species found here. One of these is the Penland alpine fen mustard. This species is a Colorado endemic known only from Summit and Park counties.
- The Mosquito Range Potential Conservation Area (PCA) incorporates much of the area above timberline in the Mosquito Range. This PCA supports an extraordinarily high concentration of rare plant species. To date, a total of 180 occurrences of 56 significant plants, animals, and plant communities have been documented.
- Globe gilia is a plant species found in the planning area and nowhere else in the world.
- Sacramento Creek provides important habitat for Porter feathergrass, a highly imperiled plant found nowhere in the world but Colorado's South Park. Feathergrass inhabits rare wetlands, some of which date to the last ice age.
- The Fourmile Creek drainage provides an important wildlife migration corridor from the Mosquito Range to South Park. It supports an extremely rich fen community, which is globally imperiled.
- The planning area is home to herds of elk, deer, and bighorn sheep. The Polixenes arctic butterfly, ranked as vulnerable in the state, is also known from this area. The lynx and wolverine are known to the planning area from historical documentation. The lynx release program in Colorado enjoyed considerable success in 2004. Older spruce/fir forests provide habitat where the lynx thrive.
Background Photo By: Erica Henderson
Mimea Muhimu na Wanyama wa Pori - Mlima wa Mosquito ni mojawapo ya "mahali pa kupendeza" kwa ajili ya mimea huko Colorado. Ni maeneo machache katika jimbo hilo yanayoonyesha idadi na upungufu wa spishi za mimea zinazopatikana hapa. Mojawapo ni haradali ya Penland alpine fen. Spishi hii ni Colorado endemic inayojulikana tu kutoka Mkutano na Hifadhi kaunti. Eneo la Uhifadhi wa Uwezekano wa Mzunguko wa Mosquito (PCA) ni eneo la eneo la mkoa wa Mosquito. PCA hii inasaidia mkusanyiko wa juu sana wa spishi nadra za mimea. Kwa sasa, jumla ya matukio 180 ya mimea, wanyama, na jamii za mimea 56 muhimu yameandikwa. - Globe gilia ni spishi ya mimea inayopatikana katika eneo la mipango na mahali pengine popote ulimwenguni. Mto Sacramento ni mahali muhimu pa kuota nyasi ya Porter, mmea ulioko hatarini sana ambao hauwezi kupatikana mahali pengine popote ulimwenguni isipokuwa katika Hifadhi ya Kusini ya Colorado. Nyasi za manyoya huishi katika maeneo ya mvua yasiyo ya kawaida, ambayo baadhi yake yalitokea wakati wa barafu ya mwisho. - Mto wa Fourmile Creek hutoa njia muhimu ya uhamiaji wa wanyama wa porini kutoka Mlima wa Mosquito hadi South Park. Inasaidia jamii tajiri sana ya fen, ambayo iko hatarini ulimwenguni pote. - Eneo la mipango ni nyumbani kwa makundi ya elk, deer, na bighorn kondoo. Polixenes Arctic butterfly, iliyowekwa kama hatari katika jimbo hilo, pia inajulikana kutoka eneo hili. Mnyama huyo anajulikana katika eneo hilo kutokana na maandishi ya kihistoria. Programu ya kuachilia mbweha katika Colorado ilifanikiwa sana mwaka 2004. Misitu ya zamani ya miti ya spruce na ya msonobari hutoa makao ya wanyama hao. Picha ya nyuma: Erica Henderson