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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphasiastrum alpinum | Alpine Clubmoss | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 45887 | |||||
| Scapania apiculata | A Liverwort | Species | Plant | G5? | S1 | 39118 | |||||
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 40600 | ||||
| Nevada holmgrenii | Nye County Smelowskia | Species | Plant | G2G3 | S1 | 54542 | |||||
| Asclepias asperula | Spider Milkweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49051 | |||||
| Carex lachenalii | Artic Hare's-foot Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42566 | |||||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Carex holmgreniorum | Holmgren's Sedge | Species | Plant | GNR | S1 | 86331 | |||||
| Poa paucispicula | Alaska Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 93485 | |||||
| Musineon lineare | Rydberg's Musineon | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 44643 | |||||
| Melanoplus papyraedus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 20290 | |||||
| Meesia triquetra | Three-ranked Thread Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 35101 | |||||
| Soliperla salish | Clearwater Roachfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 78185 | ||||
| Phacelia thermalis | Hot Spring Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | G3G4 | S1 | 45821 | ||||
| Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52155 | |||||
| Cryptomastix magnidentata | Mission Creek Oregonian | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 22608 | ||||
| Asplenium septentrionale | Northern Spleenwort | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 60443 | |||||
| Phlox idahonis | Clearwater Phlox | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 41410 | |||||
| Viola septentrionalis | Northern Woodland Violet | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54235 | ||||
| Taenionema umatilla | Umatilla Willowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 25285 | ||||
| Ericameria bloomeri | Rabbitbrush Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 41702 | ||||
| Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii | Hummingbird Flower | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 87552 | |||||
| Botrychium neolunaria | North American Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | GNR | S1 | 1911604 | ||||
| Cyperus odoratus | Rusty Flatsedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50779 | |||||
| Allenrolfea occidentalis | Iodine Bush | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 57620 | |||||
| Andreaea heinemannii | Heinemann's Andreaea Moss | Species | Plant | G3G5 | S1 | 34877 | |||||
| Orthotrichum holzingeri | Holzinger's Orthotrichum Moss | Species | Plant | G3 | S1 | 36085 | |||||
| Cladonia symphycarpa | Species | Fungi | G5 | S1 | 37352 | ||||||
| Potentilla plattensis | Platte River Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 53284 | |||||
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 84677 | ||||
| Trifolium owyheense | Owyhee Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 55100 | ||||
| Botrychium ascendens | Triangular-lobed Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 43173 | ||||
| Beckerus barri | A Click Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1473938 | ||||
| Grimmia brittoniae | Britton's Dry Rock Moss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 34388 | ||||
| Euproserpinus wiesti | Wiest's Primrose Sphinx | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30578 | ||||
| Schistostega pennata | Luminous Moss | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S1 | 37047 | |||||
| Parameletus columbiae | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 22759 | ||||
| Erigeron watsonii | Watson's Fleabane | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S1 | 59849 | |||||
| Peromyscus truei | Pinyon Deermouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S1 | 15694 | |||||
| Stanleya tomentosa var. runcinata | Hairy Prince's-plume | Variety | Plant | 3 | G4T1 | S1 | 83780 | ||||
| Poa abbreviata | Northern Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53706 | |||||
| Eupatorium maculatum | Spotted Joe-pyeweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41301 | |||||
| Melanoplus trigeminus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 25495 | |||||
| Abronia elliptica | Dwarf Sandverbena | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43328 | |||||
| Potentilla paradoxa | Bushy Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 43502 | ||||
| Potentilla modesta | Red Cinquefoil | Variety | Plant | G5?T4T5Q | S1 | 92560 | |||||
| Douglasia conservatorum | Bloom Peak Douglasia | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2G3 | S1 | 93777 | ||||
| Botrychium crenulatum | Crenulate Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 57205 | |||
| Potentilla maryae | Mary’s cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 2053342 | |||||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Astragalus anserinus | Goose Creek Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 51746 | |||
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Oreohelix haydeni perplexa | A Land Snail (Lower Salmon River) | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G2G3T1T3 | S1 | 82082 | |||||
| Speleomaster lexi | A Cave Obligate Harvestman | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 23320 | ||||
| Mentzelia decapetala | Ten-petal Stickleaf | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 61231 | |||||
| Angelica kingii | Nevada Angelica | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 55033 | ||||
| Megascops kennicottii | Western Screech-Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S1 | 17834 | |||||
| Papaver radicatum ssp. kluanense | Arctic Poppy | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 86359 | |||||
| Aegolius funereus | Boreal Owl | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 19007 | ||||
| Lomatium swingerae | Swinger’s biscuitroot | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 1354827 | |||||
| Lophoziopsis longidens | Horned Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 33890 | |||||
| Claytonia multiscapa | Yellow Spring Beauty | Species | Plant | 4 | G4? | S1 | 77355 | ||||
| Juncus hallii | Hall's Rush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 51712 | |||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Oreohelix haydeni hesperia | Western Mountainsnail | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G2G3T1T3 | S1 | 81969 | |||||
| Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59483 | |||||
| Sagittaria rigida | Sessile-fruit Arrowhead | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53389 | |||||
| Rupertia physodes | California Scurf-pea | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 41051 | |||||
| Astragalus diversifolius | Meadow Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 50095 | |||
| Bolshecapnia milami | Glacier Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S1 | 27949 | |||||
| Sphaerocarpos hians | A Liverwort | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 33639 | |||||
| Lobaria scrobiculata | Pored Lungwort | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 34937 | ||||
| Physa megalochlamys | Cloaked Physa | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | 30655 | |||||
| Tritomaria exsecta | Little Brownwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 37584 | |||||
| Ovis canadensis canadensis | Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep | Subspecies | Mammal | 2 | G4T4 | S1 | 80082 | ||||
| Paraleptophlebia jenseni | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 23206 | ||||
| Eleocharis elliptica | Slender Spike-rush | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60672 | |||||
| Utacapnia nedia | Boise Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 24946 | ||||
| Poa abbreviata ssp. marshii | Marsh's Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T2 | S1 | 91461 | ||||
| Vertigo idahoensis | Idaho Vertigo | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1? | 29127 | |||||
| Egretta thula | Snowy Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15646 | |||||
| Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15981 | |||||
| Icterus parisorum | Scott's Oriole | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15616 | |||||
| Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | Species | Bird | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 17802 | ||||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 18563 | |||||
| Cypseloides niger | Black Swift | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 16351 | ||
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19671 | |||||
| Passerina caerulea | Blue Grosbeak | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 18138 | |||||
| Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19468 | |||||
| Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 17519 | |||||
| Hydroprogne caspia | Caspian Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | Tier 2 Breeding population only | 18702 | ||||
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 16214 | |||||
| Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 16813 | |||||
| Bucephala albeola | Bufflehead | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B,S1N | 18755 | |||||
| Gavia immer | Common Loon | Species | Bird | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S1B,S2N | Tier 2 | 15698 | ||
| Cygnus buccinator | Trumpeter Swan | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B,S4N | Tier 2 | 19287 | ||
| Calidris pusilla | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 18611 | |||||
| Pluvialis squatarola | Black-bellied Plover | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 17343 |
