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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melica stricta | Nodding Melicgrass | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 57992 | ||||
| Oreohelix idahoensis baileyi | A Land Snail (Hells Canyon) | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G1G2T1 | S1 | 81933 | |||||
| Lota lota | Burbot | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 16458 | ||
| Cladonia andereggii | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G1 | S1 | 33967 | ||||
| Angelica kingii | Nevada Angelica | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 55033 | ||||
| Oreohelix hammeri | Seven Devils Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 27365 | ||||
| Telesonix heucheriformis | False Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 46037 | |||||
| Mimulus alsinoides | Chickweed Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 46265 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Artemisia campestris | Pacific Wormwood | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52716 | |||||
| Orogenia fusiformis | Turkey-peas | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43391 | |||||
| Flabellorhagidia pecki | A Cave Obligate Mite | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 32397 | ||||
| Eutrochium maculatum var. bruneri | Joe Pye Weed | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5Q | S1 | 91111 | |||||
| Sphagnum mendocinum | Peatmoss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 33723 | ||||
| Meesia longiseta | Meesia | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 36240 | ||||
| Tritomaria exsecta | Little Brownwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 37584 | |||||
| Hierochloe odorata | Vanilla Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40044 | |||||
| Securicauda hermani | Rocky Mountain Axetail | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1474102 | ||||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Urocitellus canus | Merriam's Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 16552 | |||
| Viola septentrionalis | Northern Woodland Violet | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54235 | ||||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Proposed Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Lomatium brunsfeldianum | Brunsfeld's lomatium | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 605773 | |||||
| Melanoplus papyraedus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 20290 | |||||
| Pogogyne serpylloides | Thyme-like Mesamint | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41092 | |||||
| Eriogonum douglasii | Douglas' Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 58105 | |||||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Solanum heterodoxum | Different-glory Nightshade | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 48828 | |||||
| Speleomaster pecki | A Cave Obligate Harvestman | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 21993 | ||||
| Eremogone kingii var. glabrescens | King's Sandwort | Subspecies | Plant | GNR | S1 | 84334 | |||||
| Chrysosplenium tetrandrum | Northern Golden-carpet | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43753 | |||||
| Micranthes bryophora | Bud Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60726 | |||||
| Astragalus packardiae | Packard's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G5T1 | S1 | 91221 | ||||
| Grimmia brittoniae | Britton's Dry Rock Moss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 34388 | ||||
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis | Gold-back Fern | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 92353 | |||
| Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S1 | 56517 | ||||
| Astragalus shultziorum | Shultz's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3Q | S1 | 56931 | |||||
| Botrychium crenulatum | Crenulate Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 57205 | |||
| Boechera rollinsiorum | Rockcress | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 1372568 | |||||
| Carex lachenalii | Artic Hare's-foot Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42566 | |||||
| Mirabilis linearis | Narrow-leaved Umbrella-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59991 | |||||
| Entosphenus tridentatus | Pacific Lamprey | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17473 | ||
| Xanthoparmelia idahoensis | Idaho Range Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | Sensitive | G1 | S1 | 34103 | |||
| Calypogeia integristipula | Meylan's Pouchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 35589 | |||||
| Diphasiastrum alpinum | Alpine Clubmoss | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 45887 | |||||
| Cryptantha caespitosa | Tufted Cryptantha | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 56673 | ||||
| Carex tenera | Slender Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40573 | |||||
| Claytonia multiscapa | Yellow Spring Beauty | Species | Plant | 4 | G4? | S1 | 77355 | ||||
| Capnia zukeli | Idaho Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30657 | ||||
