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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prosopium spilonotus | Bonneville Whitefish | Species | Fish | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 2 | 16582 | |||
| Ovis canadensis | Bighorn Sheep | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | Tier 2 | 17176 | |
| Vulpes macrotis | Kit Fox | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S2 | 17479 | ||||
| Dicamptodon aterrimus | Idaho Giant Salamander | Species | Amphibian | 2 | G3G4 | S4 | 18250 | ||||
| Melanerpes lewis | Lewis's Woodpecker | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S3B | Tier 2 | 19990 | |||
| Discus marmorensis | Marbled Disc | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S2 | Tier 1 | 20244 | |||
| Fluminicola fuscus | Ashy Pebblesnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S3 | 26207 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Subspecies | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4T4 | S4 | 80442 | ||
| Phacelia thermalis | Hot Spring Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | G3G4 | S1 | 45821 | ||||
| Mentzelia mollis | Smooth Stickleaf | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2S3 | 47593 | ||||
| Anaxyrus woodhousii | Woodhouse's Toad | Species | Amphibian | 2 | G5 | S2 | Tier 2 | 18129 | |||
| Oreohelix idahoensis | Costate Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S2 | Tier 2 | 25168 | |||
| Athene cunicularia | Burrowing Owl | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S2B | Tier 2 | 80477 | |||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| 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 | |||
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 2 | Bull Trout - Columbia River | Population | 1 | Threatened | G4T3T4Q | SNA | 80151 | ||||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 4 | Bull Trout - Jarbidge River Basin | Population | Fish | 1 | G5T4 | TNR | 80290 | ||||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | ||||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Mentzelia veatchiana | Veatch's Blazingstar | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43537 | |||||
| Lathyrus pauciflorus var. pauciflorus | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 89675 | ||||||
| Castilleja covilleana | Coville's Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 43684 | |||||
| Corallorhiza maculata var. maculata | Spotted Coralroot | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 89724 | |||||
| Lepidium dictyotum | Veiny Pepper-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43777 | |||||
| Astragalus toanus var. toanus | Toano Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 89809 | |||||
| Carex heteroneura var. brevisquama | Erect Blackened Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89932 | |||||
| Lupinus depressus | Depressed Lupine | Species | Plant | G4?Q | SNR | 43956 | |||||
| Lathyrus pauciflorus var. utahensis | Few-flower Peavine | Variety | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 90013 | |||||
| Nothocalais troximoides | Weevil False-dandelion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44091 | |||||
| Zizania aquatica var. aquatica | Indian Wild Rice | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90089 | |||||
| Viola praemorsa | Upland Yellow Violet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44258 | |||||
| Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens | Western Bracken | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90248 | |||||
| Penstemon nitidus | Wax-leaf Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44531 | |||||
| Collomia debilis var. camporum | Flexible Alpine Collomia | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T2 | S2 | 90363 | ||||
| Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's Thistle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44651 | |||||
| Subularia aquatica var. americana | Water Awlwort | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90452 | |||||
| Potentilla pulcherrima | Soft Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44745 | |||||
| Dasiphora fruticosa ssp. floribunda | Shrubby Cinquefoil | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90543 | |||||
| Mentzelia torreyi var. torreyi | Torrey's Stickleaf | Variety | Plant | G4T3T4 | SNR | 90647 | |||||
| Draba praealta | Tall Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44953 | |||||
| Juniperus communis var. depressa | Dwarf Juniper | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90720 | |||||
| Glyceria grandis | American Mannagrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45071 | |||||
| Senecio cymbalarioides | Cleft-leaf Groundsel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45226 | |||||
| Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala | Yellow Pond-lily | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90910 | |||||
| Brickellia oblongifolia | Narrowleaf Brickell-bush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45323 | |||||
| Astragalus iodanthus var. diaphanoides | Violet Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 90993 | |||||
| Elymus alaskanus | Alaska Wild Rye | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45495 | |||||
| Orthilia secunda | One-side Wintergreen | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45635 | |||||
| Polygonum polygaloides ssp. kelloggii | White-margin Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 91182 | |||||
| Arabis hirsuta var. glabrata | Western Hairy Rockcress | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91294 | |||||
| Astragalus cibarius | Browse Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 45825 | |||||
| Arnica angustifolia ssp. tomentosa | Alpine Arnica | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91368 | |||||
| Apocynum androsaemifolium var. woodsonii | Spreading Dogbane | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91456 | |||||
| Muhlenbergia asperifolia | Alkali Muhly | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46018 | |||||
| Frasera albicaulis var. albicaulis | Purple Green-gentian | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91616 | |||||
| Trifolium eriocephalum ssp. arcuatum | Woolly-head Clover | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3? | SNR | 91742 | |||||
| Astragalus lentiginosus var. latus | Broad-pod Freckled Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T2 | SNR | 91845 | |||||
| Eriophorum angustifolium ssp. scabriusculum | Narrowleaf Cotton-grass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91974 | |||||
| Rorippa palustris ssp. occidentalis | Bog Yellowcress | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92043 | |||||
| Phacelia hastata | Silverleaf Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46742 | |||||
| Astragalus curvicarpus var. curvicarpus | American Sickle | Variety | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 92117 | |||||
| Pinguicula macroceras | California Butterwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46878 | |||||
| Eriogonum umbellatum var. deserticum | Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 92193 | |||||
| Epilobium leptocarpum | Slender-fruited Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46986 | |||||
| Hymenoxys richardsonii var. richardsonii | Richardson's Bitterweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92278 | |||||
| Claytonia rubra | Red-stem Springbeauty | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47099 | |||||
| Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. lindleyi | Showy Jacob's-ladder | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92398 | |||||
| Hordeum depressum | Dwarf Barley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47197 | |||||
| Ranunculus inamoenus var. alpeophilus | Graceful Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92476 | |||||
| Stellaria longifolia var. longifolia | Longleaf Stitchwort | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 92602 | ||||||
| Agrostis exarata | Spike Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47477 | |||||
| Ipomopsis tenuituba ssp. tenuituba | Slender-trumpet Standing-cypress | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5TNR | SNR | 92693 | |||||
| Solidago simplex ssp. simplex | Sticky Goldenrod | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92784 | |||||
| Suaeda calceoliformis | American Sea-blite | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47711 | |||||
| Lecidea albohyalina | Species | Fungi | SNR | 93771 | |||||||
| Eucephalus engelmannii | Engelmann's Aster | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48054 | |||||
| Allium brevistylum | Short-stem Onion | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 48177 | |||||
| Mertensia alpina | Alpine Bluebells | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 48488 | |||||
| Luzula comosa | Pacific Woodrush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48592 | |||||
| Camissonia subacaulis | Long-leaf Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48750 | |||||
| Gratiola ebracteata | Bractless Hedge-hyssop | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49012 | |||||
| Lycopus americanus | American Bugleweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49087 |
