Species Conservation Status
The Idaho Fish and Wildlife Information System tracks species that are identified as having special conservation status in the following lists.
- BLM - Bureau of Land Management Sensitive Species of Special Concern
- USESA - United States Endangered Species Act
- USFS1 - US Forest Service Northern Region Sensitive Species
- USFS4 - US Forest Service Intermountain Region Sensitive Species
- GRank - Global Species Rank learn more
- SRank - State Species Rank learn more
- SGCN - Species of Greatest Conservation need identified in the Idaho State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP)
- IDAPA - Classification of wildlife defined in IDAPA 13.01.06
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Taxa | Category | USESA | BLM | USFS1 | USFS4 | GRank | SRank | SGCN | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Schoenoplectus subterminalis | Water Clubrush | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G4G5 | S3 | 61261 | |||
| Platanthera stricta | Slender Bog Orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48300 | |||||
| Rumex aquaticus var. fenestratus | Western Dock | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88438 | |||||
| Potentilla fissa | Big-flower Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | SNR | 59424 | ||||||
| Astragalus inflexus | Bent Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 39543 | |||||
| Viola nephrophylla var. nephrophylla | Northern Bog Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 86838 | |||||
| Epilobium strictum | Downy Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 55139 | |||||
| Brickellia oblongifolia var. oblongifolia | Narrowleaf Brickell-bush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83068 | |||||
| Ivesia baileyi var. baileyi | Bailey's Ivesia | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S3 | 90419 | |||||
| Sambucus nigra | Common Elderberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62077 | |||||
| Sphaeromeria potentilloides | Cinquefoil Tansy | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49054 | |||||
| Agrostis scabra | Rough Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42106 | |||||
| Chimaphila umbellata ssp. occidentalis | Wesern Pipsissewa | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89033 | |||||
| Sullivantia hapemanii | Purpus' Sullivantia | Species | Plant | G3 | S2 | 57523 | |||||
| Arceuthobium cyanocarpum | Limber Pine Dwarf-mistletoe | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40270 | |||||
| Bromus inermis var. purpurascens | Awnless Brome | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 85221 | |||||
| Atriplex argentea var. argentea | Silvery Saltbush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92384 | |||||
| Salix planifolia ssp. planifolia | Planeleaf Willow | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83658 | |||||
| Draba reptans | Carolina Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44664 | |||||
| Astragalus newberryi var. castoreus | Newberry's Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | 4 | G5T5 | S2 | 90936 | ||||
| Arabis crucisetosa | Cross-haired Rockcress | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 47125 | |||||
| Leucocrinum montanum | Mountain Star-lily | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42825 | |||||
| Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii | Gronovius Dodder | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87423 | |||||
| Buxbaumia piperi | Piper's Bug-on-a-stick | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 35373 | |||||
| Rorippa calycina | Persistent-sepal Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 49681 | |||||
| Malacothrix glabrata | Smooth Malacothrix | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 52279 | |||||
| Ribes montigenum | Alpine Prickly Gooseberry | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 45313 | |||||
| Juncus nevadensis var. badius | Sierran Rush | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89587 | |||||
| Dichanthelium acuminatum | Tapered Rosette Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60816 | |||||
| Cyanocitta stelleri | Steller's Jay | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 15519 | |||||
| Helianthus ciliaris | Blue-weed Sunflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47797 | |||||
| Leptodactylon watsonii | Watson's Prickly-phlox | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 40981 | |||||
| Oxytropis borealis var. viscida | Sticky Crazyweed | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 88088 | |||||
| Galium aparine | Catchweed Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56376 | |||||
| Geum x pulchrum | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78549 | ||||||
| Streptopus amplexifolius var. amplexifolius | White Twisted-stalk | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91469 | |||||
| Phragmites australis | Common Reed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43489 | |||||
| Astragalus purshii var. purshii | Pursh's Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90061 | |||||
| Collomia tenella | Diffuse Collomia | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 58975 | |||||
| Cyperus esculentus | Chufa Flatsedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41576 | |||||
| Vulpes vulpes | Red Fox | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 19641 | |||||
| Thermopsis gracilis var. gracilis | Slender False Lupine | Variety | Plant | G4T3T4 | SNR | 86499 | |||||
| Icteria virens | Yellow-breasted Chat | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 18706 | |||||
| Mitella stauropetala | Side-flower Bishop's-cap | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46009 | |||||
| Cistanthe umbellata var. umbellata | Mt. Hood Umbellate Pussy-paws | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 92039 | |||||
| Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B,S4N | 16757 | |||||
| Corispermum hyssopifolium | Common Tick-seed | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 61454 | |||||
| Poecile gambeli | Mountain Chickadee | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 16220 | |||||
| Bouteloua gracilis | Blue Grama | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S2 | 51070 | ||||
| Cerastium arvense | Mouse-ear Chickweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44100 | |||||
| Lycopus asper | Rough Bugleweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59653 | |||||
| Crataegus okennonii | O'Kennon's Hawthorn | Species | Plant | G2G4 | SNR | 46624 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus var. septentrionalis | Daisy Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 87016 | |||||
| Eragrostis hypnoides | Teal Lovegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55344 | |||||
| Phlox viridis ssp. longipes | Green Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83283 | |||||
| Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis | Western Yarrow | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90609 | |||||
| Ranunculus alismifolius | Water-plantain Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49233 | |||||
| Anemone drummondii | Drummond Anemone | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42342 | |||||
| Phlox austromontana ssp. austromontana | Desert Mountain Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89212 | |||||
| Cerastium nutans | Nodding Chickweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57776 | |||||
| Galium triflorum | Sweet-scent Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40474 | |||||
| Sorbus sitchensis var. sitchensis | Sitka Mountain-ash | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85499 | |||||
| Juncus balticus | Baltic Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56042 | |||||
| Aconitum columbianum ssp. columbianum | Columbia Monkshood | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83886 | |||||
| Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 17519 | |||||
| Bromus inermis ssp. pumpellianus | Awnless Brome | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91125 | |||||
| Carex filifolia | Thread-leaved Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49807 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii | Longleaf Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43056 | |||||
| Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus | Nutsedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87680 | |||||
| Pseudocyphellaria anomala | Pseudocyphellaria Lichen | Species | Fungi | G2G4 | S2 | 36312 | |||||
| Himantopus mexicanus | Black-necked Stilt | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 19107 | |||||
| Erigeron pumilus var. intermedius | Shaggy Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86056 |
