The Plants and Animals of Utah’s Biomes

Wetland Animals

Wetland Plants

Wetland Connection

Forest Animals

Forest Plants

Forest Connection

Desert Animals

Desert Plants

Desert Connection

Wetland AnimalsBeaver

Muskrats

Frogs and toads

Moose

Tiger salamander

Mink

River otter

Garter snake

Fish

Dragonflies

Damselflies

Leeches

Mayflies

Isopods (pill bugs)

Mosquitoes

Snails

Worms

Water scorpions

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.

Tiger Salamander

BeaverIsopods

Great Blue Heron

phalarope

mink

Muskrat

Water Scorpion

Wetland PlantsCattails

Bulrush

Aspen trees

Forest AnimalsSquirrels

Deer

Butterflies

Moths

Shrews

Moles

Earthworms

Bees

Humming birds

Houseflies

Red crossbill birds

Moose

Chipmunks

Mice

Bears

Mountain lions

Porcupine

Coyotes

Bobcats

Ants

Red Crossbill Mole

Porcupine

Bobcat

Forest PlantsFerns

Fungi

Deciduous trees (have large flat leaves)Aspen treesScrub Oak

Grasses

Shrubs

Sagebrush

Wild flowers

Conifer trees (evergreen trees with needle like leaves)Juniper treesPonderosa pine trees

Juniper tree

Coniferous trees

Deciduous trees

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

Desert Plants

Prickly pear cactus

Sagebrush

Scrub oak trees

Utah Juniper

Pinyon pine

Yucca

Mesquite trees

Joshua tree

Grasses

Joshua Tree

Mesquite tree

Scrub oak

Yucca