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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neotoma cinerea | Bushy-tailed Woodrat | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 16619 | |||||
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19671 | |||||
| Lygodesmia grandiflora | Large-flower Skeleton-plant | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59172 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri | Smooth Blue Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88592 | |||||
| Mentha canadensis | Canadian Mint | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45839 | |||||
| Atriplex subspicata | Orache | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54296 | |||||
| Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla | Clammy Ground-cherry | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86975 | ||||||
| Eurybia sibirica | Siberian Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43924 | |||||
| Astragalus robbinsii | Robbins' Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52538 | |||||
| Acer negundo var. violaceum | Box-elder | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83235 | |||||
| Hypogymnia apinnata | Tube Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4 | S3 | 34821 | |||||
| Saxifraga subapetala | Yellowstone Saxifrage | Species | Plant | SNR | 61666 | ||||||
| Silene drummondii var. striata | Drummond's Campion | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90558 | |||||
| Erigeron radicatus | Taprooted Fleabane | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S3 | 59850 | |||||
| Asclepias cryptoceras ssp. davisii | Humboldt Milkweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4TNR | SNR | 91336 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus | Daisy Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89157 | |||||
| Dryas drummondii | Yellow Mountain-avens | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46479 | |||||
| Packera werneriifolia | Rock Groundsel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54977 | |||||
| Actaea rubra ssp. arguta | Red Baneberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85413 | |||||
| Tyrannus tyrannus | Eastern Kingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17425 | |||||
| Sagittaria cuneata | Wapatum Arrowhead | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42189 | |||||
| Ranunculus eschscholtzii | Eschscholtz's Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50615 | |||||
| Chorizanthe brevicornu var. spathulata | Brittle Spineflowerr | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 83834 | |||||
| Camissonia boothii | Booth's Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40326 | |||||
| Pohlia drummondii | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 38092 | ||||||
| Poa wheeleri | Wheeler's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 48806 | |||||
| Cymopterus glaucus | Grayish Spring-parsley | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 57993 | |||||
| Lupinus caudatus ssp. caudatus | Kellogg's Spurred Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 87612 | |||||
| Ipomopsis spicata ssp. spicata | Spiked Standing-cypress | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 91860 | |||||
| Castilleja cusickii | Cusick's Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 44698 | |||||
| Astragalus scaphoides | Bitterroot Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G3 | S3 | 53233 | |||||
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Crowfoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56180 | |||||
| Trifolium kingii ssp. macilentum | King's Clover | Subspecies | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 86016 | |||||
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Roundleaf Water-hyssop | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51348 | |||||
| Ribes hudsonianum | Northern Black Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60593 | |||||
| Langloisia setosissima ssp. setosissima | Spotted Langloisia | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 89698 | |||||
| Buteo lagopus | Rough-legged Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | S4N | 19112 | |||||
| Salix amygdaloides | Peach-leaved Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55663 | |||||
| Phacelia glandulosa | Glandular Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 58732 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza careyana var. careyana | Carey's Balsamroot | Variety | Plant | G4TNR | SNR | 88245 | |||||
| Pinus monticola | Western White Pine | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 45337 | |||||
| Juncus saximontanus | Rocky Mountain Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53877 | |||||
| Camissonia boothii ssp. alyssoides | Pine Creek Evening-primrose | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 84441 | |||||
| Cyperus lupulinus | Great Plains Flatsedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41028 | |||||
| Townsendia spathulata | Sword Townsendia | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 39668 | |||||
| Aralia nudicaulis | Wild Sarsaparilla | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49482 | |||||
| Crepis modocensis | Siskiyou Hawk's-beard | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 61229 | |||||
| Salix candida | Hoary Willow | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 47596 | |||
| Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. subarcticum | Tall Cotton-grass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92410 | |||||
| Lomatium simplex var. leptophyllum | Umbrella Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90184 | |||||
| Micropterus dolomieu | Smallmouth Bass | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 18815 | |||||
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56735 | |||||
| Streptopus streptopoides ssp. streptopoides | Small Twisted-stalk | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86631 | |||||
| Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum | Wasatch Biscuitroot | Variety | Plant | G4T3T4 | SNR | 90961 | |||||
| Lupinus arbustus | Long-spur Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43534 | |||||
| Platanthera orbiculata var. orbiculata | Large Roundleaf Orchid | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84985 | |||||
| Butorides virescens | Green Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16901 | |||||
| Delphinium sutherlandii | Sutherland's Larkspur | Species | Plant | GNR | SNR | 41644 | |||||
| Scirpus cyperinus | Wool-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 50104 | |||||
| Myadestes townsendi | Townsend's Solitaire | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 19957 | |||||
| Biatora subduplex | Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4G5 | SNR | 61902 | |||||
| Chamaechaenactis scaposa | Fullstem | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 57505 | |||||
| Ipomopsis congesta ssp. palmifrons | Ball-head Standing-cypress | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87160 | |||||
| Penstemon deustus | Hot-rock Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44174 | |||||
| Verbena stricta | Hoary Vervain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52791 | |||||
| Eriogonum ovalifolium var. depressum | Cushion Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 83471 | |||||
| Physcia magnussonii | Species | Fungi | G3G4 | SNR | 35967 | ||||||
| Amsinckia tessellata | Tessellate Fiddle-neck | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60069 | |||||
| Ranunculus adoneus var. alpinus | Western Wild Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G4G5TNRQ | SNR | 91495 | |||||
| Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii | Gray Ball Sage | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89318 | |||||
| Potamogeton amplifolius | Largeleaf Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58230 | |||||
| Ammospermophilus leucurus | White-tailed Antelope Squirrel | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17612 | |||||
| Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea | Canadian Single-spike Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87843 | |||||
| Douglasia laevigata | Cliff Douglasia | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 42377 | |||||
| Juncus phaeocephalus | Brown-head Rush | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 44871 | |||||
| Carex vicaria | Western Fox Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50844 | |||||
| Oxytropis lagopus var. lagopus | Hare's-foot Point-vetch | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T4 | SNR | 84033 | |||||
| Thryomanes bewickii | Bewick's Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S3 | 15745 | |||||
| Botrychium virginianum | Rattlesnake Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40560 | |||||
| Allium simillimum | Simil Onion | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 39258 | |||||
| Chaenactis macrantha | Large-flowered Chaenactis | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49067 | |||||
| Valeriana sitchensis | Marsh Valerian | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60765 | |||||
| Lindernia dubia var. anagallidea | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 92060 | |||||
| Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89832 | |||||
| Aechmophorus clarkii | Clark's Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | Tier 2 | 18337 | ||||
| Boltonia asteroides | Aster-like Boltonia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53452 | |||||
| Senecio fremontii | Fremont's Ragwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56335 | |||||
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| 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 |
