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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximillian Sunflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44636 | |||||
| Deschampsia elongata | Slender Hairgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46759 | |||||
| Lupinus cusickii ssp. cusickii | Cusick's Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G1T1 | SNR | 90666 | |||||
| Pinguicula vulgaris | Common Butterwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56406 | |||||
| Larus argentatus | Herring Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | S2N | 18996 | |||||
| Ageratina herbacea | Fragrant Thorough-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42796 | |||||
| Madia gracilis | Grassy Tarweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51076 | |||||
| Mitella stauropetala var. stauropetala | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85952 | ||||||
| Madia minima | Small-head Tarweed | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 57924 | |||||
| Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49358 | |||||
| Carex echinata ssp. echinata | Little Prickly Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84163 | |||||
| Artemisia biennis | Biennial Wormwood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45280 | |||||
| Tripleurospermum maritima | False Chamomile | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53693 | |||||
| Carex viridula ssp. viridula | Little Green Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87409 | |||||
| Triteleia hyacinthina | White Triteleia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51807 | |||||
| Oxytropis deflexa var. foliolosa | Pendent-pod Crazyweed | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91153 | |||||
| Circus cyaneus | Northern Harrier | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 17749 | |||||
| Vaccinium caespitosum | Dwarf Huckleberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58682 | |||||
| Viola macloskeyi | Smooth White Violet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42401 | |||||
| Carex heteroneura | Different-nerve Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57083 | |||||
| Carex vallicola | Valley Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40572 | |||||
| Chionophila tweedyi | Tweedy's Snowlover | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55367 | |||||
| Tomentypnum falcifolium | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 36042 | ||||||
| Draba fladnizensis var. fladnizensis | White Arctic Whitlow-grass | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 88140 | |||||
| Allium tolmiei var. platyphyllum | Flat-leaved Tolmie's Onion | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3Q | SNR | 91669 | |||||
| Sedum stenopetalum ssp. stenopetalum | Narrow-petal Stonecrop | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 84786 | |||||
| Potamogeton zosteriformis | Flatstem Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45995 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum campestre | Western Meadow-aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48171 | |||||
| Recurvirostra americana | American Avocet | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B,S3M | 15289 | |||||
| Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria | Golden Tickseed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83121 | |||||
| Polygonum heterosepalum | Dwarf Desert Knotweed | Species | Plant | G2G4 | SNR | 44065 | |||||
| Helianthus tuberosus | Jerusalem Artichoke | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46298 | |||||
| Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens | Western Bracken | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90248 | |||||
| Lepidium davisii | Davis' Peppergrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S3 | 52549 | ||||
| Cistothorus palustris | Marsh Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B,S5N | 19798 | |||||
| Ceanothus velutinus ssp. velutinus | Tobacco Ceanothus | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88700 | |||||
| Agoseris heterophylla | Annual False-dandelion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59365 | |||||
| Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Ground-cherry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50536 | |||||
| Petrophyton caespitosum var. caespitosum | Caespitose Rockmat | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85471 | |||||
| Allium lemmonii | Claybank Onion | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 61488 | |||||
| Carex leptopoda | Short-scaled Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57390 | |||||
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Tufted Hairgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48917 | |||||
| Impatiens capensis | Orange Jewelweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41197 | |||||
| Atriplex pusilla | Purple Balduina | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53220 | |||||
| Loeflingia squarrosa | Spreading Loeflingia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54284 | |||||
| Cardamine bellidifolia var. bellidifolia | Alpine Bittercress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92235 | |||||
| Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica | Columbia Synthyris | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86956 | |||||
| Saxifraga cernua | Nodding Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 51285 | |||||
| Smelowskia calycina var. americana | Alpine Smelowskia | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90782 | |||||
