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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Cryptantha caespitosa | Tufted Cryptantha | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 56673 | ||||
| Tayloria serrata | Serrate Tayloria | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 33384 | |||||
| Pogogyne floribunda | Profuseflower Mesamint | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 51891 | |||||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Hierochloe odorata | Vanilla Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40044 | |||||
| Cornus nuttallii | Pacific Dogwood | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60675 | |||||
| Eriogonum hookeri | Hooker's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 47614 | ||||
| Muhlenbergia glomerata | Marsh Muhly | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60900 | ||||
| Beckerus barri | A Click Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1473938 | ||||
| Urocitellus canus | Merriam's Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 16552 | |||
| Melanoplus tincupense | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 25695 | |||||
| Maianthemum dilatatum | False Lily-of-the-Valley | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56245 | |||||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Callophrys johnsoni | Johnson's Hairstreak | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 28023 | ||||
| Dermatocarpon lorenzianum | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | 3 | G2 | S1 | 34274 | ||||
| Botrychium michiganense | Michigan Moonwort | Species | Plant | G3 | S1 | 58437 | |||||
| Porella navicularis | A Liverwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 35786 | |||||
| Hackelia cronquistii | Cronquist's Stickseed | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S1 | 58684 | ||||
| Polytrichastrum formosum | Bank Haircap Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 36923 | |||||
| Botrychium lunaria | Common Moonwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52107 | |||||
| Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla | Short-style Tofieldia | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T4 | S1 | 89299 | ||||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Pogogyne serpylloides | Thyme-like Mesamint | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41092 | |||||
| Cleomella plocasperma | Alkali Cleomella | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 54884 | ||||
| Douglasia conservatorum | Bloom Peak Douglasia | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2G3 | S1 | 93777 | ||||
| Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides | Pink-patched Looper Moth | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S1 | 26506 | |||||
| Isoperla bifurcata | Forked Stripetail | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | 29896 | |||||
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Tall Dropseed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 83761 | |||||
| Astragalus arrectus | Palouse Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G2G4 | S1 | 55264 | ||||
| Sphaeromeria potentilloides | Cinquefoil Tansy | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49054 | |||||
| Lomatium swingerae | Swinger’s biscuitroot | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 1354827 | |||||
| Entosphenus tridentatus | Pacific Lamprey | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17473 | ||
| Sphaerophorus globosus | Globe Ball Lichen | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 33751 | ||||
| Botrychium paradoxum | Peculiar Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 59804 | |||
| Carex tenera | Slender Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40573 | |||||
| Piptatherum micranthum | Small-flowered Ricegrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S1 | 55028 | ||||
| Crossocalyx hellerianus | Heller's Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 34896 | |||||
| Hookeria lucens | Light Hookeria | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 38587 | ||||
| Ranunculus pygmaeus | Pygmy Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 46004 | |||||
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrow-leaved Umbrella-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59991 | |||||
| Perlomyia collaris | Black Needlefly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | 24317 | |||||
| Astragalus bisulcatus | Two-groove Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42215 | |||||
| Oreohelix waltoni | Lava Rock Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25052 | |||
| Argemone munita | Munite Prickly-poppy | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 55898 | |||||
| Arnica alpina | Alpine Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42938 | |||||
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Roundleaf Water-hyssop | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51348 | |||||
| Amphidium californicum | A Moss | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 35830 | |||||
| Oreohelix strigosa goniogyra | Striate Mountainsnail | Subspecies | Invertebrate | 2 | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 2 | 81538 | |||
| Carex pallescens | Pale Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52641 | |||||
| Hackelia sp. 1 | Sleeping Deer Mountain Stickseed | Species | Plant | G1Q | S1 | 39688 | |||||
| Pyrrocoma liatriformis | Palouse Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 47601 | ||||
| Hydroscapha redfordi | A Skiff Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1473935 | ||||
| Calandrinia ciliata | Red Maids | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 42156 | |||||
| Polemonium elusum | Elusive Jacob's-ladder | Species | Plant | 3 | G1 | S1 | 400009 | ||||
| Pyrgulopsis pilsbryana | Bear Lake Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25015 | ||||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Thelypteris nevadensis | Sierra Wood-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 56620 | ||||
| Planogyra clappi | Western Flat-whorl | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S1 | Tier 3 | 26915 | ||||
| Idagona westcotti | Idaho Lava Tube Millipede | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 74307 | ||||
| Cladonia uncialis | Thorn Cladonia | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 36769 | ||||
| Physella columbiana | Rotund Physa | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30656 | ||||
| Astragalus tetrapterus | Four-wing Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G4G5 | S1 | 40207 | ||||
| Platanthera obtusata | Small Northern Bog-orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 48001 | |||||
| Eleocharis mamillata | Soft-stem Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41539 | |||||
| Sairocarpus kingii | King's Snapdragon | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 54877 | ||||
| Solanum heterodoxum | Different-glory Nightshade | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 48828 | |||||
| Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis | Boreal Wormwood | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 92792 | |||||
| Eriogonum palmerianum | Palmer's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S1 | 43254 | ||||
| Bromus sitchensis var. aleutensis | Aleutian Brome | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | S1 | 92608 | |||||
| Astragalus bourgovii | Bourgeau's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 50456 | |||||
| Mitella nuda | Naked Bishop's-cap | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51762 | |||||
| Eriogonum novonudum | False Naked Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 52254 | ||||
| Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
| Agrimonia striata | Woodland Agrimony | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53676 | |||||
| Draba fladnizensis | Austrian Draba | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 41057 | |||||
| Perognathus longimembris | Little Pocket Mouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S1 | 17457 | |||||
| Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S1 | 56517 | ||||
| Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum | Winter Currant | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 87023 | |||||
| Vertigo idahoensis | Idaho Vertigo | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1? | 29127 | |||||
| Icterus parisorum | Scott's Oriole | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15616 | |||||
| Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | Species | Bird | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 17802 | ||||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Calamospiza melanocorys | Lark Bunting | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 18563 | |||||
| Cypseloides niger | Black Swift | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 16351 | ||
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19671 | |||||
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Passerina caerulea | Blue Grosbeak | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 18138 | |||||
| Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19468 | |||||
| Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 17519 | |||||
| Hydroprogne caspia | Caspian Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | Tier 2 Breeding population only | 18702 | ||||
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 16214 | |||||
| Bartramia longicauda | Upland Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 16813 | |||||
| Egretta thula | Snowy Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15646 | |||||
| Mimus polyglottos | Northern Mockingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15981 | |||||
| Bucephala albeola | Bufflehead | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B,S1N | 18755 | |||||
| Gavia immer | Common Loon | Species | Bird | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S1B,S2N | Tier 2 | 15698 | ||
| Cygnus buccinator | Trumpeter Swan | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B,S4N | Tier 2 | 19287 | ||
| Calidris alpina | Dunlin | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 16570 | |||||
| Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 19224 |
