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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| 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 | ||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Proposed Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| 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 | |||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | |||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | G3 | S1 | 44839 | |||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Ambrosia trifida | Great Ragweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40104 | |||||
| Melica spectabilis | Showy Melicgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57757 | |||||
| Phacelia ramosissima var. subglabra | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 93583 | |||||||
| Carex x physocarpioides | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79195 | ||||||
| Hackelia hispida var. hispida | Rough Stickseed | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 83604 | |||||
| Orobanche ludoviciana ssp. multiflora | Many-flower Broomrape | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85294 | |||||
| Potentilla multisecta | Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G3G4Q | SNR | 59053 | |||||
| Erigeron concinnus | Navajo Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 50627 | |||||
| Epilobium canum ssp. garrettii | Hummingbird Flower | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 87552 | |||||
| Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum | Beautiful Jacob's-ladder | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 87916 | |||||
| Beckmannia syzigachne | American Sloughgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54019 | |||||
| Sparganium erectum | Simple-stem Bur-reed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60608 | |||||
| Eriogonum alatum | Winged Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55480 | |||||
| Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa | Black Cottonwood | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89872 | |||||
| Carex proposita | Smoky Mountain Sedge | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 45549 | |||||
| Pyrrocoma hirta | Tacky Goldenweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S3 | 47011 | |||||
| Piperia elegans | Hillside Rein Orchid | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 39419 | |||||
| Prenanthes sagittata | Arrow-leaf Rattlesnake-root | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56046 | |||||
| Stenotus lanuginosus | Woolly Golden-weed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43930 | |||||
| Penstemon subglaber | Smooth Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 52933 | |||||
| Antennaria rosea | Rosy Pussytoes | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47431 | |||||
| Maianthemum racemosum ssp. amplexicaule | Solomon's-plume | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92074 | |||||
| Crepis modocensis | Siskiyou Hawk's-beard | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 61229 | |||||
| Physaria didymocarpa | Double Twinpod | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 59413 | |||||
| Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum | Common Woolly-sunflower | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88496 | |||||
| Sphenosciadium capitellatum | Swamp Whiteheads | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42067 | |||||
| Juniperus communis var. montana | Common Juniper | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 90433 | |||||
| Pedicularis bracteosa | Canadian Lousewort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42739 | |||||
| Carex emoryi | Emory's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57222 | |||||
| Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum | Western Wallflower | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92604 | |||||
| Sylvilagus floridanus | Eastern Cottontail | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 77057 | |||||
| Dryopteris expansa | Spreading Woodfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56583 | |||||
| Eriogonum spergulinum var. reddingianum | Spurry Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G4T3T4 | SNR | 89068 | |||||
| Polygonum punctatum | Dotted Smartweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58608 | |||||
| Rudbeckia occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western Coneflower | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87109 | |||||
| Icterus galbula | Baltimore Oriole | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15617 | |||||
| Eriogonum pusillum | Low Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44709 | |||||
| Carex albonigra | Black-and-white Scale Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53598 | |||||
| Stachys palustris | Marsh Hedge-nettle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45013 | |||||
| Senecio streptanthifolius var. oodes | Rocky Mountain Butterweed | Variety | Plant | G5TNRQ | SNR | 85837 | |||||
| Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata | Virgate Scorpionweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 83216 | |||||
| Chenopodium salinum | Rocky Mountain Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40338 | |||||
| Lewisia pygmaea | Alpine Bitterroot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48663 | |||||
| Orogenia fusiformis | Turkey-peas | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43391 | |||||
| Fontinalis antipyretica | Aquatic Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 37855 | |||||
| Rorippa teres | Marsh Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52480 | |||||
| Calamovilfa longifolia var. longifolia | Long-leaved Reed Grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85553 | |||||
| Galium trifidum ssp. columbianum | Small Bedstraw | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89646 | ||||||
| Cercocarpus ledifolius | Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59289 | |||||
| Aquilegia formosa | Crimson Columbine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50913 | |||||
| Eriogonum douglasii var. douglasii | Douglas' Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 91679 | |||||
| Valeriana sitchensis | Marsh Valerian | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60765 | |||||
| Gayophytum diffusum ssp. parviflorum | Spreading Groundsmoke | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88155 | |||||
| Erigeron glabellus var. pubescens | Smooth Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 91480 | |||||
| Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water-hemlock | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54199 | |||||
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Bog Buckbean | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55774 | |||||
| Falco rusticolus | Gyrfalcon | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17322 | |||||
| Carex backii | Back's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 41534 | |||||
| Carex siccata | Dry-spike Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62087 | |||||
| Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica | Wood Valerian | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90082 | |||||
| Linanthus harknessii | Harkness Linanthus | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 45759 | |||||
| Eritrichium nanum | Arctic Forget-me-not | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47241 | |||||
| Stipa californica | California Needlegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86436 | |||||
| Lupinus prunophilus | Hairy Big-leaf Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41038 | |||||
| Amaranthus powellii | Green Amaranth | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39600 | |||||
| Juncus xiphioides | Iris-leaf Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56202 | |||||
| Poa abbreviata ssp. pattersonii | Patterson's Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86776 | |||||
| Ammannia coccinea | Scarlet Ammannia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44228 | |||||
| Myosurus apetalus var. borealis | Bristly Mousetail | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 84386 | |||||
| Potamogeton friesii | Fries' Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47656 | |||||
| Iliamna rivularis var. rivularis | Streambank Globemallow | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92208 |
