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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42500 | |||||
| Agrostis scabra var. scabra | Rough Bentgrass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84166 | |||||
| Pectocarya penicillata | Short-leaf Combseed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51710 | |||||
| Vesicarpa potentilloides var. nitrophilum | False Chicken-sage | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 91383 | |||||
| Tonella floribunda | Large-flowered Tonella | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46880 | |||||
| Erigeron compositus var. compositus | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89969 | ||||||
| Sphaeralcea munroana | White-stem Globemallow | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 61259 | |||||
| Hesperochiron californicus | California Hesperochiron | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 58366 | |||||
| Artemisia campestris var. borealis | Pacific Wormwood | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 92790 | |||||
| Allium bisceptrum var. bisceptrum | Patis Onion | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 86388 | |||||
| Potamogeton foliosus | Leafy Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54139 | |||||
| Deschampsia cespitosa ssp. cespitosa | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84697 | ||||||
| Wyethia amplexicaulis | Northern Mule's-ears | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 52386 | |||||
| Lathyrus nevadensis var. nuttallii | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91966 | ||||||
| Achnatherum thurberiana | Thurber's Needlegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47555 | |||||
| Prunella vulgaris ssp. vulgaris | Self-heal | Subspecies | Plant | G5TU | SNR | 88541 | |||||
| Navarretia intertexta ssp. intertexta | Needle-leaf Navarretia | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86922 | |||||
| Montia parvifolia ssp. parvifolia | Little-leaf Miner's-lettuce | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 83189 | |||||
| Penstemon gairdneri | Gairdner's Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 50471 | |||||
| Viola palustris | Alpine Marsh Violet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59064 | |||||
| Spartina gracilis | Alkali Cordgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45776 | |||||
| Camissonia pterosperma | Winged-seed Evening Primrose | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S2 | 48636 | ||||
| Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora | Elegant Rockcress | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89102 | ||||||
| Hordeum pusillum | Little Barley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57084 | |||||
| Langloisia setosissima | Bristly Langloisia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 43862 | |||||
| Petradoria pumila | Grassy Rock-goldenrod | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53101 | |||||
| Castilleja hispida ssp. acuta | Harsh Indian-paintbrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 92459 | |||||
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Tall Dropseed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 83761 | |||||
| Claytonia megarhiza | Alpine Springbeauty | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48290 | |||||
| Rorippa alpina | Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 51190 | |||||
| Lathyrus nevadensis ssp. lanceolatus | Sierra Nevada Peavine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91022 | |||||
| Lathyrus polyphyllus | Many-leaf Peavine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNA | 39562 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum lanceolatum | Panicled Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59769 | |||||
| Urtica dioica | Stinging Nettle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46400 | |||||
| Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flat-spine Sheepburr | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87516 | |||||
| Ranunculus aquatilis | White Water Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55454 | |||||
| Sphenosciadium capitellatum | Swamp Whiteheads | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42067 | |||||
| Thysanocarpus curvipes | Fringepod | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53716 | |||||
| Erigeron linearis | Linearleaf Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40229 | |||||
| Xanthium strumarium | Rough Cocklebur | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49331 | |||||
| Artemisia cana ssp. viscidula | Mountain Silver Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89673 | ||||||
| Helianthus maximiliani | Maximillian Sunflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44636 | |||||
| Pomoxis nigromaculatus | Black Crappie | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17591 | |||||
| Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora | Small Six-weeks Grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88195 | |||||
| Pascopyrum smithii | Western Wheatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56102 | |||||
| Ageratina herbacea | Fragrant Thorough-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42796 | |||||
| Mimulus nanus | Dwarf Purple Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47100 | |||||
| Nemophila kirtleyi | Snake Canyon Nemophila | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 49920 | |||||
| Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus | Sagebrush Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90127 | |||||
| Selaginella douglasii | Douglas Spike-moss | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 61451 | |||||
| Artemisia biennis | Biennial Wormwood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45280 | |||||
| Phacelia ramosissima var. subglabra | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 93583 | |||||||
| Viola adunca var. adunca | Sand Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86565 | |||||
| Phlox austromontana | Desert Mountain Phlox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40933 | |||||
| Mentzelia dispersa var. dispersa | Mada Stickleaf | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 84938 | |||||
| Petrophyton caespitosum | Caespitose Rockmat | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52667 | |||||
| Minuartia pusilla | Dwarf Stitchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47784 | |||||
| Lupinus cusickii ssp. cusickii | Cusick's Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G1T1 | SNR | 90666 | |||||
| Cirsium eatonii | Eaton's Thistle | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 56669 | |||||
| Nama densum | Matted Fiddleleaf | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43472 | |||||
| Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16439 | |||||
| Ranunculus gmelinii var. purshii | Small Yellow Water-crowfoot | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87096 | |||||
| Angelica kingii | Nevada Angelica | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 55033 | ||||
| Eriogonum umbellatum var. dichrocephalum | Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 83416 | |||||
| Lycopus uniflorus | Northern Bugleweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50686 | |||||
| Eriogonum strictum | Blue Mountain Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 45997 | |||||
| Camassia quamash | Common Camassia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48886 | |||||
| Sparganium emersum | Simplestem Bur-reed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57387 | |||||
| Salix glauca | Gray Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 44086 | |||||
| Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17192 | |||||
| Erigeron chrysopsidis ssp. chrysopsidis | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T4 | SNR | 85605 | ||||||
| Carex lenticularis var. lipocarpa | Shore Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87778 | |||||
| Festuca ovina | Ovina Fescue | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 53303 | |||||
| Carex canescens ssp. canescens | Hoary Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83985 | |||||
| Sporobolus compositus | Tall Dropseed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51433 | |||||
| Rorippa curvisiliqua var. nuttallii | Curve-pod Yellowcress | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91201 | |||||
| Didelphis virginiana | Virginia Opossum | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 19794 | |||||
| Polygonum buxiforme | Small's Knotweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39787 | |||||
| Eurybia merita | Arctic Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60009 | |||||
| Artemisia biennis var. biennis | Biennial Wormwood | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89777 | |||||
| Carex leporinella | Sierran Hare Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55767 | |||||
| Fulica americana | American Coot | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B,S4N | 17800 | |||||
| Scirpus microcarpus | Small-fruit Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61052 | |||||
| Hulsea algida | Alpine Hulsea | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 42332 | |||||
| Cryptantha circumscissa var. circumscissa | Cushion Cat's-eye | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92607 | |||||
| Lupinus argenteus ssp. spathulatus | Silvery Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86170 | ||||||
| Taxus brevifolia | Pacific Yew | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53958 | |||||
| Lupinus x alpestris | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79324 | ||||||
| Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. spathulatum | Western Bog Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 91714 | |||||
| Penstemon attenuatus var. pseudoprocerus | Taper-leaf Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 88371 | |||||
| Asclepias fascicularis | Narrowleaf Milkweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56283 | |||||
| Arabis williamsii | Wind River Rockcress | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 43008 | |||||
| Lupinus arbustus ssp. arbustus | Long-spur Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 86750 | |||||
| Agrostis idahoensis | Idaho Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52198 | |||||
| Lathyrus nevadensis ssp. nevadensis | Sierra Nevada Peavine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 82999 | |||||
| Thelypodium laciniatum | Cut-leaf Thelypody | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 50235 | |||||
| Lophozia guttulata | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 36572 | ||||||
| Conyza canadensis | Canada Horseweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61688 | |||||
| Pteryxia terebinthina var. terebinthina | Turpentine Wavewing | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88938 | |||||
| Stipa nevadensis | Nevada Needlegrass | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56801 |
