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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carex hassei | Salt Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 49256 | |||||
| Calidris mauri | Western Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S3M | 18264 | |||||
| Arnica mollis | Hairy Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47386 | |||||
| Lomatium simplex var. leptophyllum | Umbrella Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90184 | |||||
| Sanicula marilandica | Black Snake-root | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 61502 | |||||
| Streptopus streptopoides ssp. streptopoides | Small Twisted-stalk | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86631 | |||||
| Corydalis caseana | Sierra Corydalis | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 42349 | |||||
| Atriplex canescens | Four-wing Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59748 | |||||
| Platanthera orbiculata var. orbiculata | Large Roundleaf Orchid | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84985 | |||||
| Thermopsis gracilis var. ovata | Slender False Lupine | Variety | Plant | G4T3T4 | SNR | 92136 | |||||
| Atriplex subspicata | Orache | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54296 | |||||
| Ipomopsis congesta ssp. palmifrons | Ball-head Standing-cypress | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87160 | |||||
| Hesperostipa comata | Needle-and-Thread | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43084 | |||||
| Carex tahoensis | Lake Tahoe Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57859 | |||||
| Astragalus robbinsii | Robbins' Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52538 | |||||
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B,S2N | 18945 | |||||
| Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum | Cushion Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 83471 | |||||
| Cladonia verruculosa | Warty Reindeer Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4 | S3 | 36532 | |||||
| Plantago tweedyi | Tweedy's Plaintain | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S2 | 56072 | |||||
| Dicentra cucullaria | Dutchman's Breeches | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46186 | |||||
| Trifolium gymnocarpon ssp. gymnocarpon | Hollyleaf Clover | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92664 | |||||
| Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii | Gray Ball Sage | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89318 | |||||
| Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea | Canadian Single-spike Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87843 | |||||
| Blepharidachne kingii | King's Desertgrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 43707 | ||||
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58608 | |||||
| Ranunculus eschscholtzii | Eschscholtz's Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50615 | |||||
| Spiza americana | Dickcissel | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19685 | |||||
| Oxytropis lagopus var. lagopus | Hare's-foot Point-vetch | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T4 | SNR | 84033 | |||||
| Saxifraga mertensiana | Mertens' Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39371 | |||||
| Poa wheeleri | Wheeler's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 48806 | |||||
| Amelanchier alnifolia var. cusickii | Saskatoon Serviceberry | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 91263 | |||||
| Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89832 | |||||
| Veratrum californicum | California False Hellebore | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61095 | |||||
| Astragalus scaphoides | Bitterroot Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G3 | S3 | 53233 | |||||
| Carex incurviformis var. incurviformis | Maritime Sedge | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5Q | SNR | 86234 | |||||
| Packera indecora | Plains Ragwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41843 | |||||
| Dicentra formosa | Pacific Bleedinghearts | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56633 | |||||
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Roundleaf Water-hyssop | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51348 | |||||
| Perca flavescens | Yellow Perch | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17482 | |||||
| Phlox viridis ssp. viridis | Green Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 84559 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus heterochaetus | Slender Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40053 | |||||
| Scirpus nevadensis | Nevada Bulrush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55011 | |||||
| Pellaea glabella | Smooth Cliffbrake | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45054 | |||||
| Rorippa curvipes var. curvipes | Rocky Mountain Yellowcress | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 91755 | |||||
| Salix lasiolepis var. bigelovii | Arroyo Willow | Variety | Plant | G5T1T3Q | SNR | 88422 | |||||
| Minuartia nuttallii | Nuttall's Sandwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44425 | |||||
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59289 | |||||
| Juncus saximontanus | Rocky Mountain Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53877 | |||||
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Purple Milkweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86798 | |||||
| Phlox hoodii | Hood's Phlox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42626 | |||||
| Poa reflexa | Nodding Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57343 | |||||
| Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49482 | |||||
| Calidris melanotos | Pectoral Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S2M | 18488 | |||||
| Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum | Nevada Greasebush | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83047 | |||||
| Salix candida | Hoary Willow | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 47596 | |||
| Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis | Southern Naiad | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90374 | |||||
| Senecio streptanthifolius var. laetiflorus | Gay-flowered Groundsel | Variety | Plant | G5T3Q | SNR | 88968 | |||||
| Carex illota | Small-head Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59982 | |||||
| Cirsium undulatum | Nodding Thistle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40725 | |||||
| Androsace occidentalis | Western Rock-jasmine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55747 | |||||
| Scirpus cyperinus | Wool-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 50104 | |||||
| Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus | Chufa Flatsedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83630 | |||||
| Ipomopsis polycladon | Spreading Gilia | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S2 | 45818 | ||||
| Penstemon acuminatus var. acuminatus | Sanddune Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 92309 | |||||
| Lupinus argenteus ssp. rubricaulis | Silvery Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 90872 | |||||
| Ericameria nauseosa var. leiosperma | Rubber Rabbitbrush | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 87394 | |||||
| Alopecurus alpinus | Mountain Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58121 | |||||
| Lysichiton americanus | Yellow Skunk-cabbage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60648 | |||||
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52791 | |||||
| Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 85840 | |||||||
| Orthocarpus luteus | Yellow Owl's-clover | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41315 | |||||
| Maianthemum dilatatum | False Lily-of-the-Valley | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56245 | |||||
| Chondestes grammacus | Lark Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 17045 | |||||
| Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis | Rubber Rabbitbrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 93160 | |||||
| Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa | Choke Cherry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89554 | |||||
| Cuscuta indecora var. neuropetala | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88022 | ||||||
| Eriogonum scopulorum | Cliff Eriogonum | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 43909 | |||||
| Cleome lutea | Yellow Spiderflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58820 | |||||
| Carex vicaria | Western Fox Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50844 | |||||
| Lathyrus polyphyllus | Many-leaf Peavine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNA | 39562 | |||||
| Clarkia rhomboidea | Tongue Clarkia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56775 | |||||
| Chaenactis macrantha | Large-flowered Chaenactis | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49067 | |||||
| Melospiza georgiana | Swamp Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17975 | |||||
| Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91411 | ||||||
| Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides | White-margin Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5TNR | SNR | 90032 | |||||
| Boltonia asteroides | Aster-like Boltonia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53452 | |||||
| Viola beckwithii ssp. beckwithii | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86461 | ||||||
| Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59483 | |||||
| Collomia heterophylla | Varied-leaved Collomia | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 51648 | |||||
| Clangula hyemalis | Long-tailed Duck | Species | Bird | G5 | S1N | 17717 | |||||
| Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis | Short-awn Foxtail | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84775 | |||||
| Heuchera flabellifolia | Bridger Mountain Alumroot | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40292 | |||||
| Caulanthus pilosus | Hairy Wild-cabbage | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55212 | |||||
| Vulpia microstachys | Small Six-weeks Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47132 | |||||
| Tyto alba | Barn Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 15833 | |||||
| Ledum glandulosum | Glandular Labrador-tea | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45314 | |||||
| Philadelphus lewisii var. gordonianus | Lewi's Mock-orange | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91982 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri | Smooth Blue Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88592 | |||||
| Oenothera caespitosa | Tufted Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44680 | |||||
| Gilia tweedyi | Tweedy's Gilia | Species | Plant | G4G5Q | SNR | 54103 |
