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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Physella 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 nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Aegolius acadicus | Northern Saw-whet Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 19992 | |||||
| Ranunculus trichophyllus | Northeastern White Water Crowfoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50742 | |||||
| Ranunculus gmelinii var. limosus | Small Yellow Water-crowfoot | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89163 | |||||
| Lindernia dubia | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59519 | |||||
| Lasiurus blossevillii | Western Red Bat | Species | Mammal | G4 | SNA | 17253 | |||||
| Potamogeton gramineus | Grassy Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48955 | |||||
| Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum | Showy Jacob's-ladder | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85087 | |||||
| Carex multicostata | Many-ribbed Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57581 | |||||
| Tyrannus forficatus | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15341 | |||||
| Draba globosa | Pointed Draba | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 44554 | |||
| Heuchera parvifolia var. utahensis | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83435 | ||||||
| Atriplex gardneri | Gardner's Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53401 | |||||
| Callitriche heterophylla | Large Water-starwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42734 | |||||
| Lonicera involucrata | Four-line Honeysuckle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 67857 | |||||
| Hemizonia pungens | Common Tarweed | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 51520 | |||||
| Gambusia affinis | Western Mosquitofish | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17918 | |||||
| Rhinanthus minor ssp. minor | Little Yellow-rattle | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89721 | |||||
| Stanleya viridiflora | Green Prince-plume | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 60194 | |||||
| Stellaria obtusa | Rocky Mountain Stitchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47029 | |||||
| Eriogonum baileyi var. praebens | Bailey's Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85783 | |||||
| Cirsium subniveum | Western Thistle | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55858 | |||||
| Aconitum columbianum | Columbia Monkshood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54056 | |||||
| Luzula multiflora ssp. frigida | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91749 | ||||||
| Besseya rubra | Red Coral-drops | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49559 | |||||
| Scapania gymnostomophila | A liverwort | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 38077 | |||||
| Navarretia divaricata ssp. divaricata | Mountain Navarretia | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88165 | |||||
| Platanthera orbiculata | Round-leaved Rein-orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 58363 | |||||
| Glaucomys sabrinus | Northern Flying Squirrel | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 16055 | |||||
| Phacelia incana | Western Phacelia | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 47718 | |||||
| Allium bisceptrum var. bisceptrum | Patis Onion | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 86388 | |||||
| Galium aparine | Catchweed Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56376 | |||||
| Lupinus x alpestris | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79324 | ||||||
| Anagallis minima | Chaffweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41413 | |||||
| Descurainia pinnata ssp. intermedia | Pinnate Tansy-mustard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 90300 | |||||
| Dryopteris filix-mas | Male Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60966 | |||||
| Penstemon cyananthus | Wasatch Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 50275 | |||||
| Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens | Smooth White Violet | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88737 | |||||
| Arenaria franklinii | Franklin's Sandwort | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 59031 | |||||
| Zonotrichia atricapilla | Golden-crowned Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16690 | |||||
| Abies concolor | White Fir | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45940 | |||||
| Physaria didymocarpa var. didymocarpa | Common Twinpod | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 84647 | |||||
| Saxifraga rhomboidea | Diamondleaf Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 54760 | |||||
| Eriogonum watsonii | Watson's Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 43993 | |||||
| Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum | Whortleberry | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 92329 | |||||
| Lathyrus nevadensis ssp. nevadensis | Sierra Nevada Peavine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 82999 | |||||
| Picea pungens | Blue Spruce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52936 | |||||
| Lemna minor | Lesser Duckweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39660 | |||||
| Maianthemum stellatum | Starflower Solomon's-plume | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61546 | |||||
| Phyllodoce glanduliflora | Yellow Mountain-heath | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48506 | |||||
| Poa cusickii ssp. pallida | Cusick's Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87012 | |||||
| Cuscuta denticulata | Sepal-tooth Dodder | Species | Plant | 3 | G4G5 | S1 | 57061 | ||||
| Stipa lettermanii | Letterman's Needlegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46556 | |||||
| Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. martinii | Subspecies | Plant | G5T2T4Q | SNR | 85293 | ||||||
| Camissonia contorta | Dwarf Contorted Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55330 | |||||
| Penstemon triphyllus | Whorled Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42264 | |||||
| Carex crawfordii | Crawford's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51048 | |||||
| Cryptantha pterocarya | Wingnut Cat's-eye | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40378 | |||||
| Galium mexicanum ssp. asperrimum | Mexican Bedstraw | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89343 | |||||
| Kelloggia galioides | Milky Kelloggia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49163 | |||||
| Allium geyeri var. tenerum | Geyer's Onion | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 87649 | |||||
| Plantago pusilla | Dwarf Plantain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57802 | |||||
| Mahonia aquifolium | Piper's Oregon-grape | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44763 | |||||
| Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus | Chufa Flatsedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83630 | |||||
| Lupinus monticola | Mountain Lupine | Species | Plant | G2G4Q | SNR | 42950 | |||||
| Carex scoparia var. scoparia | Broom Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91386 | |||||
| Salvelinus fontinalis | Brook Trout | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 18219 | |||||
| Carex heteroneura var. brevisquama | Erect Blackened Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89932 | |||||
| Hedysarum boreale var. boreale | Boreal Sweet-vetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85989 | |||||
| Pedicularis racemosa | Leafy Lousewort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56061 | |||||
| Glaux maritima | Sea Milkwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58552 | |||||
| Gayophytum decipiens | Deceptive Groundsmoke | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45476 | |||||
| Lupinus parviflorus ssp. parviflorus | Lodgepole Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91977 |
