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 |
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Astragalus atratus var. owyheensis | Owyhee Mourning Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3 | S3 | 92599 | |||||
Opuntia macrorhiza | Twisted-spine Prickly-pear | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51776 | |||||
Galium trifidum ssp. subbiflorum | Three-petal Bedstraw | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89236 | |||||
Carex tribuloides | Blunt Broom Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60359 | |||||
Calamovilfa longifolia var. longifolia | Long-leaved Reed Grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85553 | |||||
Lupinus argenteus | Silvery Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58456 | |||||
Lupinus ornatus | Ornate Lupine | Species | Plant | G3?Q | SNR | 45544 | |||||
Stercorarius pomarinus | Pomarine Jaeger | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19792 | |||||
Rhinichthys umatilla | Umatilla Dace | Species | Fish | G4 | S4 | 15936 | |||||
Clematis columbiana | Columbian Virgin's-bower | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 52504 | |||||
Halimolobos perplexa var. lemhiensis | Puzzling Halimolobos | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | S4 | 87730 | |||||
Xanthium strumarium var. canadense | Cocklebur | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89726 | |||||
Nemophila pedunculata | Meadow Baby-blue-eyes | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61003 | |||||
Cuscuta gronovii var. latiflora | Variety | Plant | G5T5?Q | SNR | 86118 | ||||||
Brickellia californica | California Brickell-bush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56519 | |||||
Cordylanthus ramosus | Much-branded Bird's-beak | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46098 | |||||
Populus x hinckleyana | Goat Canyon Cottonwood | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79041 | |||||
Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54881 | |||||
Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemus | Subalpine Fleabane | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 91657 | |||||
Galium boreale | Northern Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50527 | |||||
Isoetes bolanderi var. bolanderi | Bolander's Quillwort | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 88325 | |||||
Chamaesyce glyptosperma | Corrugate-seed Broomspurge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48752 | |||||
Achillea millefolium var. alpicola | Yarrow | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84518 | |||||
Stenotus lanuginosus var. andersonii | Woolly Goldenweed | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 86670 | |||||
Gentianopsis thermalis | Rocky Mountain Fringed Gentian | Species | Plant | G4?Q | SNR | 44359 | |||||
Hordeum brachyantherum | Meadow Barley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53168 | |||||
Sanguisorba annua | Prairie Burnet | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42461 | |||||
Penstemon deustus var. deustus | Hot-rock Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90251 | |||||
Luetkea pectinata | Segmented Luetkea | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61631 | |||||
Machaeranthera bigelovii | Bigelow's Tansy-aster | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51269 | |||||
Camissonia pygmaea | Dwarf Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 39618 | |||||
Pedicularis parryi ssp. purpurea | Parry's Lousewort | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 88842 | ||||||
Utricularia macrorhiza | Greater Bladderwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46876 | |||||
Descurainia incana ssp. incana | Richardson's Tansy-mustard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 85070 | |||||
Pulsatilla patens | American Pasqueflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55575 | |||||
Prunus virginiana | Choke Cherry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45004 | |||||
Eriogonum strictum var. anserinum | Blue Mountain Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92204 | |||||
Lepomis gulosus | Warmouth | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17350 | |||||
Scutellaria antirrhinoides | Snap-dragon Skullcap | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53794 | |||||
Senecio lugens | Black-tip Groundsel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42239 | |||||
Lactuca canadensis var. canadensis | Variety | Plant | G5TNRQ | SNR | 90788 | ||||||
Richardsonius balteatus | Redside Shiner | Species | Fish | G5 | S5 | 15488 | |||||
Madia citriodora | Lemon-scent Tarweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49415 | |||||
Calamagrostis purpurascens var. purpurascens | Purple Reedgrass | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 87269 | ||||||
Juncus covillei var. obtusatus | Coville's Rush | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85743 | |||||
Gutierrezia microcephala | Small-head Snakeweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56175 | |||||
Lomatium rollinsii | Rollins's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G3 | S3 | 43217 | |||||
Solidago simplex var. simplex | Sticky Goldenrod | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92783 | |||||
Achnatherum occidentale | Western Needlegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 76940 | |||||
Cirsium tioganum | Stemless Thistle | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 52068 | |||||
Ranunculus abortivus var. abortivus | Small-flowered Crowfoot | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89424 | |||||
Sedum debile | Weak-stem Stonecrop | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 50038 | |||||
Salix reticulata ssp. reticulata | Net-veined Willow | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87907 | |||||
Potentilla concinna | Red Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 45758 | |||||
Scutellaria nana var. nana | Dwarf Skullcap | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | S3 | 84123 | |||||
Ranunculus suksdorfii | Suksdorf's Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 54476 | |||||
Picoides dorsalis | American Three-Toed Woodpecker | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 20015 | ||||
Allium bisceptrum | Patis Onion | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 43844 | |||||
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. pansum | Oval-leaf Buckwheat | Subspecies | Plant | G5T1 | SNR | 91350 | |||||
Mertensia cusickii | Toiyabe Bluebells | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 52714 | |||||
Bidens frondosa | Devil's Beggarticks | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41043 | |||||
Polygonum ramosissimum var. prolificum | Bushy Knotweed | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89933 | |||||
Senecio serra var. serra | Tall Groundsel | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86344 | |||||
Carex deflexa | Short-stemmed Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56714 | |||||
Oxytropis lagopus | Hare's-foot Point-vetch | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 46366 | |||||
Polygonum lapathifolium var. salicifolium | Dock-leaf Smartweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84639 | |||||
Corispermum orientale | Oriental Tick-seed | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 55085 | |||||
Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra | Pacific Willow | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91904 | |||||
Collomia tinctoria | Yellow-staining Collomia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50758 | |||||
Eragrostis lutescens | Six-weeks Lovegrass | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 41691 | |||||
Brickellia microphylla var. scabra | Littleleaf Brickell-bush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88480 | |||||
Picea engelmannii | Engelmann Spruce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61880 | |||||
Ambrosia tomentosa | Skeleton-leaf Bursage | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49028 | |||||
Aquilegia flavescens var. miniata | Yellow Columbine | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86869 | ||||||
Carex fissuricola | Cleft Sedge | Species | Plant | SNR | 57490 | ||||||
Lupinus lepidus var. sellulus | Stool Lupine | Variety | Plant | G4T2 | S2 | 83128 | |||||
Atriplex gardneri | Gardner's Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53401 | |||||
Lesquerella occidentalis | Western Bladderpod | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 42781 | |||||
Rubus leucodermis var. leucodermis | White-stemmed Raspberry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90457 | |||||
Carex praeceptorum | Teacher's Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51565 | |||||
Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | G3 | S1 | 44839 | |||
Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | |||
Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Proposed Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 |