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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plantago elongata ssp. elongata | Slender Plantain | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86204 | |||||
| Selasphorus platycercus | Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 18597 | |||||
| Carex illota | Small-head Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59982 | |||||
| Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43873 | |||||
| Fragaria x ananassa | Strawberry | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79331 | |||||
| Androsace occidentalis | Western Rock-jasmine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55747 | |||||
| Claytonia megarhiza | Alpine Springbeauty | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48290 | |||||
| Leymus salinus ssp. salmonis | Salmon Lyme Grass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3? | SNR | 92092 | |||||
| Castilleja flava | Yellow Paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53910 | |||||
| Hordeum pusillum ssp. pusillum | Little Barley | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88393 | |||||
| Osmorhiza purpurea | Purple Sweet-cicely | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 49507 | |||||
| Papaver radicatum | Arctic Poppy | Species | Plant | G5 | SH | 46412 | |||||
| Phlox viridis ssp. viridis | Green Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 84559 | |||||
| Poa abbreviata ssp. pattersonii | Patterson's Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86776 | |||||
| Alopecurus alpinus | Mountain Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58121 | |||||
| Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus | Common Snowberry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83010 | |||||
| Maianthemum dilatatum | False Lily-of-the-Valley | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56245 | |||||
| Astragalus miser var. praeteritus | Timber Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 90350 | |||||
| Minuartia stricta | Slender Sandwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61699 | |||||
| Erythronium grandiflorum | Large-flower Yellow Fawnlily | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 52153 | |||||
| Erigeron subtrinervis var. conspicuus | Three-nerve Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88953 | |||||
| Triglochin maritima | Common Bog Arrow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44638 | |||||
| Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | 16406 | |||||
| Lepomis macrochirus | Bluegill | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 16589 | |||||
| Cypripedium parviflorum | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50160 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus var. beyrichii | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 85156 | ||||||
| Cleome lutea | Yellow Spiderflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58820 | |||||
| Oenothera brachycarpa | Short-fruit Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 42799 | |||||
| Triodanis perfoliata var. perfoliata | Claspingleaf Venus'-looking-glass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83610 | |||||
| Thermopsis rhombifolia | Roundleaf Thermopsis | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54629 | |||||
| Ericameria nauseosa var. bigelovii | Bigelow's Rubber Rabbitbrush | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5Q | SNR | 90863 | |||||
| Paronychia jamesii | James' Nailwort | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 52835 | |||||
| Erigeron austiniae | Sagebrush Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 39218 | |||||
| Gaultheria humifusa | Alpine Spicy Wintergreen | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45283 | |||||
| Eriogonum pauciflorum var. pauciflorum | Few-flower Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85798 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus pungens | Three-square Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56807 | |||||
| Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59483 | |||||
| Phlox austromontana | Desert Mountain Phlox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40933 | |||||
| Caulanthus pilosus | Hairy Wild-cabbage | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55212 | |||||
| Linanthus liniflorus ssp. pharnaceoides | Flax-flower Desert-gold | Subspecies | Plant | G3?TNR | SNR | 89536 | |||||
| Stipa nelsonii var. nelsonii | Williams Needlegrass | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89543 | ||||||
| Eriastrum sparsiflorum | Few-flowered Eriastrum | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 50941 | |||||
| Minuartia pusilla | Dwarf Stitchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47784 | |||||
| Astragalus canadensis var. brevidens | Canadian Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91706 | |||||
| Polemonium occidentale ssp. occidentale | Western Jacob's-ladder | Subspecies | Plant | G5?T5? | SNR | 88001 | |||||
| Potentilla biennis | Biennial Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43475 | |||||
| Orobanche californica ssp. grayana | California Broomrape | Subspecies | Plant | G4T3T4 | SNR | 84214 | |||||
| Carex subfusca | Rusty Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57598 | |||||
| Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91411 | ||||||
