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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Cardamine constancei | Constance's Bittercress | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 59380 | |||
| Primula incana | Jones' Primrose | Species | Plant | 2 | G4G5 | S1 | 61307 | ||||
| Scirpus rollandii | Rolland Bulrush | Species | Plant | 2 | G3Q | SNR | 61408 | ||||
| Eriogonum capistratum var. welshii | Welsh's Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G4T2Q | S2 | 83441 | |||
| Cicindela columbica | Columbia River Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30014 | |||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Trifolium owyheense | Owyhee Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 55100 | ||||
| Acipenser transmontanus | White Sturgeon | Species | Fish | 2 | G4 | S2 | 15794 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho Salmon | Species | Fish | 2 | G4 | SNA | 17203 | ||||
| Cirsium brevifolium | Palouse Thistle | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S2 | 56786 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 4 | Bull Trout - Jarbidge River Basin | Population | Fish | 1 | G4T2Q | SNA | 80290 | ||||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Physa natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| 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 | |
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Catchfly | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 42699 | |||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear (Bitterroot Ecosystem DPS) | Population | Mammal | 1 | G4 | S2 | Tier 1 | 1867142 | |||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 2 | Bull Trout - Columbia River | Population | Fish | 1 | Threatened | G4T3T4Q | SNA | 80151 | |||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G3 | S1 | 44839 | |||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | S2 | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Sylvilagus floridanus | Eastern Cottontail | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 77057 | |||||
| Pseudacris maculata | Boreal Chorus Frog | Species | Amphibian | G5 | S4 | 78171 | |||||
| Fragaria x ananassa var. cuneifolia | Strawberry | Variety | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78848 | |||||
| Potamogeton x spathuliformis | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79289 | ||||||
| x Pseudelymus saxicola | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79597 | ||||||
| Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. inyoense | Inyo Lomatium | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3 | SNR | 83015 | |||||
| Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata | Woodland Strawberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83201 | |||||
| Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale | Oval-leaf Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 83321 | |||||
| Ranunculus acriformis var. montanensis | Sharpleaf Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83443 | |||||
| Arabis lyallii var. nubigena | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 83573 | ||||||
| Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia | Speckled Alder | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83645 | |||||
| Aquilegia formosa var. formosa | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83874 | ||||||
| Carex canescens ssp. canescens | Hoary Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83985 | |||||
| Achillea millefolium var. californica | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 84066 | ||||||
| Sphaeralcea coccinea ssp. coccinea | Scarlet Globemallow | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84317 | |||||
| Pedicularis contorta var. ctenophora | Coil-beaked Lousewort | Variety | Plant | G5T3 | SNR | 84424 | |||||
| Pellaea glabella ssp. simplex | Smooth Cliffbrake | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 84602 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum falcatum var. crassulum | White Prairie Aster | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84702 | |||||
| Stephanomeria minor var. myrioclada | Narrowleaf Skeletonplant | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84949 | |||||
| Arenaria congesta var. subcongesta | Capitate Sandwort | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85042 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 85156 | ||||||
| Piperia elegans ssp. elegans | Dense-flower Reinorchid | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 85259 | |||||
| Escobaria missouriensis var. missouriensis | Missouri Corycactus | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 85395 | |||||
| Umbilicaria polyrhiza | Species | Fungi | G3G4 | SNR | 33489 | ||||||
| Rorippa palustris ssp. fernaldiana | Marsh Yellowcress | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85548 | |||||
| Carex nardina var. hepburnii | Nard Sedge | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 85656 | |||||
| Potentilla rivalis var. pentandra | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 85780 | ||||||
| Hypogymnia enteromorpha | Tube Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4 | S3 | 35632 | |||||
| Cladonia bellidiflora | Cup Lichen | Species | Fungi | G5 | S1 | 36205 | |||||
| Claytonia megarhiza var. megarhiza | Alpine Springbeauty | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4? | SNR | 85977 | |||||
| Taraxacum officinale ssp. ceratophorum | Common Dandelion | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86076 | |||||
| Plantago elongata ssp. elongata | Slender Plantain | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86204 | |||||
| Potentilla diversifolia var. perdissecta | Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 86326 | |||||
| Plagiochila asplenioides | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 38740 | ||||||
| Symphyotrichum novi-belgii var. 2 | Longleaf Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5Q | SNR | 86400 | |||||
| Holodiscus dumosus | Glandular Oceanspray | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39248 | |||||
| Frasera albicaulis var. nitida | Purple Green-gentian | Variety | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 86512 | |||||
| Symphoricarpos hesperius | Spreading Snowberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39358 | |||||
| Cicuta maculata var. angustifolia | Spotted Water-hemlock | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86608 | |||||
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 39483 | |||||
| Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus | American Red Raspberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86732 | |||||
| Cerastium beeringianum ssp. earlei | Earle's Chickweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86811 | |||||
| Claytonia lanceolata var. flava | Yellow Spring Beauty | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 86927 | |||||
| Bouteloua curtipendula | Side-oats Grama | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39966 | |||||
| Rudbeckia occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western Coneflower | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87109 | |||||
| Astragalus eucosmus | Elegant Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 40089 | |||||
| Astragalus kentrophyta var. tegetarius | Spiny Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 87239 | |||||
| Oenothera pallida | Pale Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40212 | |||||
| Ipomopsis spicata ssp. orchidacea | Spiked Standing-cypress | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87355 | |||||
| Hieracium cynoglossoides | Hound's-tongue Hawkweed | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 40327 | |||||
| Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia | Saskatoon Serviceberry | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87464 | |||||
| Hydrophyllum fendleri | Fendler's Waterleaf | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40431 | |||||
| Delphinium andersonii ssp. andersonii | Carson City Larkspur | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87595 | |||||
| Luzula congesta | Heath Woodrush | Species | Plant | G4Q | SNR | 40561 | |||||
| Halimolobos perplexa var. lemhiensis | Puzzling Halimolobos | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | S4 | 87730 | |||||
| Cymopterus acaulis | Plains Wavewing | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 40645 | |||||
| Poa bolanderi ssp. bolanderi | Bolander's Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87862 | |||||
| Impatiens ecalcarata | Spurless Touch-me-not | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 40788 | |||||
| Potentilla ovina var. ovina | Variety | Plant | G5?T5? | SNR | 87965 | ||||||
| Carex phaeocephala | Mountain Hare Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40923 | |||||
| Salix glauca var. villosa | Gray Willow | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 88139 | |||||
| Lupinus lepidus | Prairie Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 41039 |
