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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packera cana | Silvery Ragwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56336 | |||||
| Egretta tricolor | Tricolored Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17080 | |||||
| Ctenopharyngodon idella | Grass Carp | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17202 | |||||
| Sorbus scopulina | Greene's Mountain-ash | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56565 | |||||
| Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed Grouse | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 17268 | |||||
| Lathyrus sulphureus | Brewer's Peavine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56664 | |||||
| Catharus fuscescens | Veery | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B | 17512 | |||||
| Sium suave | Hemlock Water-parsnip | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56847 | |||||
| Buteo lineatus | Red-shouldered Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17607 | |||||
| Streptanthella longirostris | Long-beak Streptauthella | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56975 | |||||
| Zigadenus paniculatus | Foothill Deathcamas | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57099 | |||||
| Chaenactis douglasii | Hoary Pincushion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57304 | |||||
| Spiraea betulifolia | White White Meadowsweet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57432 | |||||
| Dryopteris arguta | Coastal Woodfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57585 | |||||
| Phlox pulvinata | Cushion Phlox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57674 | |||||
| Chenopodium rubrum | Coast-blite Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57954 | |||||
| Calidris pusilla | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 18611 | |||||
| Salix sitchensis | Sitka Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58108 | |||||
| Carex atratiformis | Black Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58243 | |||||
| Hesperochiron californicus | California Hesperochiron | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 58366 | |||||
| Ictalurus furcatus | Blue Catfish | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 18956 | |||||
| Vicia americana | American Purple Vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58499 | |||||
| Calidris acuminata | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19074 | |||||
| Reithrodontomys megalotis | Western Harvest Mouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 19182 | |||||
| Isoetes melanopoda | Blackfoot Quillwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58751 | |||||
| Eremophila alpestris | Horned Lark | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 19323 | |||||
| Pulsatilla occidentalis | Western Pasqueflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58969 | |||||
| Thymallus arcticus | Arctic Grayling | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 19610 | |||||
| Arnica longifolia | Long-leaf Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59080 | |||||
| Aechmophorus occidentalis | Western Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | Tier 2 | 19787 | ||||
| Perdix perdix | Gray Partridge | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19899 | |||||
| Viburnum edule | Squashberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59340 | |||||
| Machaeranthera canescens | Hoary Tansy-aster | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 59459 | |||||
| Gilia modocensis | Measure Gilia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59595 | |||||
| Carex illota | Small-head Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59982 | |||||
| Pentagramma triangularis | Western Gold Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60065 | |||||
| Astragalus ceramicus | Pottery Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 60189 | |||||
| Carex tribuloides | Blunt Broom Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60359 | |||||
| Astragalus australis | Indian Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60700 | |||||
| Hypericum scouleri | Western St. John's-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60829 | |||||
| Zigadenus elegans | White Camas | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61055 | |||||
| Oxytropis borealis | Boreal Locoweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61270 | |||||
| Campanula scabrella | Rough Bellflower | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 61400 | |||||
| Echinochloa muricata | Rough Barnyard Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61465 | |||||
| Asarum caudatum | Long-tailed Wild-ginger | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61574 | |||||
| Acer grandidentatum | Bigtooth Maple | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 61750 | |||||
| Biatora subduplex | Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4G5 | SNR | 61902 | |||||
| Salix arctica | Arctic Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 67955 | |||||
| Crataegus castlegarensis | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 77457 | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 2 | Bull Trout - Columbia River | Population | 1 | Threatened | G4T3T4Q | SNA | 80151 | ||||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 4 | Bull Trout - Jarbidge River Basin | Population | Fish | 1 | G5T4 | TNR | 80290 | ||||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | ||||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Pyrrocoma scaberula | Rough Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 1563942 | ||||
| Phacelia minutissima | Least Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 46154 | |||
| Eriogonum hookeri | Hooker's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 47614 | ||||
| Penstemon laxus | Idaho Beardtongue | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 56183 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho Salmon | Species | Fish | 2 | G4 | SNA | 17203 | ||||
| Myotis californicus | California Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 18392 | ||||
| Lasionycteris noctivagans | Silver-haired Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G3G4 | S3 | Tier 2 | 18499 | |||
| Lanius ludovicianus | Loggerhead Shrike | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S3 | 18626 | ||||
| Psiloscops flammeolus | Flammulated Owl | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3B | 18963 | ||
| Centrocercus urophasianus | Greater Sage-Grouse | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | Tier 1 | 19187 | ||
| Calamagrostis tweedyi | Cascade Reedgrass | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 59466 | |||
| Lepidomeda copei | Northern Leatherside Chub | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | Tier 2 | 74379 | ||
| Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis | Maculate Tumbleweed Shield Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | GNR | S1 | 38432 | ||||
| Psilocarphus tenellus | Slender Woolly-heads | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S2 | 40871 | ||||
| Mimulus patulus | Stalk-leaved Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 42907 | ||||
| Lomatium packardiae | Packard's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 43815 | ||||
| Kobresia simpliciuscula | Simple Kobresia | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54396 | ||||
| Thelypodium flexuosum | Flexible Thelypody | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54991 | ||||
| Cottus leiopomus | Wood River Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S4 | 15570 | |||
| Tympanuchus phasianellus | Sharp-tailed Grouse | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | Tier 2 | 18395 | ||
| Lasiurus cinereus | Hoary Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G3G4 | S3 | Tier 2 | 20017 | |||
| Oreohelix jugalis | Boulder Pile Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 28287 | |||
| Urocitellus endemicus | Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G2T1 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80667 | |||
| Glacicavicola bathyscioides | Blind Cave Leiodid Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G3 | S1 | Tier 1 | 28887 | |||
| Calochortus nitidus | Broad-fruit Mariposa Lily | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 43237 | ||||
| Ipomopsis congesta ssp. crebrifolia | Compact Gilia | Subspecies | Plant | 2 | G5T3T4 | S1S2 | 90624 | ||||
| Cymopterus hendersonii | Henderson's Wavewing | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | SNR | 47523 | ||||
| Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S4B | 15831 |
