1. The Plants and Animals of Utah’s Biomes
Wetland Animals
Forest Animals
Wetland Plants
Forest Plants
Wetland Connection
Forest Connection
Desert Animals
Desert Plants
Desert Connection

2. Wetland Animals Beaver Dragonflies
Utah’s wetlands provide a home for many migrating birds including the great blue heron, pelicans, avocets, grebes, ducks, plovers, bald eagles, geese, gulls, and phalaropes.
Muskrats
Damselflies
Frogs and toads
Leeches
Moose
Mayflies
Tiger salamander
Isopods (pill bugs)
Mink
Mosquitoes
River otter
Snails
Garter snake
Worms
Fish
Water scorpions

3. Beaver
Isopods
Great Blue Heron
Tiger Salamander

4. phalarope
Muskrat
mink
Water Scorpion

5. Wetland Plants
Cattails
Bulrush
Aspen trees

7. Forest Animals Squirrels Deer Butterflies Moths Shrews Moles
Earthworms
Bees
Humming birds
Houseflies
Red crossbill birds
Moose
Chipmunks
Mice
Bears
Mountain lions
Porcupine
Coyotes
Bobcats
Ants

8. Mole
Red Crossbill
Bobcat
Porcupine

9. Forest Plants Ferns Fungi Deciduous trees (have large flat leaves)
Aspen trees
Scrub Oak
Grasses
Shrubs
Sagebrush
Wild flowers
Conifer trees (evergreen trees with needle like leaves)
Juniper trees
Ponderosa pine trees

10. Deciduous trees
Juniper tree
Coniferous trees

12. Desert Animals Desert tortoise Roadrunner Gila monster Kangaroo rat
Pocket mice
Deer mice
Coyotes
Mule deer
Snakes
Owls
Prairie dogs
Badgers
Skunks
Rattle snakes
Jackrabbits
Foxes

13. Desert Plants Prickly pear cactus Sagebrush Scrub oak trees
Utah Juniper
Pinyon pine
Yucca
Mesquite trees
Joshua tree
Grasses

14. Mesquite tree
Joshua Tree
Yucca
Scrub oak