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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triteleia hyacinthina | White Triteleia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51807 | |||||
| Hieracium cynoglossoides | Hound's-tongue Hawkweed | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 40327 | |||||
| Moneses uniflora ssp. uniflora | One-flower Wintergreen | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85136 | |||||
| Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum | Ternate Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87428 | |||||
| Castilleja flava var. flava | Yellow Paintbrush | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 83458 | |||||
| Eriogonum pusillum | Low Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44709 | |||||
| Polygonum douglasii ssp. spergulariiforme | Fall Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90816 | |||||
| Salix petrophila | Alpine Willow | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 67956 | |||||
| Phacelia bakeri | Baker's Phacelia | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 54295 | |||||
| Carex hallii | Hall's Sedge | Species | Plant | G4?Q | SNR | 42889 | |||||
| Campanula rotundifolia | American Harebell | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60252 | |||||
| Valeriana acutiloba | Cordilleran Valerian | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49815 | |||||
| Arenaria congesta var. congesta | Capitate Sandwort | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 85811 | |||||
| Bromus ciliatus var. richardsonii | Fringed Brome | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 93218 | |||||
| Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata | Basin Big Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89325 | |||||
| Lepidium davisii | Davis' Peppergrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S3 | 52549 | ||||
| Trifolium microdon | Valparaiso Clover | Species | Plant | G4Q | SNR | 41037 | |||||
| Bazzania ambigua | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 33747 | ||||||
| Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora | Small Six-weeks Grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88195 | |||||
| Claytonia parviflora | Little-flower Springbeauty | Species | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 58402 | |||||
| Physalis heterophylla | Clammy Ground-cherry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50536 | |||||
| Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis | Fairy Slipper | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86419 | |||||
| Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida | Bog Yellowcress | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91375 | |||||
| Melospiza lincolnii | Lincoln's Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 19196 | |||||
| Camissonia pubens | Hairy Suncup | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 43547 | |||||
| Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black Cottonwood | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89872 | |||||
| Nemophila pedunculata | Meadow Baby-blue-eyes | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61003 | |||||
| Atriplex pusilla | Purple Balduina | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53220 | |||||
| Silene scouleri | Scouler's Catchfly | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41647 | |||||
| Sander vitreus | Walleye | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 16548 | |||||
| Viola glabella | Smooth Yellow Woodland Violet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59063 | |||||
| Poa lettermanii | Letterman's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 48804 | |||||
| Saxifraga cernua | Nodding Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 51285 | |||||
| Sisyrinchium idahoense var. idahoense | Idaho Blue-eyed-grass | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 84688 | |||||
| Vallisneria americana | Tapegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 46044 | |||||
| Astragalus whitneyi var. confusus | Whitney's Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 91968 | |||||
| Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. nudipetalum | Bear Valley Fawn-lily | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3Q | S3 | 83032 | |||||
| Ammannia coccinea | Scarlet Ammannia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44228 | |||||
| Impatiens aurella | Pale-yellow Jewel-weed | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 61591 | |||||
| Arnica fulgens | Hillside Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53849 | |||||
| Agrostis idahoensis var. idahoensis | Idaho Bentgrass | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87033 | |||||
| Frasera albicaulis | Purple Green-gentian | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 49429 | |||||
| Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 20030 | |||||
| Castilleja pallescens var. pallescens | Pallid Indian-paintbrush | Variety | Plant | G4T4? | SNR | 85317 | |||||
| Phacelia linearis | Linearleaf Phacelia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46740 | |||||
| Aquilegia caerulea var. caerulea | Colorado Blue Columbine | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90475 | |||||
| Elymus albicans | Montana Wild Rye | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47539 | |||||
| Alopecurus saccatus | Pacific Foxtail | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42393 | |||||
| Arabis sparsiflora var. subvillosa | Elegant Rockcress | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88948 | |||||