| Eleocharis quinqueflora | Few-flower Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41540 | |||||
| Impatiens noli-tangere | Western Jewel-weed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53535 | |||||
| Azolla filiculoides | Large Mosquito-fern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55893 | |||||
| Apocynum androsaemifolium var. griseum | Spreading Dogbane | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90007 | |||||
| Chenopodium simplex | Giant-seed Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61280 | |||||
| Townsendia exscapa | Silky Townsend-daisy | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39955 | |||||
| Ranunculus pygmaeus | Pygmy Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 46004 | |||||
| Calypso bulbosa var. occidentalis | Fairy Slipper | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86419 | |||||
| Astragalus curvicarpus | American Sickle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60192 | |||||
| Penstemon janishiae | Janish's Penstemon | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S2 | 44088 | ||||
| Rhinichthys umatilla | Umatilla Dace | Species | Fish | G4 | S4 | 15936 | |||||
| Oenothera caespitosa ssp. caespitosa | Tufted Evening-primrose | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84721 | |||||
| Eucephalus elegans | Elegant Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58354 | |||||
| Plagiobothrys scouleri | Meadow Popcorn-flower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48561 | |||||
| Cardamine bellidifolia var. bellidifolia | Alpine Bittercress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92235 | |||||
| Centaurium muehlenbergii | Monterey Centaury | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 54121 | |||||
| Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western Juniper | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88564 | |||||
| Carex siccata | Dry-spike Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62087 | |||||
| Penstemon confertus | Yellow Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49712 | |||||
| Potentilla pectinisecta | Comb-leaf Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46606 | |||||
| Penstemon procerus var. formosus | Small-flower Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86946 | |||||
| Fragaria vesca ssp. bracteata | Woodland Strawberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83201 | |||||
| Vaccinium membranaceum | Square-twigged Huckleberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56452 | |||||
| Descurainia incana ssp. procera | Mountain Tansy-mustard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90542 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92983 | |||||
| Prosartes trachycarpa | Rough-fruited Mandarin | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54799 | |||||
| Zigadenus venenosus | Meadow Deathcamas | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44843 | |||||
| Ranunculus inamoenus | Graceful Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50451 | |||||
| Halogeton glomeratus | Halogeton | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 59059 | |||||
| Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum | Green Spleenwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 43014 | |||||
| Phlox variabilis ssp. variabilis | Subspecies | Plant | G3G4QT3T4 | SNR | 83802 | ||||||
| Carex piperi | Piper's Sedge | Species | Plant | GUQ | SNR | 57077 | |||||
| Viola palustris var. palustris | Alpine Marsh Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91043 | |||||
| Phacelia sericea | Silky Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53095 | |||||
| Elymus glaucus ssp. glaucus | Blue Wildrye | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87555 | |||||
| Salix monochroma | One-color Willow | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 60837 | |||||
| Kochia americana | Perennial Summer-cypress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39459 | |||||
| Carex adusta | Crowded Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45598 | |||||
| Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus | Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51169 | |||||
| Salix glauca ssp. glauca | Gray Willow | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 85991 | |||||
| Trifolium haydenii | Hayden's Clover | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 59752 | |||||
| Artemisia tridentata | Big Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41110 | |||||
| Achnatherum x bloomeri | Bloomer's Moutain-ricegrass | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78657 | |||||
| Richardsonius balteatus | Redside Shiner | Species | Fish | G5 | S5 | 15488 | |||||
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19671 | |||||
| Athyrium filix-femina | Subarctic Ladyfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55434 | |||||
| Crataegus chrysocarpa var. piperi | Fineberry Hawthorn | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 89686 | |||||
| Buteo lineatus | Red-shouldered Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17607 | |||||
| Eriophorum angustifolium | Narrowleaf Cotton-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48008 | |||||
| Eritrichium nanum var. elongatum | Pale Alpine-forget-me-not | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 91955 | |||||
| Lesquerella alpina var. alpina | Alpine Bladderpod | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 88223 |
