NatureMapping Habitat - Undisturbed Grassland

Definition of "Non-Forest" - General Code 600: Vegetated areas without trees. Grasslands, mountain meadows, un-maintained range, clear cuts, as well as young replanted forests with trees less than 15' tall and have less than 26% canopy cover.

Non-Forest: Undisturbed Grassland (622)


Descriptive Habitat Code: This area is a nn-forested (6), undisturbed/climax (2) grassland with <10% shrub or tree cover (2)

Coyote
Canis latrans
Code: CALAT
Photo: RA

Distribution and Habitat:
It is found in mountainous areas, grasslands, deciduous and mixed coniferous forests and even urban areas.

Diet:
It feeds on whatever it can find, mostly mammals and carrion, although it also eats birds, fruit, and insects.

Interesting fact:
Efforts to exterminate coyotes have taken place during the 20th century. Their numbers are still increasing.

Coyote Fact Sheet »

Gopher snake
Pitouphis melanoleucas catenifer
Code: PIME
Photo: Chris Brown

Distribution and Habitat:
It is found in mountainous and rocky areas up to an altitude of at least 8000 feet.

Diet:
It feeds primarily on rodents and other small mammals. Only warm- blooded, living prey are eaten.

Interesting fact:
The gopher snake is not poisonous although its threatening posture sometimes gives the impression that it is.

Gopher Snake Fact Sheet »

Western Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis
Code: MEME
Photo: Bob Gress

Distribution and Habitat:
Western harvest mice range from southern Mexico through the western half of the United States. They are found in prairies and uncultivated croplands.

The Western Harvest Mouse prefers dense vegetation (grass, weeds), usually near water. Typical habitats are marshes, meadows, boundaries of irrigated fields, brushy borders of streams and lakes, shrubby borders of wheat fields, and fence rows.

Diet:
Western harvest mice feed on seeds of grasses and wildflowers, young plants and insect larvae.

Interesting fact:
They have a big appetite and consume up to one-third of their weight per day.

Western Harvest Mouse Fact Sheet >