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Tall Dropseed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 83761 | |||||
| Perideridia bacigalupii | Bacigalupi's Perideridia | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 41955 | |||||
| Eleocharis quadrangulata | Squarestem Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56612 | |||||
| Lepomis gulosus | Warmouth | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17350 | |||||
| Arabis cusickii | Cusick's Rockcress | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 43007 | |||||
| Lepidium dictyotum var. acutidens | Veiny Pepper-grass | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89301 | |||||
| Packera werneriifolia | Rock Groundsel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54977 | |||||
| Elymus elymoides ssp. brevifolius | Bottlebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 93019 | |||||
| Opuntia fragilis var. fragilis | Brittle Prickly-pear | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 86125 | |||||
| Sambucus racemosa var. pubens | Red Elderberry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87608 | |||||
| Astragalus geyeri | Geyer's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 58173 | |||||
| Ericameria suffruticosa | Single-head Goldenweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49541 | |||||
| Myosurus apetalus var. borealis | Bristly Mousetail | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 84386 | |||||
| Saxifraga cespitosa | Tufted Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47704 | |||||
| Phacelia sericea ssp. sericea | Silky Scorpionweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89849 | |||||
| Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52093 | |||||
| Castilleja angustifolia var. flavescens | Narrow-leaved Indian Paintbrush | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 89857 | |||||
| Hypericum scouleri | Western St. John's-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60829 | |||||
| Cassiope mertensiana | Western Bell-heather | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 52094 | |||||
| Eriogonum ovalifolium var. pansum | Oval-leaf Buckwheat | Subspecies | Plant | G5T1 | SNR | 91350 | |||||
| Ranunculus flabellaris | Yellow Water-crowfoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58899 | |||||
| Oxalis trilliifolia | Trillium-leaved Wood-sorrel | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50049 | |||||
| Ligusticum canbyi | Canby's Wild Lovage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61076 | |||||
| Helianthus nuttallii | Nuttall's Sunflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43704 | |||||
| Eleocharis engelmannii | Engelmann's Spikerush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40822 | |||||
| Chamaesyce serpyllifolia | Thyme-leaf Broomspurge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55673 | |||||
| Carex luzulina var. atropurpurea | Woodrush Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 88318 | |||||
| Gnaphalium stramineum | Cotton-batting Cudweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52760 | |||||
| Amsinckia menziesii | Small-flower Fiddle-neck | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53838 | |||||
| Machaeranthera canescens var. incana | Ashy Tansy-aster | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91924 | |||||
| Vicia americana ssp. minor | American Purple Vetch | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85029 | |||||
| Oxytropis sericea var. sericea | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86560 | ||||||
| Muhlenbergia andina | Foxtail Muhly | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 46189 | |||||
| Mertensia alpina | Alpine Bluebells | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 48488 | |||||
| Salix lucida ssp. caudata | Shining Willow | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83365 | |||||
| Bromus tectorum | Cheatgrass | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 44380 | |||||
| Clintonia uniflora | Single-flowered Clintonia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 46532 | |||||
| Arnica chamissonis var. andina | Leafy Leopardbane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90470 | |||||
| Saxifraga platysepala | Broad-sepal Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41382 | |||||
| Poecilia mexicana | Shortfin Molly | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 20037 | |||||
| Camissonia scapoidea | Paiute Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56225 | |||||
| Bucephala albeola | Bufflehead | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B,S1N | 18755 | |||||
| Pteryxia terebinthina var. terebinthina | Turpentine Wavewing | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88938 | |||||
| Chamaesyce ocellata | Valley Broomspurge | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 59621 | |||||
| Penstemon diphyllus | Two-leaf Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 50804 | |||||
| Polygonum douglasii ssp. engelmannii | Engelmann's Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85735 | |||||
| Astragalus agrestis | Don Meadow Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57644 | |||||
| Allium madidum | Swamp Onion | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 49159 | ||||
| Crepis atribarba | Slender Hawksbeard | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53439 | |||||
| Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum | Strict Blue-eyed-grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92462 | |||||
| Geum triflorum var. ciliatum | Prairie-smoke | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87188 |
