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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Podiceps auritus | Horned Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S2N | 16689 | |||||
| Trifolium parryi | Parry's Clover | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46583 | |||||
| Salix exigua | Narrowleaf Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55306 | |||||
| Melanitta perspicillata | Surf Scoter | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15889 | |||||
| Lomatium simplex var. simplex | Umbrella Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 89654 | |||||
| Carex praticola | Northern Meadow Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42296 | |||||
| Senecio sphaerocephalus | Rough-head Groundsel | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53628 | |||||
| Plagiobothrys scouleri var. cusickii | Meadow Popcorn-flower | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88191 | |||||
| Hydrophyllum fendleri | Fendler's Waterleaf | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40431 | |||||
| Astragalus atratus | Mourning Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S4 | 49177 | |||||
| Astragalus bisulcatus var. bisulcatus | Two-grooved Milkvetch | Subspecies | Plant | 4 | G5T5 | S2 | 84365 | ||||
| Equisetum fluviatile | Water Horsetail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57703 | |||||
| Euphorbia dentata | Toothed Spurge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44806 | |||||
| Pellaea breweri | Brewer's Cliffbrake | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56001 | |||||
| Phlox albomarginata | Mountain Phlox | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42983 | |||||
| Buxbaumia piperi | Piper's Bug-on-a-stick | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 35373 | |||||
| Oxytropis besseyi | Bessey's Locoweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 61420 | |||||
| Lilium columbianum | Columbian Lily | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51779 | |||||
| Listera cordata var. nephrophylla | Heartleaf Twayblade | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86553 | |||||
| Carex vulpinoidea | Fox Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60361 | |||||
| Castilleja pilosa | Parrot's-head Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 49776 | |||||
| Selaginella densa var. densa | Dense Spike-moss | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 84919 | ||||||
| Carex merritt-fernaldii | Merritt Fernald's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58460 | |||||
| Leymus salinus ssp. salmonis | Salmon Lyme Grass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3? | SNR | 92092 | |||||
| Lupinus ornatus | Ornate Lupine | Species | Plant | G3?Q | SNR | 45544 | |||||
| Pedicularis bracteosa var. latifolia | Towering Lousewort | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88730 | |||||
| Astragalus newberryi | Newberry's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 41091 | |||||
| Polygonum achoreum | Leathery Knotweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43618 | |||||
| Dasiphora fruticosa | Golden-Hardhack | Species | Plant | SNR | 67953 | ||||||
| Scolochloa festucacea | Sprangletop | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52508 | |||||
| Sullivantia hapemanii var. hapemanii | Hapeman's Sullivantia | Variety | Plant | G3T3 | S2 | 87074 | |||||
| Prunus virginiana var. virginiana | Choke Cherry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83410 | |||||
| Cryptantha recurvata | Curved-nut Cat's-eye | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56527 | |||||
| Cordylanthus ramosus | Much-branded Bird's-beak | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46098 | |||||
| Ardea herodias | Great Blue Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15430 | |||||
| Calidris bairdii | Baird's Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S2M | 20080 | |||||
| Valeriana edulis | Hairy Valerian | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50528 | |||||
| Opuntia macrorhiza var. macrorhiza | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85580 | ||||||
| Viola vallicola | Valley Violet | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 59162 | |||||
| Lepomis cyanellus | Green Sunfish | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 18179 | |||||
| Lupinus arbustus ssp. neolaxiflorus | Long-spur Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T1T3 | SNR | 83951 | |||||
| Parietaria pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Pellitory | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57172 | |||||
| Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii | White-margin Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 91182 | |||||
| Gentianopsis thermalis | Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian | Species | Plant | G4?Q | SNR | 44359 | |||||
| Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. platyphyllus | Straightbeak Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89769 | |||||
| Sanguisorba annua | Prairie Burnet | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42461 | |||||
| Agrostis thurberiana | Thurber's Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61026 | |||||
| Amelanchier pallida | Pale Serviceberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51276 | |||||
| Tyrannus savana | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16992 | |||||
| Utricularia macrorhiza | Greater Bladderwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46876 | |||||
| Elymus x saundersii | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79272 | ||||||
| Ribes velutinum var. 1 | Desert Gooseberry | Variety | Plant | G5T3 | S3 | 91705 | |||||
| Prunus virginiana | Choke Cherry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45004 | |||||
| Ranunculus eschscholtzii var. eschscholtzii | Eschscholtz's Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88343 | |||||
| Dumetella carolinensis | Gray Catbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 18849 | |||||
| Nama aretioides | Purple Fiddleleaf | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 49420 | |||||
| Rubus idaeus ssp. strigosus | American Red Raspberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86732 | |||||
| Elymus bakeri | Baker's Wild Rye | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 47538 | |||||
| Luzula glabrata | Smooth Woodrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56177 | |||||
| Descurainia pinnata ssp. intermedia | Pinnate Tansy-mustard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 90300 | |||||
| Lomatium rollinsii | Rollins's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G3 | S3 | 43217 | |||||
| Pseudocyphellaria anomala | Pseudocyphellaria Lichen | Species | Fungi | G2G4 | S2 | 36312 | |||||
| Alnus incana | Speckled Alder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61682 | |||||
| Polygonum hydropiperoides | Mild Water-pepper | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52073 | |||||
| Alopecurus geniculatus | Meadow Foxtail | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 41262 | |||||
| Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17687 | |||||
| Lepidium virginicum | Poor-man's Pepper-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50039 | |||||
| Anemone multifida var. globosa | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 85102 | ||||||
| Gayophytum humile | Low Groundsmoke | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58728 | |||||
| Viola canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92233 | |||||
| Potentilla concinna | Red Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 45758 | |||||
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Douglas-fir | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83584 |
