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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schoenoplectus pungens | Three-square Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56807 | |||||
| Lomatium graveolens | King Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 56944 | |||||
| Erigeron uncialis | Lone Fleabane | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 57090 | |||||
| Ondatra zibethicus | Common Muskrat | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 18196 | |||||
| Carex emoryi | Emory's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57222 | |||||
| Carex leptopoda | Short-scaled Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57390 | |||||
| Poa nervosa | Hooker's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | SNR | 57519 | ||||||
| Picoides villosus | Hairy Woodpecker | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 18653 | |||||
| Melica spectabilis | Showy Melicgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57757 | |||||
| Lepus americanus | Snowshoe Hare | Species | Mammal | G5 | S3 | 18768 | |||||
| Tetraneuris acaulis | Stemless Four-nerve-daisy | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57900 | |||||
| Poecile rufescens | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 18867 | |||||
| Geranium richardsonii | Richardson's Geranium | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58138 | |||||
| Himantopus mexicanus | Black-necked Stilt | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 19107 | |||||
| Polygonum erectum | Erect Knotweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58295 | |||||
| Botrychium multifidum | Leathery Grapefern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58440 | |||||
| Carex magellanica | Poor Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58532 | |||||
| Elanus leucurus | White-tailed Kite | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19513 | |||||
| Agoseris aurantiaca | Orange-flowered False-dandelion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58692 | |||||
| Vulpes vulpes | Red Fox | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 19641 | |||||
| Torreyochloa pallida | Pale Manna Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58790 | |||||
| Cistothorus palustris | Marsh Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B,S5N | 19798 | |||||
| Astragalus lyallii | Lyall's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3? | SNR | 58904 | |||||
| Draba nemorosa | Wood Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58994 | |||||
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59105 | |||||
| Mertensia brevistyla | Short-style Bluebells | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59232 | |||||
| Atriplex prostrata | Creeping Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59487 | |||||
| Cardamine oligosperma | Few-seed Bittercress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59617 | |||||
| Erigeron radicatus | Taprooted Fleabane | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S3 | 59850 | |||||
| Coptis occidentalis | Western Goldthread | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59999 | |||||
| Amsinckia tessellata | Tessellate Fiddle-neck | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60069 | |||||
| Stanleya viridiflora | Green Prince-plume | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 60194 | |||||
| Carex arcta | Northern Clustered Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60365 | |||||
| Ribes hudsonianum | Northern Black Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60593 | |||||
| Gilia lottiae | Lott's Gily-flower | Species | Plant | SNR | 60699 | ||||||
| Scirpus microcarpus | Small-fruit Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61052 | |||||
| Ludwigia palustris | Marsh Seedbox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61132 | |||||
| Corispermum hyssopifolium | Common Tick-seed | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 61454 | |||||
| Scrophularia lanceolata | Hare Figwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61556 | |||||
| Conyza canadensis | Canada Horseweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61688 | |||||
| Hieracium gracile | Alpine Hawkweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61867 | |||||
| Solidago multiradiata | Alpine Goldenrod | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62098 | |||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| 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 | |
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear (Bitterroot Ecosystem DPS) | Population | Mammal | 1 | G4 | S2 | Tier 1 | 1867142 | |||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Physa 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 | ||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Catchfly | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 42699 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 2 | Bull Trout - Columbia River | Population | Fish | 1 | Threatened | G4T3T4Q | SNA | 80151 | |||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | S2 | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 4 | Bull Trout - Jarbidge River Basin | Population | Fish | 1 | G4T2Q | SNA | 80290 | ||||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G3 | S1 | 44839 | |||
| Lepidomeda copei | Northern Leatherside Chub | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | Tier 2 | 74379 | ||
| Cicindela columbica | Columbia River Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30014 | |||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Phacelia thermalis | Hot Spring Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | G3G4 | S1 | 45821 | ||||
| Myotis yumanensis | Yuma Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 16074 | ||||
| Corynorhinus townsendii | Townsend's Big-eared Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | Tier 3 | 17659 | |
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Acrolophitus pulchellus | Idaho Point-headed Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G3 | S2 | Tier 2 | 28349 | |||
| Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Subspecies | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4T4 | S4 | 80442 | ||
| Mentzelia mollis | Smooth Stickleaf | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 47593 | ||||
| Plethodon idahoensis | Coeur d'Alene Salamander | Species | Amphibian | 2 | G4 | S3 | 15699 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook Salmon | Species | Fish | 2 | G5 | SNA | 17129 | ||||
| Crotaphytus bicinctores | Great Basin Collared Lizard | Species | Reptile | 2 | G5 | S2 | Tier 3 | 18788 | |||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Athene cunicularia | Burrowing Owl | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S2B | Tier 2 | 80477 | |||
| Juncus tiehmii | Tiehm's Rush | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S1 | 45334 | ||||
| Thelypodium flexuosum | Flexible Thelypody | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54991 | ||||
| Aquila chrysaetos | Golden Eagle | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3 | Tier 2 | 15974 | |||
| Rhinocheilus lecontei | Long-nosed Snake | Species | Reptile | 2 | G5 | S2 | 16243 | ||||
| Lota lota | Burbot | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 16458 | ||
| Contopus cooperi | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S3B | Tier 3 | 16929 | |||
| Penstemon laxus | Idaho Beardtongue | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 56183 | ||||
| Oreothlypis virginiae | Virginia's Warbler | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3B | 18792 | ||||
| Cygnus buccinator | Trumpeter Swan | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B,S4N | Tier 2 | 19287 | ||
| Rana luteiventris pop. 3 | Columbia Spotted Frog (Great Basin DPS) | Population | Amphibian | 2 | G4T2T4 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80518 | |||
| Pilophorus acicularis | Nail Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | G4 | S2 | 35809 | ||||
| Trifolium douglasii | Douglas' Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 41044 | |||
| Carex idahoa | Idaho Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | G2G3 | S2 | 42890 | ||||
| Chaenactis cusickii | Cusick's False Yarrow | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S1S2 | 49928 | ||||
| Astragalus anserinus | Goose Creek Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 51746 | |||
| Myotis thysanodes | Fringed Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | 15598 | |||
| Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | Pinyon Jay | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3 | Tier 2 | 16247 | |||
| Urocitellus mollis | Piute Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S4 | 16824 | ||||
| Artemisiospiza nevadensis | Sagebrush Sparrow | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3B | Tier 2 | 18549 | |||
| Scapanus orarius | Coast Mole | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 18893 |
