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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Fluminicola minutissimus | Pixie Pebblesnail | Species | Invertebrate | GH | SH | Tier 1 | 22375 | ||||
| Urocitellus endemicus | Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G2T1 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80667 | |||
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Arnica amplexicaulis | Stream-bank Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53187 | |||||
| Agrotis orthogonia | A Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S4 | 1474155 | |||||
| Scirpus pallidus | Pale Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44096 | |||||
| Cicindela hirticollis couleensis | Hairy-necked Tiger Beetle | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G5T3 | S3 | 82101 | |||||
| Saxifraga subapetala | Yellowstone Saxifrage | Species | Plant | SNR | 61666 | ||||||
| Tachysphex psammobius | A Thread-waisted Wasp | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476581 | |||||
| Saxifraga oppositifolia | Purple Mountain Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51282 | |||||
| Ranunculus flammula var. flammula | Lesser Spearwort | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 90227 | |||||
| Simulium meridionale | A Black Fly | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473899 | |||||
| Taenionema pacificum | Pacific Willowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S5 | 31793 | |||||
| Erigeron radicatus | Taprooted Fleabane | Species | Plant | G3G4 | S3 | 59850 | |||||
| Limonius canus | Pacific Coast Wireworm | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S5 | 1476081 | |||||
| Trionymus smithii | Smith Grass Mealybug | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473058 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. apricum | Leafy-bract Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 88811 | |||||
| Eriogonum prociduum | Prostrate Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 55592 | |||||
| Leymus flavescens | Sand Wildrye | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 47145 | |||||
| Sideridis uscripta | A Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S4 | 1474922 | |||||
| Vicia americana ssp. minor | American Purple Vetch | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85029 | |||||
| Lewisia kelloggii ssp. kelloggii | Subspecies | Plant | G3G4T2T3Q | SNR | 92587 | ||||||
| Podalonia atriceps | A Thread-waisted Wasp | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476922 | |||||
| Potentilla gracilis | Fanleaf Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53797 | |||||
| Festuca saximontana | Rocky Mountain Fescue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42341 | |||||
| Phacelia scopulina | Prostrate Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 45320 | |||||
| Egira crucialis | Crucialis Woodling Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S4 | 1474434 | |||||
| Bombus appositus | White-shouldered Bumble Bee | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S4 | 21264 | |||||
| Serropalpus substriatus | A False Darkling Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 73342 | |||||
| Amaranthus powellii | Green Amaranth | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39600 | |||||
| Trissolcus theste | A Scelionid Wasp | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476672 | |||||
| Hilarella hilarella | A Flesh Fly | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473401 | |||||
| Machaeranthera laetevirens | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40463 | ||||||
| Hesperophylax magnus | A Caddisfly | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | SNR | 68221 | |||||
| Galba dalli | Dusky Fossaria | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | SNA | 32900 | |||||
| Cymopterus glaucus | Grayish Spring-parsley | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 57993 | |||||
| Dulichium arundinaceum | Threeway Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49696 | |||||
| Chelostoma phaceliae | A Leafcutting Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1475586 | |||||
| Leonurus cardiaca ssp. cardiaca | Common Mother-wort | Subspecies | Plant | GNRTNR | SNA | 87236 | |||||
| Ceratochrysis perpulchra | A Cuckoo Wasp | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473148 | |||||
| Aquarius remigis | A Water Strider | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 24859 | |||||
| Sorex vagrans | Vagrant Shrew | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 19881 | |||||
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Crowfoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56180 | |||||
| Cygnus olor | Mute Swan | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15835 | |||||
| Myosotis stricta | Small-flowered Forget-me-not | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 47847 | |||||
| Andrena candidiformis | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1475084 | |||||
| Charadrius montanus | Mountain Plover | Species | Bird | G3 | SNA | 16542 | |||||
| Panicum dichotomiflorum var. dichotomiflorum | Spreading Panicgrass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83529 | |||||
| Penstemon cyananthus var. subglaber | Variety | Plant | G4T3? | SNR | 91148 | ||||||
| Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra | Red-stem Springbeauty | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85683 | |||||
| Alisma triviale | Northern Water-plantain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52076 | |||||
| Callophrys gryneus rosneri | Rosner's Hairstreak | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G5T4 | 2041757 | ||||||
| Aseptis paviae | An Aseptis Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNA | 1473996 | |||||
| Eleocharis obtusa | Blunt Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43036 | |||||
| Cervus canadensis | Elk | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 74374 | |||||
| Ribes hudsonianum | Northern Black Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60593 | |||||
| Nomada rubi | A Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476232 | |||||
| Dodecatheon dentatum ssp. dentatum | White Shootingstar | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 89370 | |||||
| Sepsis neocynipsea | A Black Scavenger Fly | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S5 | 1473745 | |||||
| Phacelia glandulosa | Glandular Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 58732 | |||||
| Poa alpina | Alpine Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50413 | |||||
| Hybomitra atrobasis | A Deer Fly | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1475714 | |||||
| Orconectes virilis | Virile Crayfish | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | SNA | 25571 | |||||
| Ponometia candefacta | Olive-shaded Bird-dropping Moth | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S3 | 29673 | |||||
| Polemonium elusum | Elusive Jacob's-ladder | Species | Plant | 3 | G1 | S1 | 400009 | ||||
| Caulanthus crassicaulis var. crassicaulis | Western Cabbage | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 87872 | ||||||
| Poa bolanderi | Bolander's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54487 | |||||
| Minuartia rubella | Boreal Stitchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46017 | |||||
| Hecatera dysodea | Small Ranunculus Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNA | 1474591 | |||||
| Festuca minutiflora | Small-flower Fescue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48572 | |||||
| Podmosta delicatula | Delicate Forestfly | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | SNR | 22386 | |||||
| Carpophilus pallipennis | A Sap Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 27029 | |||||
| Eriogonum alatum var. alatum | Winged Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84074 | |||||
| Silene drummondii var. drummondii | Drummond's Campion | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91627 | |||||
| Lasius crypticus | An Ant | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S5 | 1476768 | |||||
| Anemone multifida | Hudson Bay Anemone | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52729 | |||||
| Sancassania anomalus | A Mite | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1474089 | |||||
| Castilleja occidentalis | Western Indian paintbrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43686 | |||||
| Andrena thaspii | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 70349 | |||||
| Haematomma ochroleucum | Yellow Bloodstain Lichen | Species | Fungi | G5 | S1 | 35660 | |||||
| x Elyhordeum macounii | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79583 | ||||||
| Crepis modocensis | Siskiyou Hawk's-beard | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 61229 | |||||
| Perdita oregonensis | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476494 | |||||
| Lordotus apicula | A Bee Fly | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1473245 | |||||
| Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum | Ponderosa Pine | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89854 | ||||||
| Tharsalea dione | Gray Copper | Species | Invertebrate | G5 | S3 | 30957 | |||||
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56735 | |||||
| Anisodactylus californicus | A Ground Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1475252 | |||||
| Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17318 | |||||
| Megascops kennicottii | Western Screech-Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S1 | 17834 | |||||
| Thlaspi montanum var. montanum | Alpine Pennycress | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86317 | |||||
| Aphis helianthi | An Aphid | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1472994 | |||||
| Sisyrinchium montanum | Strict Blue-eyed-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55099 | |||||
| Rhamnus alnifolia | Alderleaf Buckthorn | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46650 | |||||
| Orgyia cana | A Tussock Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S4 | 1474742 | |||||
| Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana | Mountain Big Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 84611 | |||||
| Episyron snowi | A Spider Wasp | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | SNR | 1476858 | |||||
| Okanagana striatipes | A Cicada | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S5 | 1473841 | |||||
| Viola beckwithii | Beckwith's Violet | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 41832 |