| Sympistis utahensis | A Moth | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | 1474622 | |||||
| Peromyscus truei | Pinyon Deermouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S1 | 15694 | |||||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Musineon lineare | Rydberg's Musineon | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 44643 | |||||
| Eriogonum sp. 4 | War Eagle Mountain Buckwheat | Species | Plant | GNR | S1 | 67693 | |||||
| Cladonia luteoalba | Reindeer Lichen | Species | Fungi | G2G3 | S1 | 36274 | |||||
| Phacelia thermalis | Hot Spring Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | G3G4 | S1 | 45821 | ||||
| Astragalus asotinensis | Asotin Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 93763 | ||||
| Branchinecta raptor | Raptor Fairy Shrimp | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 3 | 78116 | ||||
| Astragalus bisulcatus | Two-groove Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42215 | |||||
| Botrychium ascendens | Triangular-lobed Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 43173 | ||||
| Ludwigia polycarpa | Many-fruit False-loosestrife | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 53399 | |||||
| Potentilla bipinnatifida | Prairie Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53642 | |||||
| Ribes sanguineum | Red-flowered Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60594 | |||||
| Ulota megalospora | Large-spored Ulota | Species | Plant | G3G5 | S1 | 34919 | |||||
| Hookeria lucens | Light Hookeria | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 38587 | ||||
| Hackelia sp. 1 | Sleeping Deer Mountain Stickseed | Species | Plant | G1Q | S1 | 39688 | |||||
| Bromus sitchensis var. aleutensis | Aleutian Brome | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | S1 | 92608 | |||||
| Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis | Boreal Wormwood | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 92792 | |||||
| Mentzelia congesta | Congested Stickleaf | Species | Plant | 4 | G5 | S1 | 47594 | ||||
| Thalictrum dasycarpum | Purple Meadow-rue | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52155 | |||||
| Calandrinia ciliata | Red Maids | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 42156 | |||||
| Cicindela waynei | Bruneau Dune Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 22295 | |||
| Bidens beckii | Beck's Water-marigold | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 83944 | |||||
| Abronia elliptica | Dwarf Sandverbena | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43328 | |||||
| Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
| Utacapnia nedia | Boise Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 24946 | ||||
| Tayloria serrata | Serrate Tayloria | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 33384 | |||||
| Orthotrichum hallii | Hall's Orthotrichum Moss | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 34673 | ||||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Amphidium californicum | A Moss | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 35830 | |||||
| Hymenoxys cooperi var. canescens | Cooper's Goldflower | Variety | Plant | 4 | G4G5T4 | S1 | 86225 | ||||
| Astragalus tetrapterus | Four-wing Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G4G5 | S1 | 40207 | ||||
| Paraleptophlebia vaciva | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | 29013 | |||||
| Poa paucispicula | Alaska Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 93485 | |||||
| Oreohelix haydeni | Lyrate Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 29323 | ||||
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Roundleaf Water-hyssop | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 51348 | |||||
| Eleocharis mamillata | Soft-stem Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41539 | |||||
| Botrychium hesperium | Western Moonwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 59286 | |||||
| Potentilla paradoxa | Bushy Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 43502 | ||||
| Oreohelix intersum | Deep Slide Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | Tier 2 | 25169 | ||||
| Haematomma ochroleucum | Yellow Bloodstain Lichen | Species | Fungi | G5 | S1 | 35660 | |||||
| Carex crawei | Craw Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 55277 | |||||
| Salix pseudomonticola | False Mountain Willow | Species | Plant | 3 | G4G5 | S1 | 55530 | ||||
| Pyrrocoma integrifolia | Entire-leaved Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S1 | 46335 | ||||
| Douglasia conservatorum | Bloom Peak Douglasia | Species | Plant | G2G3 | S1 | 93777 | |||||
| Monardella angustifolia | Leslie Gulch Monardella | Species | Plant | 2 | G1 | S1 | 1345281 | ||||
| Mirabilis linearis var. linearis | Narrowleaf Four-o'clock | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | S1 | 1879168 | |||||
| Draba fladnizensis | Austrian Draba | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 41057 | |||||
| Cicindela columbica | Columbia River Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30014 | |||
| Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 48767 |
