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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mertensia cusickii | Toiyabe Bluebells | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 52714 | |||||
| Ribes cereum | Wax Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61196 | |||||
| Ammospermophilus leucurus | White-tailed Antelope Squirrel | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17612 | |||||
| Carex deflexa | Short-stemmed Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56714 | |||||
| Carex parryana var. parryana | Parry's Sedge | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 84836 | |||||
| Castilleja applegatei | Wavyleaf Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46352 | |||||
| Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons | Fendler's Waterleaf | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 92034 | |||||
| Corispermum orientale | Oriental Tick-seed | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 55085 | |||||
| Phlox viridis ssp. compacta | Green Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88641 | |||||
| Collomia tinctoria | Yellow-staining Collomia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50758 | |||||
| Aechmophorus clarkii | Clark's Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | Tier 2 | 18337 | ||||
| Astragalus miser var. miser | Timber Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 87013 | |||||
| Chaetadelpha wheeleri | Wheeler's Skeleton-weed | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 61881 | |||||
| Ambrosia tomentosa | Skeleton-leaf Bursage | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49028 | |||||
| Carex luzulina var. luzulina | Woodrush Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 83278 | |||||
| Carex fissuricola | Cleft Sedge | Species | Plant | SNR | 57490 | ||||||
| Eriogonum inerme | Unarmed Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G3? | SNR | 44599 | |||||
| Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum | Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90601 | |||||
| Atriplex gardneri | Gardner's Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53401 | |||||
| Cleome lutea var. lutea | Yellow Spider-flower | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89199 | |||||
| Carex praeceptorum | Teacher's Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51565 | |||||
| Ulota megalospora | Large-spored Ulota | Species | Plant | G3G5 | S1 | 34919 | |||||
| Pentagramma triangularis | Western Gold Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60065 | |||||
| Chenopodium overi | Over's Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47072 | |||||
| Lagophylla ramosissima | Slender Hareleaf | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58186 | |||||
| Platanthera hyperborea | Leafy Northern Green Orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45239 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum chilense | Pacific American-aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40915 | |||||
| Phlox diffusa ssp. subcarinata | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87670 | ||||||
| Erigeron engelmannii var. engelmannii | Engelmann's Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86043 | |||||
| Arabis drummondii | Drummond's Rockcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47756 | |||||
| Pimephales promelas | Fathead Minnow | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 17205 | |||||
| Betula x utahensis | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78931 | ||||||
| Grindelia howellii | Howell's Gumweed | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 56331 | ||||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Spergularia salina var. salina | Saltmarsh Sandspurry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91608 | |||||
| Zannichellia palustris | Horned Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52273 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza hookeri | Hooker's Balsamroot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41486 | |||||
| Woodsia oregana ssp. oregana | Oregon Woodsia (Diploid) | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 88265 | |||||
| Carex deweyana | Short-scale Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50284 | |||||
| Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis | Lanceleaf Springbeauty | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84471 | |||||
| Iris missouriensis | Western Blue Iris | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58922 | |||||
| Gayophytum racemosum | Racemed Groundsmoke | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45979 | |||||
| Vaccinium myrtillus | Whortleberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44043 | |||||
| Eriogonum strictum ssp. proliferum | Blue Mountain Wild Buckwheat | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90215 | |||||
| Picea pungens | Blue Spruce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52936 | |||||
| Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita | Threetip Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86667 | |||||
| Oxytropis deflexa | Pendant-pod Point-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61409 | |||||
| Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua | Small Skeletonplant | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88804 | |||||
| Potamogeton vaginatus | Sheathed Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48529 | |||||
| Carex aquatilis var. dives | Sitka Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85018 | |||||
| Artemisia tripartita | Three-tip Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59613 | |||||
| Leymus triticoides | Beardless Lyme Grass | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 46577 | |||||
| Verbena bracteata | Large-bract Vervain | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42290 | |||||
| Poa palustris | Fowl Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53625 | |||||
| Cinna arundinacea | Stout Wood Reed-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40429 | |||||
| Ribes velutinum var. velutinum | Desert Gooseberry | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87227 | |||||
| Elymus wawawaiensis | Wawawai Wild Rye | Species | Plant | GNR | SNR | 67911 | |||||
| Astragalus canadensis | Canadian Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49174 | |||||
| Alnus incana ssp. rugosa | Speckled Alder | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83522 | |||||
| Cuscuta indecora | Pretty Dodder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57693 | |||||
| Cleomella parviflora | Small-flower Rhombo-pod | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 47285 | |||||
| Neotoma cinerea | Bushy-tailed Woodrat | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 16619 | |||||
| Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa | European Red Elder | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 92758 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus acutus | Hardstem Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 74311 | |||||
| Camissonia tanacetifolia | Tansy-leaf Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55981 | |||||
| Galium watsonii | Watson's Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42978 | |||||
| Artemisia campestris ssp. borealis var. purshii | Northern Sagewort | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 89361 | |||||
| Opuntia macrorhiza | Twisted-spine Prickly-pear | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51776 | |||||
| Carex tribuloides | Blunt Broom Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60359 | |||||
| Caltha leptosepala ssp. leptosepala | Slender-sepal Marsh-marigold | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 87870 | |||||
| Lupinus argenteus | Silvery Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58456 | |||||
| Deschampsia danthonioides | Annual Hairgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45532 | |||||
| Antennaria rosea ssp. arida | Rosy Pussytoes | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91301 | |||||
| Trimorpha lonchophylla var. lonchophylla | Low-meadow Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 79570 | |||||
| Phacelia sericea ssp. sericea | Silky Scorpionweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89849 | |||||
| Clematis columbiana | Columbian Virgin's-bower | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 52504 | |||||
| Mimulus primuloides var. primuloides | Primrose Monkeyflower | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86302 | |||||
| Nemophila pedunculata | Meadow Baby-blue-eyes | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61003 | |||||
| Tyrannus tyrannus | Eastern Kingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 17425 | |||||
| Brickellia californica | California Brickell-bush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56519 | |||||
| Mertensia paniculata var. borealis | Tall Bluebells | Variety | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 84599 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum subspicatum var. subspicatum | Dougla's Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 91822 | |||||
| Apocynum androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54881 | |||||
| Setaria parviflora | Bristly Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41773 | |||||
| Poecilia mexicana | Shortfin Molly | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 20037 | |||||
| Poa alpina ssp. alpina | Alpine Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88434 | |||||
| Galium boreale | Northern Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50527 | |||||
| Thermopsis montana var. montana | Montane Golden-banner | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 86832 | |||||
| Chamaesyce glyptosperma | Corrugate-seed Broomspurge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48752 | |||||
| Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana | White Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83067 | |||||
| Veronica anagallis-aquatica | Brook-pimpernell | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44354 | |||||
| Potamogeton filiformis var. alpinus | Northern Slender Pondweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90413 | |||||
| Hordeum brachyantherum | Meadow Barley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53168 | |||||
| Gymnosteris nudicaulis | Large-flowered Gymnosteris | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 61651 | |||||
| Antennaria rosea ssp. pulvinata | Rosy Pussytoes | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 89022 | |||||
| Machaeranthera bigelovii | Bigelow's Tansy-aster | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51269 | |||||
| Penstemon rydbergii var. aggregatus | Rydberg's Beardtongue | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 85219 | ||||||
| Heracleum maximum | Cow-parsnip | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46873 | |||||
| Cerastium arvense ssp. velutinum | Field Chickweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 92372 | |||||
| Pulsatilla patens | American Pasqueflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55575 |
