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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Passerina caerulea | Blue Grosbeak | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 18138 | |||||
| Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19468 | |||||
| Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 17519 | |||||
| Hydroprogne caspia | Caspian Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | Tier 2 Breeding population only | 18702 | ||||
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 16214 | |||||
| Vertigo idahoensis | Idaho Vertigo | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1? | 29127 | |||||
| Argiacris amissuli | A Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 29789 | ||||
| Botrychium paradoxum | Peculiar Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 59804 | |||
| Heteranthera dubia | Grassleaf Mud-plantain | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41363 | |||||
| Potentilla hookeriana | Hooker's Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 60488 | |||||
| Paraleptophlebia jenseni | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 23206 | ||||
| Poa paucispicula | Alaska Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 93485 | |||||
| Orthotrichum holzingeri | Holzinger's Orthotrichum Moss | Species | Plant | G3 | S1 | 36085 | |||||
| Cladonia symphycarpa | Species | Fungi | G5 | S1 | 37352 | ||||||
| Antennaria arcuata | Meadow Pussytoes | Species | Plant | G3 | S1 | 39727 | |||||
| Aegolius funereus | Boreal Owl | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 19007 | ||||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59483 | |||||
| Poa abbreviata | Northern Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53706 | |||||
| Muhlenbergia glomerata | Marsh Muhly | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60900 | ||||
| Eremogone kingii var. glabrescens | King's Sandwort | Subspecies | Plant | GNR | S1 | 84334 | |||||
| Calliopsis barri | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 2 | 1475434 | ||||
| Botrychium neolunaria | North American Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | GNR | S1 | 1911604 | ||||
| Potentilla maryae | Mary’s cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 2053342 | |||||
| Astragalus packardiae | Packard's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G5T1 | S1 | 91221 | ||||
| Tayloria serrata | Serrate Tayloria | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 33384 | |||||
| Douglasia conservatorum | Bloom Peak Douglasia | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2G3 | S1 | 93777 | ||||
| Monardella angustifolia | Leslie Gulch Monardella | Species | Plant | 2 | G1 | S1 | 1345281 | ||||
| Schistostega pennata | Luminous Moss | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S1 | 37047 | |||||
| Lobaria linita | Smeared Lungwort | Species | Fungi | G4G5 | S1 | 38200 | |||||
| Sphaeromeria potentilloides | Cinquefoil Tansy | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49054 | |||||
| Eriogonum sp. 4 | War Eagle Mountain Buckwheat | Species | Plant | GNR | S1 | 67693 | |||||
| Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia | Bog-rosemary | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 92112 | ||||
| Lota lota | Burbot | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 16458 | ||
| Buxbaumia aphylla | Leafless Bug-on-a-stick | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 37996 | ||||
| Ceanothus prostratus | Mahala-mat Ceanothus | Species | Plant | 3 | G5? | S1 | 57476 | ||||
| Oreohelix hammeri | Seven Devils Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 27365 | ||||
| Rubus pubescens | Dwarf Red Blackberry | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 39898 | |||||
| Carex aboriginum | Indian Valley Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | G1 | S1 | 46793 | ||||
| Trifolium douglasii | Douglas' Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 41044 | |||
| Picea glauca | White Spruce | Species | Plant | 4 | G5 | S1 | 42988 | ||||
| Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii | Douglas' Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 91679 | |||||
| Maianthemum dilatatum | False Lily-of-the-Valley | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56245 | |||||
| Porella platyphylla | Wall Scalewort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 34031 | |||||
| Juncus tiehmii | Tiehm's Rush | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S1 | 45334 | ||||
| Drosera intermedia | Spoon-leaved Sundew | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40775 | |||||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Trifolium owyheense | Owyhee Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 55100 | ||||
| Urocitellus canus | Merriam's Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 16552 | |||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Perdita barri | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 3 | 1474130 | ||||
| Branchinecta raptor | Raptor Fairy Shrimp | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 3 | 78116 | ||||
| Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52155 | |||||
| Salix farriae | Farr's Willow | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 58794 | |||||
| Allium macrum | Rock Onion | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 52826 | |||||
| Melanoplus papyraedus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 20290 | |||||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Bidens beckii | Beck's Water-marigold | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 83944 | |||||
| Speleomaster pecki | A Cave Obligate Harvestman | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 21993 | ||||
| Potentilla modesta | Red Cinquefoil | Variety | Plant | G5?T4T5Q | S1 | 92560 | |||||
| Hymenoxys cooperi var. canescens | Cooper's Goldflower | Variety | Plant | 4 | G4G5T4 | S1 | 86225 | ||||
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Roundleaf Water-hyssop | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51348 | |||||
| Viola selkirkii | Great-spurred Violet | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5? | S1 | 40639 | ||||
| Solanum heterodoxum | Different-glory Nightshade | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 48828 | |||||
| Angelica kingii | Nevada Angelica | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 55033 | ||||
| Callitriche marginata | Winged Water-starwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 61833 | |||||
| Grimmia brittoniae | Britton's Dry Rock Moss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 34388 | ||||
| Entosphenus tridentatus | Pacific Lamprey | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17473 | ||
| Symphyotrichum jessicae | Jessica's Aster | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 45453 | ||||
| Polytrichastrum formosum | Bank Haircap Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 36923 | |||||
| Melica stricta | Nodding Melicgrass | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 57992 | ||||
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 40600 | ||||
| Capnia zukeli | Idaho Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30657 | ||||
| Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum | Green Spleenwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 43014 | ||||
| Blepharidachne kingii | King's Desertgrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 43707 | ||||
| Geum rossii var. rossii | Ross Avens | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 86350 | |||||
| Githopsis specularioides | Common Bluecup | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 665631 | ||||
| Calypogeia integristipula | Meylan's Pouchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 35589 | |||||
| Scapania apiculata | A Liverwort | Species | Plant | G5? | S1 | 39118 | |||||
| Vallisneria americana | Tapegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 46044 | |||||
| Astragalus anserinus | Goose Creek Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 51746 | |||
| Oreohelix strigosa goniogyra | Striate Mountainsnail | Subspecies | Invertebrate | 2 | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 2 | 81538 | |||
| Phlox idahonis | Clearwater Phlox | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 41410 | |||||
| Ericameria bloomeri | Rabbitbrush Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 41702 | ||||
| Silene uralensis ssp. montana | Petalless Campion | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5TNR | S1 | 83813 | |||||
| Viola septentrionalis | Northern Woodland Violet | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54235 | ||||
| Melanoplus lolo | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 32060 | |||||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Lophoziopsis longidens | Horned Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 33890 | |||||
| Juncus hallii | Hall's Rush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 51712 | |||||
| Soliperla salish | Clearwater Roachfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 78185 | ||||
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Tall Dropseed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 83761 | |||||
| Micranthes bryophora | Bud Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60726 | |||||
| Cicindela waynei | Bruneau Dune Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 22295 | |||
| Hymenoxys cooperi | Cooper's Bitterweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 61405 | |||||
| Castilleja christii | Christ's Indian Paintbrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G1 | S1 | 43600 | ||||
| Euthamia graminifolia | Flat-top Fragrant-goldenrod | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43818 | |||||
| Musineon naomiensis | Mt. Naomi Musineon | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 1916790 | |||||
| Utacapnia nedia | Boise Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 24946 |
