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 | |||||
| Petasites frigidus var. palmatus | Sweet Coltsfoot | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 90290 | ||||
| Saxifraga subapetala | Yellowstone Saxifrage | Species | Plant | SNR | 61666 | ||||||
| Saxifraga cernua | Nodding Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 51285 | |||||
| Sphagnum mendocinum | Peatmoss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 33723 | ||||
| Erigeron acris | Bitter Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59851 | |||||
| Tonella floribunda | Large-flowered Tonella | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46880 | |||||
| Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius | Water-plantain Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85085 | |||||
| Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. cognatum | Canada Gooseberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 92222 | |||||
| Machaeranthera canescens var. canescens | Hoary Tansy-aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83572 | |||||
| Ipomopsis tenuituba | Slender-trumpet Standing-cypress | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 53801 | |||||
| Chenopodium berlandieri var. berlandieri | Goosefoot | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 90809 | |||||
| Frasera albicaulis | Purple Green-gentian | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 49429 | |||||
| Lobaria hallii | Hall's Lungwort | Species | Fungi | G4? | S3 | 37192 | |||||
| Synthyris pinnatifida var. pinnatifida | Cut-leaf Kittentail | Variety | Plant | G4T2T4 | SNR | 87282 | |||||
| Asclepias subverticillata | Bedstraw Milkweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 58013 | |||||
| Spizella passerina | Chipping Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17318 | |||||
| Chamaesyce maculata | Spotted Spurge | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 47547 | |||||
| Passerculus sandwichensis | Savannah Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17889 | |||||
| Dodecatheon conjugens var. conjugens | Bonneville Shootingstar | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85776 | |||||
| Ranunculus gelidus | Arctic Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56184 | |||||
| Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis | Boreal Wormwood | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 92792 | |||||
| Monolepis nuttalliana | Nuttall's Poverty-weed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52086 | |||||
| Carex mertensii | Merten's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41287 | |||||
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 19547 | |||||
| Nama densum var. parviflorum | Compact Fiddleleaf | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89438 | |||||
| Chenopodium atrovirens | Dark Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60600 | |||||
| Oxalis trilliifolia | Trillium-leaved Wood-sorrel | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50049 | |||||
| Polemonium foliosissimum var. alpinum | Leafy Jacob's-ladder | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87933 | |||||
| Acer negundo | Box-elder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58750 | |||||
| Poecile gambeli | Mountain Chickadee | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 16220 | |||||
| Artemisia ludoviciana | White Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45781 | |||||
| Helianthus nuttallii ssp. nuttallii | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84146 | ||||||
| Piperia elongata | Dense-flower Rein Orchid | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 54499 | |||||
| Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43873 | |||||
| Juncus bufonius var. bufonius | Toad Rush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91357 | |||||
| Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52745 | |||||
| Rudbeckia hirta | Black-eyed-Susan | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39525 | |||||
| Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. hendersonii | Henderson's Currant | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89950 | |||||
| Claytonia megarhiza | Alpine Springbeauty | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48290 | |||||
| Astragalus iodanthus var. iodanthus | Violet Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86360 | |||||
| Papaver radicatum | Arctic Poppy | Species | Plant | G5 | SH | 46412 | |||||
| Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens | Hoary Tansy-aster | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84673 | |||||
| Shepherdia canadensis | Canada Buffaloberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55106 | |||||
| Machaeranthera grindelioides var. grindelioides | Rayless Tansy-aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91950 | |||||
| Penstemon diphyllus | Two-leaf Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 50804 | |||||
| Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha | Starvation Cactus | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88521 | |||||
| Phalaropus fulicarius | Red Phalarope | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 61935 | |||||
| Chaenactis stevioides | Desert Pincushion | Species | Plant | 4 | G5 | S2 | 49045 | ||||
| Hackelia micrantha | Blue Stickseed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57511 | |||||