| Falco rusticolus | Gyrfalcon | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17322 | |||||
| Cassiope mertensiana | Western Bell-heather | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 52094 | |||||
| Saxifraga hirculus | Yellow Marsh Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40569 | |||||
| Carex stipata var. stipata | Stalk-grain Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87687 | |||||
| Carex spectabilis | Northwestern Showy Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57861 | |||||
| Polygonum ramosissimum var. ramosissimum | Bushy Knotweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92542 | |||||
| Oxalis trilliifolia | Trillium-leaved Wood-sorrel | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50049 | |||||
| Ericameria parryi var. howardii | Howard's Rabbitbrush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83650 | |||||
| Carex vesicaria var. vesicaria | Inflated Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91014 | |||||
| Corvus corax | Common Raven | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 18042 | |||||
| Crataegus castlegarensis | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 77457 | ||||||
| Zizania aquatica | Eastern Wild Rice | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54551 | |||||
| Ligusticum grayi | Gray's Lovage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43133 | |||||
| Hutchinsia procumbens | Prostrate Hymenolobus | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60502 | |||||
| Gnaphalium stramineum | Cotton-batting Cudweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52760 | |||||
| Trifolium kingii ssp. macilentum | King's Clover | Subspecies | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 86016 | |||||
| Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47477 | |||||
| Thelypodium paniculatum | Paniculate Thelypody | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 58639 | |||||
| Penstemon elegantulus | Lovely Penstemon | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 48280 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus pungens | Three-square Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56807 | |||||
| Papaver lapponicum | Lapland Poppy | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45670 | |||||
| Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. trisectus | Eschscholtz's Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T3? | SNR | 89581 | |||||
| Ribes viscosissimum | Sticky Gooseberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41178 | |||||
| Hypericum frondosum | Golden St. John's-wort | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55184 | |||||
| Tachycineta bicolor | Tree Swallow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 16161 | |||||
| Spiraea betulifolia var. lucida | Shinyleaf Meadowsweet | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88386 | |||||
| Chenopodium incanum | Mealy Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61156 | |||||
| Penstemon diphyllus | Two-leaf Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 50804 | |||||
| Piperia elegans | Hillside Rein Orchid | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 39419 | |||||
| Pedicularis racemosa ssp. alba | Parrot's-beak | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86618 | |||||
| Crepis nana ssp. nana | Dwarf Alpine Hawk's-beard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91541 | |||||
| Chaenactis stevioides | Desert Pincushion | Species | Plant | 4 | G5 | S2 | 49045 | ||||
| Lophodytes cucullatus | Hooded Merganser | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B,S2N | 18752 | |||||
| Polygonum ramosissimum | Bushy Knotweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43782 | |||||
| Carex lenticularis var. impressa | Lenticular Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 90086 | |||||
| Crepis atribarba | Slender Hawksbeard | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53439 | |||||
| Cryptantha humilis | Round-spike Cat's-eye | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 41932 | |||||
| Chenopodium berlandieri | Pit-seed Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51622 | |||||
| Mentzelia dispersa var. dispersa | Mada Stickleaf | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 84938 | |||||
| Holodiscus discolor | Cream-bush Oceanspray | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57333 | |||||
| Scheuchzeria palustris ssp. americana | American Scheuchzeria | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92129 | |||||
| Viola nephrophylla var. cognata | Northern Bog Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 83233 | |||||
| Castilleja pallescens | Pallid Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40136 | |||||
| Gilia tweedyi | Tweedy's Gilia | Species | Plant | G4G5Q | SNR | 54103 | |||||
| Dryas drummondii var. drummondii | Yellow Mountain-avens | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87254 | |||||
| Veratrum viride | American False Hellebore | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60017 | |||||
| Carex misandra | Few-flowered Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNA | 49670 | |||||
| Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii | Hoary Pincushion | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85595 | |||||
| Epilobium leptocarpum | Slender-fruited Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46986 | |||||
| Downingia bicornuta | Double-horn Downingia | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 47776 | |||||
| Erythronium grandiflorum ssp. grandiflorum | White Glacierlily | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92715 |
