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 |
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Accipiter gentilis | Northern Goshawk | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 18494 | |||
Chlidonias niger | Black Tern | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S2B | Tier 2 | 19458 | |||
Antrozous pallidus | Pallid Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S3 | 20004 | ||||
Astragalus jejunus var. jejunus | Starveling Milkvetch | Subspecies | Plant | 2 | G3T3 | S2 | 85673 | ||||
Texosporium sancti-jacobi | Wovenspore Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | G3 | S2 | 38928 | ||||
Carex idahoa | Idaho Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | G2G3 | S2 | 42890 | ||||
Pyrrocoma liatriformis | Palouse Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 47601 | ||||
Castilleja peckiana | Peck's Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | 2 | G3G4 | S2 | 49314 | ||||
Oncorhynchus kisutch | Coho Salmon | Species | Fish | 2 | G4 | SNA | 17203 | ||||
Myotis californicus | California Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 18392 | ||||
Lasionycteris noctivagans | Silver-haired Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G3G4 | S3 | Tier 2 | 18499 | |||
Lanius ludovicianus | Loggerhead Shrike | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S3 | 18626 | ||||
Psiloscops flammeolus | Flammulated Owl | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3B | 18963 | ||
Centrocercus urophasianus | Greater Sage-Grouse | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | Tier 1 | 19187 | ||
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
Salvelinus confluentus pop. 2 | Bull Trout - Columbia River | Population | 1 | Threatened | G4T3T4Q | SNA | 80151 | ||||
Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
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 | ||
Salvelinus confluentus pop. 4 | Bull Trout - Jarbidge River Basin | Population | Fish | 1 | G5T4 | TNR | 80290 | ||||
Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | ||||
Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
Carex infirminervia | Species | Plant | SNR | 62033 | |||||||
Salix arctica | Arctic Willow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 67955 | |||||
Sylvilagus floridanus | Eastern Cottontail | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 77057 | |||||
Pseudacris maculata | Boreal Chorus Frog | Species | Amphibian | G5 | S4 | 78171 | |||||
Lycopodium x zeilleri | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78790 | ||||||
Carex x physocarpioides | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79195 | ||||||
Trimorpha lonchophylla var. lonchophylla | Low-meadow Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 79570 | |||||
Lindernia dubia var. dubia | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 82998 | |||||
Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana | White Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83067 | |||||
Montia parvifolia ssp. parvifolia | Little-leaf Miner's-lettuce | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 83189 | |||||
Carex luzulina var. luzulina | Woodrush Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 83278 | |||||
Boltonia asteroides var. recognita | White Doll's-daisy | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 83413 | |||||
Alnus incana ssp. rugosa | Speckled Alder | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83522 | |||||
Geranium bicknellii var. longipes | Bicknell's Northern Crane's-bill | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83619 | |||||
Phlox hoodii ssp. lanata | Hood's Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 83804 | |||||
Anemone multifida var. saxicola | Hudson Bay Anemone | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83904 | |||||
Aquilegia flavescens var. flavescens | Yellow Columbine | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 84006 | |||||
Linum lewisii var. lewisii | Prairie Flax | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84116 | |||||
Spiraea splendens var. splendens | Rose Meadowsweet | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84216 | |||||
Glyceria grandis var. grandis | American Mannagrass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84328 | |||||
Pedicularis contorta var. ctenophora | Coil-beaked Lousewort | Variety | Plant | G5T3 | SNR | 84424 | |||||
Claytonia exigua ssp. exigua | Serpentine Springbeauty | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84512 | |||||
Pseudoroegneria spicata ssp. inermis | Bluebunch Wheatgrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 84579 | |||||
Machaeranthera canescens ssp. canescens | Hoary Tansy-aster | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84673 | |||||
Helianthus petiolaris ssp. petiolaris | Prairie Sunflower | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84781 | |||||
Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina | Alpine Pincushion | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84918 | |||||
Umbilicaria polyrhiza | Species | Fungi | G3G4 | SNR | 33489 | ||||||
Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus | Curl-leaf Mountain-mahogany | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85001 | |||||
Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. pulcherrimum | Showy Jacob's-ladder | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85087 | |||||
Hypogymnia apinnata | Tube Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4 | S3 | 34821 | |||||
Castilleja miniata ssp. miniata | Greater Red Indian-paintbrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85206 | |||||
Minuartia pusilla var. pusilla | Dwarf Stitchwort | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85315 | |||||
Physcia magnussonii | Species | Fungi | G3G4 | SNR | 35967 | ||||||
Eragrostis pilosa var. pilosa | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 85444 | |||||||
Cladonia verruculosa | Warty Reindeer Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4 | S3 | 36532 | |||||
Ramalina farinacea | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G3G5 | SNR | 37138 | |||||
Claytonia rubra ssp. rubra | Red-stem Springbeauty | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85683 | |||||
Fontinalis antipyretica | Aquatic Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 37855 | |||||
Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia | Thyme-leaf Broomspurge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85792 | |||||
Heterocladium macounii | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 38287 | ||||||
Claytonia megarhiza var. megarhiza | Alpine Springbeauty | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4? | SNR | 85977 | |||||
Eleocharis uniglumis | Creeping Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5?Q | SNR | 39319 | |||||
Taraxacum officinale ssp. ceratophorum | Common Dandelion | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86076 | |||||
Piperia elegans | Hillside Rein Orchid | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 39419 | |||||
Astragalus kentrophyta | Spiny Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 39498 | |||||
Thlaspi montanum var. montanum | Alpine Pennycress | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86317 | |||||
Amaranthus powellii | Green Amaranth | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39600 | |||||
Vicia americana ssp. americana | American Purple Vetch | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86394 | |||||
Philadelphus trichothecus | Columbian Mock-orange | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 39709 | |||||
Symphyotrichum spathulatum var. 1 | Western Mountain Aster | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86500 | |||||
Stenotus lanuginosus var. andersonii | Woolly Goldenweed | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 86670 | |||||
Castilleja pallescens | Pallid Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40136 | |||||
Epilobium angustifolium ssp. circumvagum | Fireweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86790 | |||||
Aquilegia flavescens var. miniata | Yellow Columbine | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86869 | ||||||
Corallorhiza wisteriana | Wister Coral-root | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 40366 | |||||
Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica | Columbia Synthyris | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86956 | |||||
Machaeranthera laetevirens | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40463 | ||||||
Lonicera involucrata var. involucrata | Fly Honeysuckle | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87050 | |||||
Oxytropis deflexa var. deflexa | Pendant-pod Point-vetch | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87155 | |||||
Lysimachia thyrsiflora | Water Loosestrife | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40685 | |||||
Calamagrostis purpurascens var. purpurascens | Purple Reedgrass | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 87269 | ||||||
Selaginella densa var. scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Spike-moss | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87373 | |||||
Carex rupestris | Rock Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40980 |