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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cryptomastix magnidentata | Mission Creek Oregonian | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 22608 | ||||
| Pyrrocoma liatriformis | Palouse Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 47601 | ||||
| Taenionema umatilla | Umatilla Willowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 25285 | ||||
| Idagona westcotti | Idaho Lava Tube Millipede | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 74307 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Telesonix jamesii | James' False Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G2G3 | S1 | 45258 | |||||
| Porella navicularis | A Liverwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 35786 | |||||
| Schistostega pennata | Luminous Moss | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S1 | 37047 | |||||
| Platanthera obtusata | Small Northern Bog-orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 48001 | |||||
| Carex lacustris | Lake-bank Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41288 | |||||
| Lota lota | Burbot | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 16458 | ||
| Solanum heterodoxum | Different-glory Nightshade | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 48828 | |||||
| Lomatium bentonitum | Succor Creek lomatium | Species | Plant | G1G2 | S1 | 628549 | |||||
| Chrysosplenium tetrandrum | Northern Golden-carpet | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43753 | |||||
| Melanoplus zeus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 33139 | |||||
| Porella platyphylla | Wall Scalewort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 34031 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum jessicae | Jessica's Aster | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 45453 | ||||
| Parameletus columbiae | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 22759 | ||||
| Stygobromus idahoensis | Idaho Amphipod | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 68090 | ||||
| Hydroscapha redfordi | A Skiff Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1473935 | ||||
| Astragalus riparius | Piper's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G1G2 | S1 | 56297 | ||||
| Melanoplus trigeminus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 25495 | |||||
| Carex lachenalii | Artic Hare's-foot Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42566 | |||||
| Lomatium brunsfeldianum | Brunsfeld's lomatium | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 605773 | |||||
| Astragalus diversifolius | Meadow Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 50095 | |||
| Baeolophus ridgwayi | Juniper Titmouse | Species | Bird | G5 | S1 | 19346 | |||||
| Lycaena phlaeas arctodon | Beartooth Copper | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G5T3T5 | S1 | Tier 3 | 82030 | ||||
| Andromeda polifolia | Bog-rosemary | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 53175 | ||||
| Euproserpinus wiesti | Wiest's Primrose Sphinx | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30578 | ||||
| Vallisneria americana | Tapegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 46044 | |||||
| Eutrochium maculatum var. bruneri | Joe Pye Weed | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5Q | S1 | 91111 | |||||
| Speleomaster lexi | A Cave Obligate Harvestman | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 23320 | ||||
| Ericameria bloomeri | Rabbitbrush Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 41702 | ||||
| Urocitellus canus | Columbia Plateau Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 16552 | |||
| Spiranthes porrifolia | Western Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 56463 | |||||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 | |
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Microdipodops megacephalus | Dark Kangaroo Mouse | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 18109 | |||
| Musineon lineare | Rydberg's Musineon | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 44643 | |||||
| Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52155 | |||||
| Oreohelix idahoensis baileyi | A Land Snail (Hells Canyon) | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G1G2T1 | S1 | 81933 | |||||
| Argemone munita ssp. rotundata | Armed Prickly-poppy | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | S1 | 89188 | |||||
| Crossocalyx hellerianus | Heller's Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 34896 | |||||
| Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. purshii | Northern Sagewort | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 89361 | |||||
| Tritomaria exsecta | Little Brownwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 37584 | |||||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Asplenium septentrionale | Northern Spleenwort | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 60443 | |||||
| Hierochloe odorata | Vanilla Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40044 | |||||
| Callitriche marginata | Winged Water-starwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 61833 | |||||
| Heteranthera dubia | Grassleaf Mud-plantain | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41363 | |||||
| Botrychium ascendens | Triangular-lobed Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 43173 | ||||
| Monardella angustifolia | Leslie Gulch Monardella | Species | Plant | 2 | G1 | S1 | 1345281 | ||||
| Allenrolfea occidentalis | Iodine Bush | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 57620 | |||||
| Amphidium californicum | A Moss | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 35830 | |||||
| Kobresia simpliciuscula | Simple Kobresia | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54396 | ||||
| Flabellorhagidia pecki | A Cave Obligate Mite | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 32397 | ||||
| Astragalus packardiae | Packard's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G5T1 | S1 | 91221 | ||||
| Paraleptophlebia jenseni | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 23206 | ||||
| Eriogonum soliceps | Railroad Canyon Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 3 | G2 | S1 | 67682 | ||||
| Carex crawei | Craw Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 55277 | |||||
| Salix pseudomonticola | False Mountain Willow | Species | Plant | 3 | G4G5 | S1 | 55530 | ||||
| Utacapnia nedia | Boise Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 24946 | ||||
| Ranunculus gelidus | Arctic Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56184 | |||||
| Entosphenus tridentatus | Pacific Lamprey | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17473 | ||
| Abronia elliptica | Dwarf Sandverbena | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43328 | |||||
| Utricularia ochroleuca | Northern Bladderwort | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 51027 | |||||
| Bolshecapnia milami | Glacier Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S1 | 27949 | |||||
| Melanoplus lemurus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 33162 | |||||
| Erigeron watsonii | Watson's Fleabane | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S1 | 59849 | |||||
| Physa megalochlamys | Cloaked Physa | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | 30655 | |||||
| Trifolium longipes var. multipedunculatum | Many-stalked Clover | Subspecies | Plant | 2 | G5T3T4 | S1 | 90460 | ||||
| Peromyscus truei | Piñon Mouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S1 | 15694 | |||||
| Sphaeromeria potentilloides | Cinquefoil Tansy | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49054 | |||||
| Oreohelix intersum | Deep Slide Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 2 | 25169 | ||||
| Potentilla modesta | Red Cinquefoil | Variety | Plant | G5?T4T5Q | S1 | 92560 | |||||
| Melanoplus xenus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 26090 | |||||
| Astragalus shultziorum | Shultz's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3Q | S1 | 56931 | |||||
| Botrychium crenulatum | Crenulate Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 57205 | |||
| Securicauda hermani | Rocky Mountain Axetail | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1474102 | ||||
| Melanoplus pyro | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 26769 | |||||
| Potentilla paradoxa | Bushy Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 43502 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Lophozia longidens | Horned Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 33890 | |||||
| Bidens beckii | Beck's Water-marigold | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 83944 | |||||
| Trifolium douglasii | Douglas' Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 41044 | |||
| Calliopsis barri | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 2 | 1475434 | ||||
| Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 48767 | ||||
| Melanoplus phobetico | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 24773 | |||||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Cryptantha caespitosa | Tufted Cryptantha | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 56673 | ||||
| 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 | |
| Paraleptophlebia vaciva | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | 29013 | |||||
| Oreohelix haydeni | Lyrate Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 29323 | ||||
| Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59483 | |||||
| Telesonix heucheriformis | False Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 46037 | |||||
| Potentilla bipinnatifida | Prairie Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53642 | |||||
| Mimulus alsinoides | Chickweed Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 46265 |
