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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physaria geyeri | Geyer's Twinpod | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 43524 | |||||
| Thysanocarpus curvipes | Fringepod | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53716 | |||||
| Petradoria pumila | Grassy Rock-goldenrod | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53101 | |||||
| Calidris mauri | Western Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S3M | 18264 | |||||
| Arenaria franklinii | Franklin's Sandwort | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 59031 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum eatonii | Eaton's Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47056 | |||||
| Silene acaulis | Moss Campion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40844 | |||||
| Thlaspi idahoense var. idahoense | Idaho Pennycress | Variety | Plant | G3G4T2T4 | SNR | 89684 | |||||
| Crataegus castlegarensis | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 77457 | ||||||
| Physaria brassicoides | Rydberg's Double Twinpod | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60958 | |||||
| Acipenser transmontanus | White Sturgeon | Species | Fish | 2 | G4 | S2 | 15794 | ||||
| Eriogonum pusillum | Low Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44709 | |||||
| Hymenopappus filifolius | Fineleaf Woollywhite | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 54738 | |||||
| Danthonia unispicata | Few-flowered Oatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41250 | |||||
| Crepis bakeri | Baker's Hawk's-beard | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 48613 | |||||
| Astragalus robbinsii var. occidentalis | Lamoille Canyon Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T2T3 | SNR | 90294 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. parryi | Leafy-bracted Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88144 | |||||
| Coptis occidentalis | Western Goldthread | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59999 | |||||
| Crepis occidentalis ssp. costata | Gray Hawk's-beard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87017 | |||||
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B,S2N | 18945 | |||||
| Sedum stenopetalum | Narrow-petal Stonecrop | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 50747 | |||||
| Ligusticum filicinum | Fern-leaf Lovage | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 45399 | |||||
| Chamaechaenactis scaposa | Fullstem | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 57505 | |||||
| Asarum caudatum | Long-tailed Wild-ginger | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61574 | |||||
| Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea | Stinging Nettle | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83439 | |||||
| Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis | Spotted Coralroot | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85813 | |||||
| Buteo lagopus | Rough-legged Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | S4N | 19112 | |||||
| Scutellaria nana var. nana | Dwarf Skullcap | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | S3 | 84123 | |||||
| Silene menziesii | Menzies' Pink | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51332 | |||||
| Humulus lupulus | Common Hop | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55350 | |||||
| Chenopodium fremontii var. fremontii | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91180 | ||||||
| Astragalus sinuatus | Whited's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G1 | SNR | 43091 | |||||
| Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16932 | |||||
| Erigeron nanus | Dwarf Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49315 | |||||
| Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis | Short-awn Foxtail | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84775 | |||||
| Lomatium ravenii | Raven's Lomatium | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 58577 | |||||
| Myosurus minimus ssp. minimus | Little Mousetail | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88694 | |||||
| Myosotis verna | Spring Forget-me-not | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46568 | |||||
| Downingia elegans | Common Downingia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40345 | |||||
| Elymus trachycaulus ssp. subsecundus | Slender Wild Rye | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87681 | |||||
| Sedum lanceolatum ssp. subalpinum | Lanceleaf Stonecrop | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89284 | |||||
| Mimulus tilingii var. tilingii | Subalpine Monkeyflower | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86432 | |||||
| Rorippa curvisiliqua var. lyrata | Curve-pod Yellowcress | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92097 | |||||
| Ammannia coccinea | Scarlet Ammannia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44228 | |||||
| Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. hendersonii | Henderson's Currant | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89950 | |||||
| Myadestes townsendi | Townsend's Solitaire | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 19957 | |||||
| Cassiope mertensiana | Western Bell-heather | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 52094 | |||||
| Catostomus ardens | Utah Sucker | Species | Fish | G5 | S4 | 17665 | |||||
| Atriplex prostrata | Creeping Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59487 | |||||