| Triglochin maritima | Common Bog Arrow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44638 | |||||
| Lycopodium clavatum var. clavatum | Running-pine | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83160 | |||||
| Tetradymia glabrata | Littleleaf Horsebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53414 | |||||
| Oenothera brachycarpa | Short-fruit Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 42799 | |||||
| Arnica chamissonis var. andina | Leafy Leopardbane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90470 | |||||
| Lewisia triphylla | Three-leaf Bitterroot | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 51587 | |||||
| Acer grandidentatum var. grandidentatum | Bigtooth Maple | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 89081 | |||||
| Hymenoxys richardsonii | Richardson's Bitterweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60091 | |||||
| Minuartia pusilla var. pusilla | Dwarf Stitchwort | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85315 | |||||
| Carex atratiformis | Black Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58243 | |||||
| Gaultheria humifusa | Alpine Spicy Wintergreen | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45283 | |||||
| Cardamine breweri var. breweri | Brewer's Bittercress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92427 | |||||
| Calamagrostis stricta ssp. inexpansa | New England Northern Reedgrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83737 | |||||
| Juncus nodosus | Knotted Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54064 | |||||
| Lomatium nuttallii | Nuttall's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 40936 | |||||
| Carex misandra | Few-flowered Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNA | 49670 | |||||
| Thalictrum fendleri var. fendleri | Fendler's Meadowrue | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87484 | |||||
| Osmerus mordax | Rainbow Smelt | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17543 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus americanus | Three-square Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60802 | |||||
| Sambucus racemosa | Red Elderberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47777 | |||||
| Lepomis cyanellus | Green Sunfish | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 18179 | |||||
| Blepharipappus scaber ssp. scaber | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85960 | ||||||
| Senecio streptanthifolius | Cleftleaf Ragwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 56337 | |||||
| Nama densum | Matted Fiddleleaf | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43472 | |||||
| Pomoxis annularis | White Crappie | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 19841 | |||||
| Helianthella uniflora var. uniflora | Rocky Mountain Rockrose | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89653 | ||||||
| Grindelia nana | Idaho Gumweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50334 | |||||
| Circaea alpina ssp. pacifica | Small Enchanter's-nightshade | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 88167 | |||||
| Juncus hemiendytus | Herman's Dwarf Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58931 | |||||
| Sterna paradisaea | Arctic Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16439 | |||||
| Eriogonum strictum | Blue Mountain Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 45997 | |||||
| Calamagrostis stricta ssp. stricta | Northern Reedgrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84357 | |||||
| Calochortus eurycarpus | Big-pod Mariposa Lily | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56923 | |||||
| Salix glauca | Gray Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 44086 | |||||
| Najas flexilis | Slender Naiad | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52959 | |||||
| Antennaria arcuata | Meadow Pussytoes | Species | Plant | G3 | S1 | 39727 | |||||
| Veratrum californicum var. caudatum | California False Helleborne | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 90104 | ||||||
| Oxytropis besseyi | Bessey's Locoweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 61420 | |||||
| Salix myrtillifolia | Myrtle-leaf Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48558 | |||||
| Dumetella carolinensis | Gray Catbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 18849 | |||||
| Rorippa tenerrima | Modoc County Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51051 | |||||
| Horkelia fusca ssp. capitata | Pine Woods Horkelia | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86544 | |||||
| Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina | Alpine Pincushion | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84918 | |||||
| Juniperus communis | Ground Juniper | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55328 | |||||
| Hulsea algida | Alpine Hulsea | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 42332 | |||||
| Eriogonum douglasii var. sublineare | Dougla's Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92078 | |||||
| Mimulus guttatus | Common Large Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53639 | |||||
| Rorippa curvisiliqua var. spatulata | Curve-pod Yellowcress | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88723 | |||||
| Dasiphora fruticosa | Golden-Hardhack | Species | Plant | SNR | 67953 | ||||||
| Eriogonum mancum | Imperfect Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 49185 |
