Editing Heber-Overgaard, Arizona (section)

===Flora and fauna===
[[File:Rocky Mountain Bull Elk.jpg|thumb|left|Bull Elk]]
[[File:Pinyon-juniper woodland, Arizona.jpg|thumb|right|Pinyon-juniper woodland west of Overgaard]]
While some of the native flora and fauna of the [[Apache–Sitgreaves National Forest]] can be found within town limits, most are found in the rural and the undeveloped forest areas surrounding Heber-Overgaard.

Native mammal species include [[Pronghorn|antelope]], [[Arizona gray squirrel]], [[North American beaver|beaver]], [[American black bear|black bear]], [[coyote]], [[deer mouse]], [[Sylvilagus audubonii|desert cottontail rabbit]], [[elk]], [[Botta's pocket gopher|gopher]], [[golden-mantled ground squirrel|ground squirrel]], [[gray fox]], [[western harvest mouse|harvest mouse]], [[American hog-nosed skunk|hog-nosed skunk]], [[black-tailed jackrabbit|jackrabbit]], [[collared peccary|javelina]], [[kit fox]], [[Mexican wolf]], [[mountain cottontail]], [[Cougar|mountain lion]], [[mule deer]], [[North American porcupine|porcupine]], [[North American raccoon|raccoon]], [[American red squirrel|red squirrel]], [[rock squirrel]], [[striped skunk]], [[white-footed mouse]], [[white-tailed deer]], and various bats.<ref name= inaturalist.org>{{cite web | url = https://www.inaturalist.org/places/1890 | title = Navajo County, US, AZ | year = 2018 | author = inaturalist.org }}</ref>

There are many species of native birds, including the [[acorn woodpecker]], [[American crow|crow]], [[bald eagle]], [[broad-tailed hummingbird]], [[cooper's hawk]], [[flammulated owl]], [[gambel's quail]], [[golden eagle]], [[greater roadrunner]], [[great horned owl]], [[hairy woodpecker]], [[hooded oriole]], [[pinon jay]], [[red-tailed hawk]], [[American kestrel|kestrel]], [[northern cardinal]], [[American robin|robin]], [[steller's jay]], [[common raven|raven]], [[turkey vulture]], [[wild turkey]], and [[western bluebird]] as well as a variety of songbirds.<ref name= wmonline.com2>{{cite web | url = http://www.wmonline.com/attract/birds/birds.htm | title = Birds of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest | year = 2011 | author = Unknown }}</ref><ref name= inaturalist.org />

The area is also home to a number of native reptile species including several types of [[venomous]] rattlesnakes ([[Crotalus cerberus|Arizona black rattlesnake]], [[Crotalus viridis|prairie rattlesnake]], and [[Crotalus molossus|western black-tailed rattlesnake]]); mildly venomous snakes ([[Thamnophis cyrtopsis|black-necked gartersnake]], [[Thamnophis rufipunctatus|narrowhead garter snake]] and [[western terrestrial garter snake]]); and non-venomous snakes [[California kingsnake]], [[glossy snake]], [[Pituophis catenifer|gopher snake]], [[long-nosed snake]], [[striped whipsnake]], and the [[ring-necked snake]]. Lizards include [[Crotaphytus collaris|eastern collared lizard]], [[greater short-horned lizard]], [[Urosaurus ornatus|ornate tree lizard]], [[Spiny lizard|plateau fence lizard]], [[sagebrush lizard]] and several types of [[Western whiptail|whiptails]]. Skinks include the [[Great Plains skink]] and the [[Plestiodon multivirgatus|many-lined skink]].<ref name= inaturalist.org />

Native amphibian species include the [[American bullfrog]], [[Arizona toad]], [[Hyla wrightorum|Arizona tree frog]], [[canyon tree frog]], [[chiricahua leopard frog]], [[Couch's spadefoot toad]], [[Great Plains toad]], [[Spea multiplicata|Mexican spadefoot]], [[northern leopard frog]], [[Plains spadefoot toad]], [[red-spotted toad]], [[western tiger salamander]] and the [[Woodhouse's toad]].<ref name= inaturalist.org />

