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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Alopecurus geniculatus | Meadow Foxtail | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 41262 | |||||
| Eritrichium nanum | Arctic Forget-me-not | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47241 | |||||
| Sphaeralcea grossulariifolia | Currantleaf Globemallow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54507 | |||||
| Ranunculus uncinatus | Woodland Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45424 | |||||
| Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana | Rosy Lewisia | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 87238 | |||||
| Abies grandis | Grand Fir | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51639 | |||||
| Dryopteris campyloptera | Mountain Woodfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60519 | |||||
| Lomatium simplex var. simplex | Umbrella Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 89654 | |||||
| Delphinium distichum | Two-spike Larkspur | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42015 | |||||
| Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 43692 | |||||
| Ribes inerme | White-stem Gooseberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47889 | |||||
| Mertensia lanceolata | Prairie Bluebells | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55126 | |||||
| Cymopterus glaucus | Grayish Spring-parsley | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 57993 | |||||
| Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum | Beautiful Jacob's-ladder | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 87916 | |||||
| Rorippa calycina | Persistent-sepal Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 49681 | |||||
| Geranium bicknellii | Bicknell's Northern Crane's-bill | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56156 | |||||
| Dodecatheon hendersonii ssp. hendersonii | Henderson's Shootingstar | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90151 | |||||
| Oreostemma alpigenum var. haydenii | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 83391 | ||||||
| Carex parryana | Parry's Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 46069 | |||||
| Passerina cyanea | Indigo Bunting | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17727 | |||||
| Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19468 | |||||
| Sphaeralcea coccinea | Red Globemallow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53402 | |||||
| Acer negundo | Box-elder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58750 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. canbyi | Leafy-bracted Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 86232 | |||||
| Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula | Sideoats Grama | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92195 | |||||
| Streptanthus cordatus var. cordatus | Perennial Twistflower | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 84500 | |||||
| Glyceria striata var. stricta | Fowl Mannagrass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90717 | |||||
| Mitella pentandra | Five-point Bishop's-cap | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 40882 | |||||
| Abronia fragrans | Fragrant White Sand-verbena | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46750 | |||||
| Cerastium alpinum ssp. alpinum | Alpine Chickweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5?TNR | SNR | 88558 | |||||
| Deschampsia caespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62082 | |||||
| Symphoricarpos occidentalis | Northern Snowberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54060 | |||||
| Draba cana | Hoary Draba | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56708 | |||||
| Astragalus convallarius var. convallarius | Lesser Rushy Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86808 | |||||
| Carex magellanica ssp. magellanica | Bog Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84009 | |||||
| Solidago simplex ssp. simplex | Sticky Goldenrod | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92784 | |||||
| Penstemon humilis | Lowly Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60033 | |||||
| Pellaea glabella | Smooth Cliffbrake | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45054 | |||||
| Astragalus newberryi var. newberryi | Newberry's Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 89232 | |||||
| Betula x sargentii | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79166 | ||||||
| Carex lapponica | Lapland Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5Q | SNR | 41434 | |||||
| Juncus articulatus | Jointed Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59455 | |||||
| Monotropa hypopithys | American Pinesap | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40153 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum boreale | Rush Aster | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 51123 | |||
| Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85110 | |||||
| Helodium blandowii | Blandow's Helodium | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 34146 | |||||
| Ranunculus alismifolius | Water-plantain Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49233 | |||||
| Arabis hirsuta var. glabrata | Western Hairy Rockcress | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91294 | |||||
| Cornus sericea | Red-osier Dogwood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47490 | |||||
| Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus | Silvery Lupine | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89772 | |||||
| Langloisia setosissima | Bristly Langloisia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 43862 | |||||
| Lesquerella kingii | King's Bladderpod | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 45688 | |||||
| Canis latrans | Coyote | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 17263 | |||||
| Navarretia breweri | Yellow Navarretia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51865 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus americanus | Three-square Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60802 | |||||
| Chenopodium desiccatum | Narrow-leaf Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52937 | |||||
| Androsace septentrionalis ssp. puberulenta | Pygmy-flower Rock-jasmine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 85793 | |||||
| Crepis runcinata ssp. glauca | Naked-stem Hawk's-beard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 91820 | |||||
| Sturnus vulgaris | European Starling | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 18168 | |||||
| Carex interior | Inland Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40379 | |||||
| Sidalcea oregana | Oregon Checkermallow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55343 | |||||
| Tetradymia canescens | Gray Horsebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58288 | |||||
| Collema furfuraceum | Scurffy Jelly Lichen | Species | Fungi | G5 | S3 | 38074 | |||||
| Woodsia scopulina ssp. laurentiana | Rocky Mountain Woodsia | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88193 | |||||
| Astragalus cusickii | Cusick's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 49851 | |||||
| Scirpus rollandii | Rolland Bulrush | Species | Plant | 2 | G3Q | SNR | 61408 | ||||
| Antennaria howellii ssp. neodioica | Small Pussytoes | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86398 | |||||
| Hackelia hispida var. hispida | Rough Stickseed | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 83604 | |||||
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximillian Sunflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44636 | |||||
| Lathyrus nevadensis ssp. cusickii | Sierra Nevada Peavine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 88803 | |||||
| Branta canadensis | Canada Goose | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B,S5N | 74431 | |||||
| Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19792 |