| Actaea rubra ssp. arguta | Red Baneberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85413 | |||||
| Calidris melanotos | Pectoral Sandpiper | Species | Bird | G5 | S2M | 18488 | |||||
| Psilocarphus brevissimus | Round Woolly-heads | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 59283 | |||||
| Actaea rubra | Red Baneberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44883 | |||||
| Opuntia polyacantha | Panhandle Prickly-pear | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56913 | |||||
| Wyethia x cusickii | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78614 | ||||||
| Allium schoenoprasum | Chives | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61151 | |||||
| Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa | European Red Elder | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 92758 | |||||
| Agrestia hispida | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G3 | SNR | 37129 | |||||
| Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus | Common Snowberry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83010 | |||||
| Nucifraga columbiana | Clark's Nutcracker | Species | Bird | G5 | S2 | Tier 3 | 16032 | ||||
| Lepidium montanum var. jonesii | Mountain Pepper-grass | Variety | Plant | G5?T3T5 | SNR | 83701 | |||||
| Galium serpenticum | Intermountain Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 54930 | |||||
| Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis | Gairdner's Yampah | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90812 | |||||
| Penstemon eriantherus | Crested-tongue Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42649 | |||||
| Phlox viscida | Sticky Phlox | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 41454 | |||||
| Cladonia bellidiflora | Cup Lichen | Species | Fungi | G5 | S1 | 36205 | |||||
| Arnica chamissonis var. andina | Leafy Leopardbane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90470 | |||||
| Isoetes bolanderi var. bolanderi | Bolander's Quillwort | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 88325 | |||||
| Lotus unifoliolatus | American Bird's-foot Trefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46083 | |||||
| Panicum virgatum | Old Switch Panicgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54649 | |||||
| Stanleya viridiflora | Green Prince-plume | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 60194 | |||||
| Oxytropis besseyi var. argophylla | Bessey's Locoweed | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 88952 | |||||
| Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana | Rosy Lewisia | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 87238 | |||||
| Erigeron subtrinervis var. conspicuus | Three-nerve Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88953 | |||||
| Juncus howellii | Howell's Rush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56201 | |||||
| Pinus ponderosa | Ponderosa Pine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45683 | |||||
| Alyssum desertorum | Desert Alyssum | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 57712 | |||||
| Festuca saximontana var. saximontana | Rocky Mountain Fescue | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85997 | |||||
| Eriogonum flavum var. piperi | Yellow Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 91710 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum ssp. hesperium | Siskiyou Aster | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84347 | |||||
| Cirsium edule | Edible Thistle | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55659 | |||||
| Arnica angustifolia ssp. tomentosa | Alpine Arnica | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91368 | |||||
| Castilleja angustifolia | Northwestern Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 43296 | |||||
| Poa leibergii | Leiberg's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | SNR | 53488 | ||||||
| Carex macloviana | Falkland Island Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49531 | |||||
| Grindelia squarrosa var. serrulata | Tar Weed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84986 | |||||
| Taraxacum eriophorum | Wool-bearing Dandelion | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 58806 | |||||
| Glyceria occidentalis | Northwestern Manna Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46865 | |||||
| Cryptantha scoparia | Desert Cryptantha | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 40586 | |||||
| Cirsium scariosum | Drummond's Thistle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49758 | |||||
| Linanthus liniflorus ssp. pharnaceoides | Flax-flower Desert-gold | Subspecies | Plant | G3?TNR | SNR | 89536 | |||||
| Catostomus columbianus hubbsi | Bridgelip Sucker | Subspecies | G5TNR | SNA | 80162 | ||||||
| Anemone parviflora var. parviflora | Small-flower Anemone | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86610 | |||||
| Chenopodium incanum var. occidentale | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 92242 | ||||||
| Triantha occidentalis | Western False Asphodel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62085 | |||||
| Bazzania ambigua | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 33747 | ||||||
| Pinguicula macroceras var. macroceras | Horned Butterwort | Variety | Plant | G5T4Q | SNR | 87908 | |||||
| Trientalis borealis | Northern Starflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47767 | |||||
| Platanthera dilatata | Leafy White Orchis | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54150 | |||||
| Draba oreibata | Subalpine Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 59763 |
