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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salvia dorrii ssp. dorrii | Gray Ball Sage | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89318 | |||||
| Carex scirpoidea ssp. scirpoidea | Canadian Single-spike Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87843 | |||||
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58608 | |||||
| Eriogonum ochrocephalum | Ocher-flowered Wild-buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 45655 | |||||
| Oxytropis lagopus var. lagopus | Hare's-foot Point-vetch | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T4 | SNR | 84033 | |||||
| Senecio triangularis | Arrow-leaf Groundsel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54379 | |||||
| Trillium ovatum | Western Trillium | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43732 | |||||
| Juncus effusus var. effusus | Soft Rush | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 91290 | |||||
| Ambrosia coronopifolia | Western Ragweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52618 | |||||
| Carex brunnescens | Brownish Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39386 | |||||
| Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89832 | |||||
| Veratrum californicum | California False Hellebore | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61095 | |||||
| Comandra umbellata | Umbellate Bastard Toad-flax | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48109 | |||||
| Gallinago delicata | Wilson's Snipe | Species | Bird | G5 | S3N,S4B | 17532 | |||||
| Carex incurviformis var. incurviformis | Maritime Sedge | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5Q | SNR | 86234 | |||||
| Dicentra formosa | Pacific Bleedinghearts | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56633 | |||||
| Phlox viridis ssp. viridis | Green Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 84559 | |||||
| Scirpus nevadensis | Nevada Bulrush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55011 | |||||
| Streptopus amplexifolius | Clasping Twisted-stalk | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41891 | |||||
| Psilocarphus brevissimus var. brevissimus | Dwarf Woolly-heads | Variety | Plant | G4T4? | S2 | 91781 | |||||
| Petasites frigidus | Arctic Butter-bur | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50663 | |||||
| Lemna valdiviana | Pale Duckweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40084 | |||||
| Salix lasiolepis var. bigelovii | Arroyo Willow | Variety | Plant | G5T1T3Q | SNR | 88422 | |||||
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59289 | |||||
| Gentiana fremontii | Moss Gentian | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 48849 | |||||
| Gavia immer | Common Loon | Species | Bird | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S1B,S2N | Tier 2 | 15698 | ||
| Asclepias incarnata ssp. incarnata | Purple Milkweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86798 | |||||
| Poa reflexa | Nodding Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57343 | |||||
| Lomatium macrocarpum | Large-fruit Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44465 | |||||
| Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum | Nevada Greasebush | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83047 | |||||
| Stipa richardsonii | Canada Mountain Ricegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42667 | |||||
| Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis | Southern Naiad | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90374 | |||||
| Senecio streptanthifolius var. laetiflorus | Gay-flowered Groundsel | Variety | Plant | G5T3Q | SNR | 88968 | |||||
| Carex illota | Small-head Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59982 | |||||
| Arceuthobium campylopodum | Western Dwarf-mistletoe | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46958 | |||||
| Androsace occidentalis | Western Rock-jasmine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55747 | |||||
| Vaccinium myrtillus var. oreophilum | Whortleberry | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 92329 | |||||
| Cyperus esculentus var. esculentus | Chufa Flatsedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83630 | |||||
| Castilleja flava | Yellow Paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53910 | |||||
| Gilia capitata | Blue Field Gilia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40777 | |||||
| Arabis holboellii var. retrofracta | Holboell's Rockcress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90880 | |||||
| Ivesia gordonii | Gordon's Ivesia | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 49510 | |||||
| Lanius excubitor | Northern Shrike | Species | Bird | G5 | S3N | 16436 | |||||
| Ericameria nauseosa var. leiosperma | Rubber Rabbitbrush | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 87394 | |||||
| Alopecurus alpinus | Mountain Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58121 | |||||
| Lysichiton americanus | Yellow Skunk-cabbage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60648 | |||||
| Kalmia polifolia | Pale Laurel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47637 | |||||
| Piranga rubra | Summer Tanager | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17083 | |||||
| Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 85840 | |||||||
| Maianthemum dilatatum | False Lily-of-the-Valley | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56245 | |||||
| Isoetes howellii | Howell's Quillwort | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 43315 | |||||
| Veronica wormskjoldii var. wormskjoldii | Alpine Speedwell | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 93216 | |||||
| Erythronium grandiflorum | Large-flower Yellow Fawnlily | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 52153 | |||||
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19671 | |||||
| Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa | Choke Cherry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89554 | |||||
| Potamogeton epihydrus | Nuttall's Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50165 | |||||
| Cuscuta indecora var. neuropetala | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88022 | ||||||
| Cleome lutea | Yellow Spiderflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58820 | |||||
| Mentha canadensis | Canadian Mint | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45839 | |||||
| Thermopsis rhombifolia | Roundleaf Thermopsis | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54629 | |||||
| Clarkia rhomboidea | Tongue Clarkia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56775 | |||||
| Eurybia sibirica | Siberian Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43924 | |||||
| Descurainia incana ssp. incisa | Mountain Tansy-mustard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91433 | |||||
| Antennaria howellii | Small Pussytoes | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39571 | |||||
| Polygonum polygaloides ssp. polygaloides | White-margin Knotweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5TNR | SNR | 90032 | |||||
| Eriophorum gracile | Slender Cotton-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48362 | |||||
| Viola beckwithii ssp. beckwithii | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86461 | ||||||
| Crassula aquatica | Water Pygmyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59483 | |||||
| Dryas drummondii | Yellow Mountain-avens | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46479 | |||||
| Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis | Short-awn Foxtail | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84775 | |||||
| Caulanthus pilosus | Hairy Wild-cabbage | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55212 | |||||
| Sagittaria cuneata | Wapatum Arrowhead | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42189 | |||||
| Epilobium ciliatum ssp. ciliatum | Hairy Willowherb | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92012 | |||||
| Eriastrum sparsiflorum | Few-flowered Eriastrum | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 50941 | |||||
| Camissonia boothii | Booth's Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40326 | |||||
| Microtus montanus | Montane Vole | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 18453 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri | Smooth Blue Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88592 | |||||
| Physalis heterophylla var. heterophylla | Clammy Ground-cherry | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86975 | ||||||
| Castilleja cusickii | Cusick's Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 44698 | |||||
| Acer negundo var. violaceum | Box-elder | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83235 | |||||
| Vulpia octoflora | Slender 8-flowered Fescue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55892 | |||||
| Silene drummondii var. striata | Drummond's Campion | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90558 | |||||
| Erigeron ursinus | Bear River Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 51684 | |||||
| Hypogymnia enteromorpha | Tube Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4 | S3 | 35632 | |||||
| Buteo lagopus | Rough-legged Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | S4N | 19112 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus var. strigosus | Daisy Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89157 | |||||
| Astragalus ceramicus | Pottery Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 60189 | |||||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 |
