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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoenoplectus heterochaetus | Slender Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40053 | |||||
| Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides | White-margin Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5TNR | SNR | 90032 | |||||
| Piperia elongata | Dense-flower Rein Orchid | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 54499 | |||||
| Rorippa curvisiliqua | Curve-pod Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52710 | |||||
| Lewisia columbiana | Columbian Bitterroot | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 46894 | |||||
| Oenothera flava ssp. flava | Long-tubed Evening-primrose | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 83795 | |||||
| Glycyrrhiza lepidota | Wild Licorice | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42643 | |||||
| Lindernia dubia var. anagallidea | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 92060 | |||||
| Poa alpina ssp. alpina | Alpine Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88434 | |||||
| Najas guadalupensis | Southern Naiad | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40682 | |||||
| Lathyrus bijugatus | Latah Tule-pea | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55119 | |||||
| Bromus sitchensis | Alaska Brome | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60659 | |||||
| Ranunculus trichophyllus | Northeastern White Water Crowfoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50742 | |||||
| Glyceria grandis | American Mannagrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45071 | |||||
| Isoetes melanopoda | Blackfoot Quillwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58751 | |||||
| Saxifraga adscendens | Ascending Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 47565 | |||||
| Potamogeton gramineus | Grassy Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48955 | |||||
| Pedicularis contorta var. ctenophora | Coil-beaked Lousewort | Variety | Plant | G5T3 | SNR | 84424 | |||||
| Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. formosissima | Scarlet Skyrocket | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 90623 | |||||
| Carex multicostata | Many-ribbed Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57581 | |||||
| Atriplex gardneri | Gardner's Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53401 | |||||
| Lemmiscus curtatus | Sagebrush Vole | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 16749 | |||||
| Hemizonia pungens | Common Tarweed | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 51520 | |||||
| Lupinus arbustus ssp. arbustus | Long-spur Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 86750 | |||||
| Artemisia douglasiana | Douglas' Wormwood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45787 | |||||
| Orthocarpus luteus | Yellow Owl's-clover | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41315 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hispidula | A Balsamroot | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91141 | |||||
| Cirsium subniveum | Western Thistle | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55858 | |||||
| Echinocystis lobata | Wild Mock-cucumber | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39530 | |||||
| Aconitum columbianum | Columbia Monkshood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54056 | |||||
| Machaeranthera canescens | Hoary Tansy-aster | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 59459 | |||||
| Platanthera stricta | Slender Bog Orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48300 | |||||
| Besseya rubra | Red Coral-drops | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49559 | |||||
| Arenaria congesta var. subcongesta | Capitate Sandwort | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85042 | |||||
| Platanthera orbiculata | Round-leaved Rein-orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 58363 | |||||
| Larus glaucescens | Glaucous-winged Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | S1N | 16368 | |||||
| Frasera albicaulis var. cusickii | Purple Green-gentian | Variety | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 89685 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus | Daisy Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42072 | |||||
| Silene drummondii var. drummondii | Drummond's Campion | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91627 | |||||
| Galium aparine | Catchweed Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56376 | |||||
| Catharus fuscescens | Veery | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B | 17512 | |||||
| Tortula ruralis | Tortula Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 33411 | |||||
| Cuscuta indecora var. neuropetala | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88022 | ||||||
| Penstemon cyananthus | Wasatch Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 50275 | |||||
| Juncus covillei var. obtusatus | Coville's Rush | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85743 | |||||
| Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's Thistle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44651 | |||||
| Lepidium virginicum var. virginicum | Poor-man's Pepper-grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90205 | |||||
| Aristida purpurea | Purple Three-awn Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42807 | |||||
| Saxifraga rhomboidea | Diamondleaf Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 54760 | |||||
| Grindelia nana var. integerrima | Idaho Gumweed | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88617 | |||||
| Picea pungens | Blue Spruce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52936 | |||||
| Arabis crucisetosa | Cross-haired Rockcress | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 47125 | |||||
| Aquilegia flavescens var. flavescens | Yellow Columbine | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 84006 | |||||
| Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. cognatum | Canada Gooseberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 92222 | |||||
| Isoetes echinospora | Spiny-spore Quillwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45288 | |||||
| Cuscuta denticulata | Sepal-tooth Dodder | Species | Plant | 3 | G4G5 | S1 | 57061 | ||||
| Bryum violaceum | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 37178 | ||||||
| Populus x hinckleyana | Goat Canyon Cottonwood | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79041 | |||||
| Lychnis apetala | Apetalous Catchfly | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40965 | |||||
| Carex norvegica ssp. norvegica | Scandinavian Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 90741 | |||||
| Camissonia contorta | Dwarf Contorted Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55330 | |||||
| Sayornis nigricans | Black Phoebe | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17775 | |||||
| Lomatium geyeri | Geyer's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 60881 | |||||
| Brachythecium calcareum | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 38523 | ||||||
| Carex crawfordii | Crawford's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51048 | |||||
| Pulsatilla occidentalis | Western Pasqueflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58969 | |||||
| Helianthus ciliaris | Blue-weed Sunflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47797 | |||||
| Kelloggia galioides | Milky Kelloggia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49163 | |||||
| Pellaea glabella ssp. simplex | Smooth Cliffbrake | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 84602 | |||||
| Plantago pusilla | Dwarf Plantain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57802 | |||||
| Eleocharis quinqueflora | Few-flower Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41540 | |||||
| Egretta tricolor | Tricolored Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17080 | |||||
| Penstemon procerus var. formosus | Small-flower Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86946 | |||||
| Ranunculus hyperboreus | Arctic Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46005 | |||||
| Lupinus saxosus var. saxosus | Stony-ground Lupine | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85212 | |||||
| Nothocalais troximoides | Weevil False-dandelion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44091 | |||||
| Pedicularis racemosa | Leafy Lousewort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56061 | |||||
| Vaccinium scoparium | Grouseberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39734 | |||||
| Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora | Large-flower Triplet-lily | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4Q | SNR | 89806 | |||||
| Lomatium gormanii | Gorman's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 48575 | |||||
| Astragalus adsurgens | Rattle Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49778 | |||||
| Crataegus okennonii | O'Kennon's Hawthorn | Species | Plant | G2G4 | SNR | 46624 | |||||
| Androsace septentrionalis ssp. subulifera | Pygmy-flower Rock-jasmine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83600 | |||||
| Pyrrocoma lanceolata | Lanceleaf Goldenweed | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 42339 | |||||
| Ipomopsis spicata ssp. spicata | Spiked Standing-cypress | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 91860 | |||||
| Dryopteris expansa | Spreading Woodfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56583 | |||||
| Troglodytes aedon | House Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 19194 | |||||
| Barbula eustegia | Species | Plant | G3? | SNR | 34799 | ||||||
| Bubo virginianus | Great Horned Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 74430 | |||||
| Erigeron eatonii var. villosus | Eaton's Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 88251 | |||||
| Melica fugax | Small Melic Grass | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40449 | |||||
| Mertensia oblongifolia | Sagebrush Bluebells | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52515 | |||||
| Lomatium orientale | Oriental Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60412 | |||||
| Rorippa truncata | Wild Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50505 | |||||
| Grus americana | Whooping Crane | Species | Bird | Endangered | G1 | SNA | 17471 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Empidonax traillii | Willow Flycatcher | Species | Bird | 2 | Endangered | G5 | S4B | 17694 | |||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Cymopterus davisii | Davis' Wavewing | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 51551 |
