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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symphyotrichum praealtum | Willow Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55618 | |||||
| Machaeranthera bigelovii | Bigelow's Tansy-aster | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51269 | |||||
| Zapus princeps | Western Jumping Mouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17406 | |||||
| Cryptantha scoparia | Desert Cryptantha | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 40586 | |||||
| Rosa nutkana var. hispida | Nootka Rose | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89586 | |||||
| Shepherdia argentea | Silver Buffaloberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49358 | |||||
| Senecio integerrimus var. exaltatus | Entireleaf Ragwort | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87884 | |||||
| Montia linearis | Linearleaf Miner's-lettuce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58080 | |||||
| Poecilia mexicana | Shortfin Molly | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 20037 | |||||
| Ribes hudsonianum var. hudsonianum | Northern Black Currant | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83848 | |||||
| Festuca campestris | Big Rough Fescue | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 43176 | |||||
| Erigeron compositus var. glabratus | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91572 | ||||||
| Carex pellita | Woolly Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52048 | |||||
| Rumex salicifolius var. transitorius | Willow Dock | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90092 | |||||
| Lactuca biennis | Tall Blue Lettuce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60712 | |||||
| Packera dimorphophylla | Two-leaf Ragwort | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 47517 | |||||
| Dryas octopetala ssp. octopetala | Eight-petal Mountain-avens | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86205 | |||||
| Torreyochloa pallida | Pale Manna Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58790 | |||||
| Linnaea borealis ssp. longiflora | Twinflower | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84460 | |||||
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54492 | |||||
| Danthonia unispicata | Few-flowered Oatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41250 | |||||
| Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii | Douglas' Meadowsweet | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 92137 | |||||
| Grindelia squarrosa | Broadleaf Gumweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50028 | |||||
| Potamogeton natans | Floating Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52696 | |||||
| Potamogeton pusillus | Slender Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39443 | |||||
| Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca | Orange-flowered False-dandelion | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 88532 | |||||
| Allium brevistylum | Short-stem Onion | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 48177 | |||||
| Pedicularis bracteosa var. paysoniana | Towering Lousewort | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86797 | |||||
| Micropterus dolomieu | Smallmouth Bass | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 18815 | |||||
| Shepherdia canadensis | Canada Buffaloberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55106 | |||||
| Eriophyllum lanatum | Common Woolly-sunflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50729 | |||||
| Ranunculus gmelinii var. limosus | Small Yellow Water-crowfoot | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89163 | |||||
| Eurybia glauca | Gray Aster | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59516 | |||||
| Castilleja applegatei | Wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46352 | |||||
| Calamagrostis scribneri | Scribner's Small-reedgrass | Species | Plant | G3G4Q | SNR | 48941 | |||||
| Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius | Water-plantain Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85085 | |||||
| Cyperus schweinitzii | Schweinitz's Flatsedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57560 | |||||
| Lonicera conjugialis | Double Honeysuckle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44553 | |||||
| Astragalus miser var. decumbens | Timber Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 83426 | |||||
| Ludwigia polycarpa | Many-fruit False-loosestrife | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 53399 | |||||
| Astragalus nudisiliquus | Cobblestone Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40179 | |||||
| Helodium blandowii | Blandow's Helodium | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 34146 | |||||
| Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum | Ternate Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87428 | |||||
| Astragalus curvicarpus | American Sickle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60192 | |||||
| Solanum triflorum | Cutleaf Nightshade | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47027 | |||||
| Galium mexicanum ssp. asperulum | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85782 | ||||||
| Lupinus parviflorus | Lodgepole Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45200 | |||||
| Ammospermophilus leucurus | White-tailed Antelope Squirrel | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17612 | |||||
| Luzula multiflora ssp. frigida | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91749 | ||||||
| Ericameria suffruticosa | Single-head Goldenweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49541 | |||||
| Aythya fuligula | Tufted Duck | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15522 | |||||
| Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum | Spreading Groundsmoke | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88155 | |||||
| Eucephalus elegans | Elegant Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58354 | |||||
| Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47711 | |||||
| Arabis holboellii var. pinetorum | Holboell's Rockcress | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 84041 | |||||
| Suksdorfia ranunculifolia | Buttercup-leaf Suksdorfia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56345 | |||||
| Aechmophorus clarkii | Clark's Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | Tier 2 | 18337 | ||||
| Elymus x saundersii | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79272 | ||||||
| Pohlia drummondii | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 38092 | ||||||
| Descurainia pinnata ssp. intermedia | Pinnate Tansy-mustard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 90300 | |||||
| Physaria brassicoides | Rydberg's Double Twinpod | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60958 | |||||
| Daucus pusillus | Southwestern Carrot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50260 | |||||
| Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis | Fairy Slipper | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86419 | |||||
| Botrychium paradoxum | Peculiar Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 59804 | |||
| Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 48767 | ||||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Iris versicolor | Blueflag | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 42276 | ||||
| Andromeda polifolia | Bog-rosemary | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 53175 | ||||
| Synaptomys borealis | Northern Bog Lemming | Species | Mammal | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | Tier 3 | 19288 | |||
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 40600 | ||||
| Corynorhinus townsendii | Townsend's Big-eared Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | Tier 3 | 17659 | |
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 84677 | ||||
| Trifolium plumosum ssp. amplifolium | Plumed Clover | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G4T2 | S2 | 84298 | |||
| Grimmia brittoniae | Britton's Dry Rock Moss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 34388 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Subspecies | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4T4 | S4 | 80442 | ||
| Waldsteinia idahoensis | Idaho Strawberry | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 39273 | |||
| Carex comosa | Bristly Sedge | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 47990 | |||
| Thelypteris nevadensis | Sierra Wood-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 56620 | ||||
| Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod Grass | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 59065 | ||||
| Astragalus paysonii | Payson's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 41087 | ||
| Synthyris platycarpa | Evergreen Kittentail | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 47992 | ||||
| Entosphenus tridentatus | Pacific Lamprey | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17473 | ||
| Sitta pygmaea | Pygmy Nuthatch | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 15329 | ||||
| Betula pumila | Swamp Birch | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 50046 | ||||
| Astragalus microcystis | Least Bladdery Milkvetch | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | SH | 39496 | ||||
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua | Poor Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S2 | 91293 | ||||
| Carex sychnocephala | Many-headed Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 51840 | |||
| Salix candida | Hoary Willow | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 47596 | |||
| Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
| Carex leptalea | Bristle-stalked Sedge | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 58442 | ||||
| Botrychium lineare | Linear-Leaved Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G2G3 | SH | 57635 | |||
| Cypseloides niger | Black Swift | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 16351 | ||
| Epipactis gigantea | Giant Helleborine | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G4 | S2S3 | 55447 | |||
| Symphyotrichum boreale | Rush Aster | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 51123 | |||
| Gaultheria hispidula | Creeping Snowberry | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 59882 | ||||
| Cypripedium fasciculatum | Clustered Lady's-slipper | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | 60586 | ||
| Calochortus nitidus | Broad-fruit Mariposa Lily | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 43237 | |||
| Meesia longiseta | Meesia | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 36240 | ||||
| Cardamine constancei | Constance's Bittercress | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 59380 |
