Edible plants, species of _Mentha, Chenopodium, Cirsium_, for instance, and the common water-cress, are, at a certain time of the year, numerous; but fruits and berries are rare, blackberries being the most common ones.
Animal life is not particularly plentiful in the sierra.

Still, deer, bears, and mountain lions are fairly common, and there are many kinds of squirrels and rats.

The jaguar (_felis onza_) is found now and then on the summits of the barrancas.

Eagles, hawks, turkeys, blackbirds, and crows are the most noticeable birds.

The turkey is called by the Tarahumares, tshivi; by the Mexicans of the sierra of Chihuahua, _guajolote_; while farther south he is designated _cocono_.