The town and the surrounding areas are also home to a wide variety of native invertebrates including the [[Aphonopelma chalcodes|Arizona blond tarantula]], [[Latrodectus hesperus|black widow]], [[Lucanus mazama|cottonwood stag beetle]], [[Dynastes grantii|Grant's hercules beetle]], [[Schistocerca nitens|gray bird grasshopper]], [[Strymon melinus|gray hairstreak butterfly]], [[monarch butterfly]], [[Vanessa cardui|painted lady butterfly]], [[sonoran desert centipede]], [[tarantula hawk wasp]], [[ten-lined June beetle]], and [[wolf spider]] as well as a variety of [[moths]].<ref name= inaturalist.org />

Heber-Overgaard is located in the transition zone between [[Ponderosa shrub forest|montane conifer forest]] and [[pinyon-juniper woodland]]. Local flora include open forest dominated by [[Pinus ponderosa|ponderosa pine]] pines, pinyon pines ([[Pinus edulis|Colorado pinion]] and [[Pinus monophylla|single-leaf pinyon]]) and low, bushy, evergreen [[Juniperus|junipers]] ([[Juniperus deppeana|alligator juniper]], [[Juniperus californica|California juniper]], [[Juniperus grandis|sierra juniper]], and [[Juniperus osteosperma|Utah juniper]]). Other flora include the [[Cirsium arizonicum|Arizona thistle]], [[Commelina dianthifolia|birdbill dayflower]], [[Bouteloua gracilis|blue grama]], [[Heterotheca subaxillaris|camphorweed]], [[Silene laciniata|cardinal catchfly]], [[Mirabilis multiflora|Colorado four o'clock]], [[Desmanthus|Cooley's bundleflower]], [[Portulaca halimoides|desert portulaca]], [[Calliandra humilis|dwarf stickpea]], [[Rhus aromatica|fragrant sumac]], [[Bouteloua hirsuta|hairy grama]], [[Asclepias subverticillata|horsetail milkweed]], [[Yucca angustissima|narrowleaf yucca]], [[Geranium caespitosum|pinewoods geranium]], [[Houstonia wrightii|pygmy bluet]], [[Amauriopsis dissecta|ragleaf bahia]], [[Eriogonum|redroot buckwheat]], [[Bouteloua curtipendula|sideoats grama]], [[Cosmos parviflorus|southwestern cosmos]], [[Argemone pleiacantha|southwestern prickly poppy]], [[Opuntia polyacantha|starvation prickly-pear]], [[Senecio flaccidus|threadleaf groundsel]], [[Euphorbia serpyllifolia|thyme-leafed spurge]], [[Opuntia macrorhiza|twist spine prickly pear]], [[Ratibida columnifera|upright prairie coneflower]], [[Phacelia|virgate scorpionweed]], [[Escobaria vivipara|viviparous foxtail cactus]], [[Tradescantia occidentalis|western spiderwort]], [[Castilleja integra|wholeleaf Indian paintbrush]], [[Solanum jamesii|wild potato]], [[Eriogonum alatum|winged buckwheat]], [[Astragalus mollissimus|woolly locoweed]], and [[Castilleja linariifolia|Wyoming Indian paintbrush]].<ref name= inaturalist.org /> Local [[Poison|noxious]] and [[invasive weeds]] include [[morning-glory]], [[mullein]], [[oxeye daisy]], [[Jacobaea vulgaris|tansy ragwort]], [[Lepidium draba|whitetop]], and various [[thistles]].<ref name= fs.usda.gov>{{cite web | url = https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5310544.pdf | title = Field Guide to Noxious and Invasive Weeds | year = 2008 | author = USDA}}</ref>