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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta | Autumn Dwarf Gentian | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91997 | |||||
| Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41773 | |||||
| Cottus beldingii | Paiute Sculpin | Species | Fish | G5 | S4 | 16679 | |||||
| Poa palustris | Fowl Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53625 | |||||
| Polygonum douglasii ssp. engelmannii | Engelmann's Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85735 | |||||
| Draba lonchocarpa | Lance-pod Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59562 | |||||
| Salix candida | Hoary Willow | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 47596 | |||
| Castilleja pallescens | Pallid Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40136 | |||||
| Dulichium arundinaceum | Threeway Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49696 | |||||
| Ranunculus karelinii | Arctic Buttercup | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 61623 | |||||
| Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca | Orange-flowered False-dandelion | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 88532 | |||||
| Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum | Flat-crown Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90059 | |||||
| Dryas octopetala | Eight-petal Mountain-avens | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57601 | |||||
| Chenopodium overi | Over's Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47072 | |||||
| Psilocarphus brevissimus | Round Woolly-heads | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 59283 | |||||
| Philadelphus trichothecus | Columbian Mock-orange | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 39709 | |||||
| Accipiter striatus | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 74432 | |||||
| Veronica wormskjoldii var. wormskjoldii | Alpine Speedwell | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 93216 | |||||
| Packera pseudaurea | Western Golden Groundsel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45229 | |||||
| Rhinanthus minor | Yellow Rattle-box | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 43760 | |||||
| Arabis microphylla var. macounii | Small-leaf Rockcress | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90704 | |||||
| Spiza americana | Dickcissel | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19685 | |||||
| Phacelia lutea | Large-flowered Phacelia | Species | Plant | G4 | S4 | 53096 | |||||
| Festuca minutiflora | Small-flower Fescue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48572 | |||||
| Betula papyrifera var. commutata | Western Paper Birch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92510 | |||||
| Lupinus arbustus | Long-spur Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43534 | |||||
| Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54881 | |||||
| Grus americana | Whooping Crane | Species | Bird | Endangered | G1 | SNA | 17471 | ||||
| Lloydia serotina ssp. serotina | Common Alpine-lily | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86329 | |||||
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Roundleaf Water-hyssop | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51348 | |||||
| Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum | Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90601 | |||||
| Lupinus sellulus var. medius | Donner Lake Lupine | Variety | Plant | G4TNR | SNR | 83061 | |||||
| Crataegus chrysocarpa | Fineberry Hawthorn | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 68001 | |||||
| Cardamine breweri var. leibergii | Colorado Bitter-cress | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 84544 | |||||
| Gentiana parryi | Parry's Gentian | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45969 | |||||
| Penstemon glaber | Smooth Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44530 | |||||
| Hydrophyllum capitatum | Dwarf Waterleaf | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 41260 | |||||
| Allium nevii | Nevius' Garlic | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 49755 | |||||
| Cerastium nutans var. nutans | Nodding Chickweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 91276 | |||||
| Ribes viscosissimum var. viscosissimum | Sticky Gooseberry | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89122 | |||||
| Polemonium californicum | California Polemonium | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 49274 | |||||
| Pulsatilla patens | American Pasqueflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55575 | |||||
| Woodsia scopulina ssp. laurentiana | Rocky Mountain Woodsia | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88193 | |||||
| Ictalurus furcatus | Blue Catfish | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 18956 | |||||
| Carex nebrascensis | Nebraska Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57081 | |||||
| Leymus triticoides | Beardless Lyme Grass | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 46577 | |||||
| Salix farriae | Farr's Willow | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 58794 | |||||
| Eleocharis uniglumis | Creeping Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5?Q | SNR | 39319 | |||||
| Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis | Lanceleaf Springbeauty | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84471 | |||||
| Crepis runcinata ssp. hispidulosa | Naked-stem Hawk's-beard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86850 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 85156 | ||||||
| Heuchera grossulariifolia var. grossulariifolia | Gooseberry-leaved Alumroot | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 92145 | |||||
| Boykinia intermedia | Sierran Brookfoam | Species | Plant | G2G4 | SNR | 43099 | |||||
| Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50509 | |||||
| Scutellaria antirrhinoides | Snap-dragon Skullcap | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53794 | |||||
| Stenotus lanuginosus var. lanuginosus | Woolly Goldenweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85933 | |||||
| Epilobium oregonense | Oregon Willow-herb | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59817 | |||||
| Thlaspi idahoense var. idahoense | Idaho Pennycress | Variety | Plant | G3G4T2T4 | SNR | 89684 | |||||
| Carex laeviculmis | Smooth-stem Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47816 | |||||
| Corallorhiza wisteriana | Wister Coral-root | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 40366 | |||||
| Viola macloskeyi ssp. pallens | Smooth White Violet | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88737 | |||||
| Tyto alba | Barn Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 15833 | |||||
| Eriogonum strictum ssp. proliferum | Blue Mountain Wild Buckwheat | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90215 | |||||
| Catostomus columbianus palouseanus | Bridgelip Sucker | Subspecies | G5TNR | SNA | 80529 | ||||||
| Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum | Ternate Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87428 | |||||
| Pertusaria diluta | Species | Fungi | SNR | 93772 | |||||||
| Oxytropis sericea | White Point-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45509 | |||||
| Hackelia diffusa | Spreading Stickseed | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 43950 | |||||
| Corallorhiza striata | Striped Coralroot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48833 | |||||
| Corispermum orientale | Oriental Tick-seed | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 55085 | |||||
| Ranunculus suksdorfii | Suksdorf's Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 54476 | |||||
| Lomatium foeniculaceum ssp. macdougalii | Desert-parsley | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86523 | |||||
| Draba fladnizensis | Austrian Draba | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 41057 | |||||
| Collomia heterophylla | Varied-leaved Collomia | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 51648 | |||||
| Gilia inconspicua | Shy Gilia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58307 | |||||
| Viola praemorsa ssp. flavovirens | Upland Yellow Violet | Subspecies | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 83258 | |||||
| Ramalina farinacea | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G3G5 | SNR | 37138 | |||||
| Brickellia microphylla var. microphylla | Littleleaf Brickell-bush | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84716 | |||||
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56102 | |||||
| Erigeron acris ssp. politus | Northern Daisy | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91760 | |||||
| Stipa richardsonii | Canada Mountain Ricegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42667 | |||||
| Bromus anomalus | Nodding Brome | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44743 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza hookeri | Hooker's Balsamroot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41486 | |||||
| Meesia longiseta | Meesia | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 36240 | ||||
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum | Scribner's Panicgrass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91422 | |||||
| Sedum lanceolatum ssp. subalpinum | Lanceleaf Stonecrop | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89284 | |||||
| Arnica mollis | Hairy Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47386 | |||||
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| 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 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 |
