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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botrychium paradoxum | Peculiar Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 59804 | |||
| Polemonium elusum | Elusive Jacob's-ladder | Species | Plant | 3 | G1 | S1 | 400009 | ||||
| Melanoplus daemon | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 23423 | |||||
| Piptatherum micranthum | Small-flowered Ricegrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S1 | 55028 | ||||
| Oreohelix haydeni | Lyrate Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 29323 | ||||
| Astragalus diversifolius | Meadow Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 50095 | |||
| Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis | Boreal Wormwood | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 92792 | |||||
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrow-leaved Umbrella-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59991 | |||||
| Lophoziopsis longidens | Horned Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 33890 | |||||
| Argemone munita | Munite Prickly-poppy | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 55898 | |||||
| Tharsalea phlaeas arctodon | Beartooth Copper | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G5T3T5 | S1 | Tier 3 | 82030 | ||||
| Rupertia physodes | California Scurf-pea | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 41051 | |||||
| Eremogone kingii var. glabrescens | King's Sandwort | Subspecies | Plant | GNR | S1 | 84334 | |||||
| Astragalus purshii var. lagopinus | Pursh's Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | S1 | 84541 | |||||
| Carex pallescens | Pale Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52641 | |||||
| Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii | Douglas' Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 91679 | |||||
| Sphaerocarpos hians | A Liverwort | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 33639 | |||||
| Lobaria scrobiculata | Pored Lungwort | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 34937 | ||||
| Tritomaria exsecta | Little Brownwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 37584 | |||||
| Astragalus cusickii var. sterilis | Barren Milkvetch | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | G5T2 | S1 | 88331 | ||||
| Oreohelix idahoensis baileyi | A Land Snail (Hells Canyon) | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G1G2T1 | S1 | 81933 | |||||
| Thelypteris nevadensis | Sierra Wood-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 56620 | ||||
| Astragalus vexilliflexus var. vexilliflexus | Bent-flowered Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | S1 | 84105 | |||||
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Roundleaf Water-hyssop | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51348 | |||||
| Melanoplus papyraedus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 20290 | |||||
| Isoetes minima | Midget Quillwort | Species | Plant | G1G2 | S1 | 93338 | |||||
| Githopsis specularioides | Common Bluecup | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 665631 | ||||
| Cryptomastix magnidentata | Mission Creek Oregonian | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 22608 | ||||
| Tayloria serrata | Serrate Tayloria | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 33384 | |||||
| Sairocarpus kingii | King's Snapdragon | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 54877 | ||||
| Taenionema umatilla | Umatilla Willowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 25285 | ||||
| Hierochloe odorata | Vanilla Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40044 | |||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Eriogonum hookeri | Hooker's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 47614 | ||||
| Mitella nuda | Naked Bishop's-cap | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51762 | |||||
| Eriogonum novonudum | False Naked Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 52254 | ||||
| Securicauda hermani | Rocky Mountain Axetail | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1474102 | ||||
| Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
| Agrimonia striata | Woodland Agrimony | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53676 | |||||
| Dermatocarpon lorenzianum | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | 3 | G2 | S1 | 34274 | ||||
| Porella navicularis | A Liverwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 35786 | |||||
| Polytrichastrum formosum | Bank Haircap Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 36923 | |||||
| Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S1 | 56517 | ||||
| Pogogyne serpylloides | Thyme-like Mesamint | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41092 | |||||
| Castilleja angustifolia var. flavescens | Narrow-leaved Indian Paintbrush | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 89857 | |||||
| Euproserpinus wiesti | Wiest's Primrose Sphinx | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30578 | ||||
| Ludwigia polycarpa | Many-fruit False-loosestrife | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 53399 | |||||
| Parameletus columbiae | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 22759 | ||||
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis | Gold-back Fern | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | G5T5 | S1 | 92353 | ||||
| Micranthes bryophora | Bud Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60726 | |||||
| Peromyscus truei | Pinyon Deermouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S1 | 15694 | |||||
| Melanoplus trigeminus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 25495 | |||||
| Stygobromus idahoensis | Idaho Amphipod | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 68090 | ||||
| Carex incurviformis | Maritime Sedge | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 55430 | ||||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Sphaeromeria potentilloides | Cinquefoil Tansy | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49054 | |||||
| Calliopsis barri | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 2 | 1475434 | ||||
| Pyrrocoma racemosa var. paniculata | Clustered Goldenweed | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 90752 | |||||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Boechera rollinsiorum | Rockcress | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 1372568 | |||||
| Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia | Bog-rosemary | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 92112 | ||||
| Sphaerophorus globosus | Globe Ball Lichen | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 33751 | ||||
| Speleomaster lexi | A Cave Obligate Harvestman | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 23320 | ||||
| Mimulus ampliatus | Spacious Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 54233 | |||
| Pinus monophylla | Singleleaf Pinyon | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 55352 | |||||
| Megascops kennicottii | Western Screech-Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S1 | 17834 | |||||
| Carex tenera | Slender Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40573 | |||||
| Arnica alpina | Alpine Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42938 | |||||
| Allium macrum | Rock Onion | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 52826 | |||||
| Crossocalyx hellerianus | Heller's Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 34896 | |||||
| Hookeria lucens | Light Hookeria | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 38587 | ||||
| Ranunculus pygmaeus | Pygmy Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 46004 | |||||
| Callitriche marginata | Winged Water-starwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 61833 | |||||
| Sympistis utahensis | A Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | 1474622 | |||||
| Aegolius funereus | Boreal Owl | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 19007 | ||||
| Astragalus bisulcatus | Two-groove Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42215 | |||||
| Physa megalochlamys | Cloaked Physa | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | 30655 | |||||
| Pentagramma triangularis | Western Gold Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60065 | |||||
| Paraleptophlebia jenseni | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 23206 | ||||
| Amphidium californicum | A Moss | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 35830 | |||||
| Utacapnia nedia | Boise Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 24946 | ||||
| Eriogonum soliceps | Railroad Canyon Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 3 | G2 | S1 | 67682 | ||||
| Hackelia sp. 1 | Sleeping Deer Mountain Stickseed | Species | Plant | G1Q | S1 | 39688 | |||||
| Erigeron katiae | Katie's Daisy | Species | Plant | G1G2 | S1 | 1854561 | |||||
| Pyrrocoma liatriformis | Palouse Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 47601 | ||||
| Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla | Short-style Tofieldia | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T4 | S1 | 89299 | ||||
| Bolshecapnia milami | Glacier Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S1 | 27949 | |||||
| Calandrinia ciliata | Red Maids | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 42156 | |||||
| Utricularia ochroleuca | Northern Bladderwort | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 51027 | |||||
| Paronychia sessiliflora | Low Nailwort | Species | Plant | 4 | G5 | S1 | 51509 | ||||
| Salix farriae | Farr's Willow | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 58794 | |||||
| Eriogonum palmerianum | Palmer's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S1 | 43254 | ||||
| Astragalus bourgovii | Bourgeau's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 50456 | |||||
| Botrychium hesperium | Western Moonwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 59286 | |||||
| Artemisia campestris | Pacific Wormwood | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52716 | |||||
| Cladonia uncialis | Thorn Cladonia | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 36769 | ||||
| Lota lota | Burbot | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 16458 | ||
| Astragalus arthurii | Arthur's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 54822 | |||||
| Oreohelix intersum | Deep Slide Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 2 | 25169 | ||||
| Astragalus tetrapterus | Four-wing Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G4G5 | S1 | 40207 |
