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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica | Wood Valerian | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90082 | |||||
| Mahonia nervosa | Long-leaf Oregon-grape | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61401 | |||||
| Isoetes bolanderi | Bolander's Quillwort | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 48507 | |||||
| Eriogonum brevicaule var. laxifolium | Varying Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G4T4? | S3 | 86510 | |||||
| Glyceria elata | Tall Mannagrass | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59590 | |||||
| Alisma gramineum | Narrow-leaf Water-plantain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46566 | |||||
| Stachys pilosa var. pilosa | Hairy Hedge-nettle | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 84856 | |||||
| Polygonum persicaria | Lady's Thumb | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 55269 | |||||
| Goodyera oblongifolia | Giant Rattlesnake-plantain | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 42281 | |||||
| Oenothera pallida ssp. pallida | Pale Evening-primrose | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4Q | SNR | 92055 | |||||
| Carex albonigra | Black-and-white Scale Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53598 | |||||
| Saxifraga odontoloma | Streambank Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40405 | |||||
| Ranunculus uncinatus var. uncinatus | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 88682 | ||||||
| Kelloggia galioides | Milky Kelloggia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49163 | |||||
| Corydalis caseana ssp. cusickii | Sierra Corydalis | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 87032 | ||||||
| Carex brevior | Fescue Sedge | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 57660 | |||||
| Grindelia columbiana | Columbian Gumweed | Species | Plant | G3? | SNR | 44780 | |||||
| Descurainia pinnata ssp. halictorum | Pinnate Tansy-mustard | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83306 | |||||
| Juncus confusus | Colorado Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42957 | |||||
| Erigeron concinnus var. condensatus | Navajo Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T4 | SNR | 90631 | |||||
| Mustela erminea | Ermine or Short-tailed Weasel | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17667 | |||||
| Physcia magnussonii | Species | Fungi | G3G4 | SNR | 35967 | ||||||
| Lupinus sellulus var. lobbii | Donner Lake Lupine | Variety | Plant | G4TNR | SNR | 89223 | |||||
| Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
| Salvia dorrii var. dorrii | Gray Ball Sage | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 85519 | |||||
| Botrychium multifidum | Leathery Grapefern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58440 | |||||
| Elymus alaskanus | Alaska Wild Rye | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45495 | |||||
| Vulpia microstachys var. ciliata | Small Six-weeks Grass | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83897 | |||||
| Cicuta maculata | Spotted Water-hemlock | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54199 | |||||
| Astragalus whitneyi | Whitney's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41072 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza hookeri var. hispidula | A Balsamroot | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91141 | |||||
| Arabis lemmonii | Lemmon's Rockcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52448 | |||||
| Waldsteinia idahoensis | Idaho Strawberry | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 39273 | |||
| Carex stipata var. stipata | Stalk-grain Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87687 | |||||
| Perideridia gairdneri | Gairdner's Yampah | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60978 | |||||
| Gymnosteris parvula | Small-flowered Gymnosteris | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 47923 | |||||
| Delphinium occidentale ssp. cucullatum | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86085 | |||||||
| Chenopodium fremontii | Fremont's Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43650 | |||||
| Gaura mollis | Velvet-leaved Gaura | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 46081 | |||||
| Apocynum x floribundum | Hybrid | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78985 | |||||
| Trisetum wolfii | Beardless Oats | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 54868 | |||||
| Picoides dorsalis | American Three-Toed Woodpecker | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 20015 | ||||
| Rosa gymnocarpa var. gymnocarpa | Wood Rose | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 91618 | ||||||
| Rorippa truncata | Wild Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50505 | |||||
| Phlox albomarginata ssp. diapensioides | Subspecies | Plant | G4TNR | SNR | 88299 | ||||||
| Allium cernuum | Nodding Onion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59105 | |||||
| Iva axillaris | Small-flowered Marsh-elder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48706 | |||||
| Pedicularis bracteosa var. bracteosa | Towering Lousewort | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84502 | |||||
| Salix brachycarpa | Short-fruit Willow | Species | Plant | SNR | 57141 | ||||||
| Phacelia leptosepala | Narrow-sepal Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 44308 | |||||
| Montia dichotoma | Dwarf Miner's-lettuce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53152 | |||||
| Impatiens aurella | Pale-yellow Jewel-weed | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 61591 | |||||
| Osmorhiza berteroi | Chilean Sweet-cicely | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51258 | |||||
| Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata | Tufted Evening-primrose | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88828 | |||||
| Vahlodea atropurpurea | Mountain Hairgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46850 | |||||
| Eudocimus albus | White Ibis | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15305 | |||||
| Arenaria congesta var. subcongesta | Capitate Sandwort | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85042 | |||||
| Salix lasiolepis | Arroyo Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55529 | |||||
| Draba praealta | Tall Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44953 | |||||
| Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula | Sideoats Grama | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92195 | |||||
| Ellisia nyctelea | Nyctelea | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53763 | |||||
| Astragalus utahensis | Utah Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40629 | |||||
| Zigadenus elegans ssp. elegans | Mountain Deathcamas | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90744 | |||||
| Lomatium cous | Cous-root Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49380 | |||||
| Astragalus kentrophyta var. tegetarius | Spiny Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 87239 | |||||
| Cornus sericea | Red-osier Dogwood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47490 | |||||
| Ranunculus alismifolius var. davisii | Water-plantain Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 85693 | |||||
| Xerophyllum tenax | Western Turkeybeard | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56139 | |||||
| Geranium viscosissimum | Sticky Geranium | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43194 | |||||
| Heterotheca villosa var. scabra | Hairy False Goldenaster | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 92776 | |||||
| Branta canadensis | Canada Goose | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B,S5N | 74431 | |||||
| Carex pellita | Woolly Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52048 | |||||
| Erigeron bloomeri | Bloomer's Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41225 | |||||
| Quiscalus quiscula | Common Grackle | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 19468 | |||||
| Hymenopappus filifolius var. lugens | Fineleaf Woolly-white | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 89388 | |||||
| Dryopteris campyloptera | Mountain Woodfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60519 | |||||
| Regulus satrapa | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 16028 | |||||
| Salix discolor | Pussy Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49994 | |||||
| Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. latifolius | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87882 | ||||||
| Agoseris aurantiaca | Orange-flowered False-dandelion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58692 | |||||
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | G3 | S1 | 44839 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | |||
| 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 | |
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| 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 |
