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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juncus acuminatus | Sharp-fruit Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59942 | |||||
| Lupinus caespitosus | Stemless-dwarf Lupine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59350 | |||||
| Juncus dudleyi | Dudley's Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52946 | |||||
| Downingia bacigalupii | Bacigalupi's Downingia | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S2 | 56699 | ||||
| Ondatra zibethicus | Common Muskrat | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 18196 | |||||
| Dryopteris carthusiana | Spinulose Shieldfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47880 | |||||
| Navarretia intertexta ssp. propinqua | Great Basin Navarretia | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89047 | |||||
| Potamogeton praelongus | White-stem Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57602 | |||||
| Penstemon nitidus | Wax-leaf Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44531 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza hookeri var. idahoensis | Hooker's Balsamroot | Variety | Plant | G5T3? | SNR | 85218 | |||||
| Amsinckia menziesii | Small-flower Fiddle-neck | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53838 | |||||
| Bromus inermis ssp. pumpellianus | Awnless Brome | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91125 | |||||
| Montia fontana | Fountain Miner's-lettuce | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49121 | |||||
| Galium bifolium | Low Mountain Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39655 | |||||
| Ratibida columnifera | Upright Prairie Coneflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42398 | |||||
| Silene scouleri | Scouler's Catchfly | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41647 | |||||
| Cardamine cordifolia | Heartleaf Bittercress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58127 | |||||
| Equisetum x mackaii | Species | Plant | SNR | 78801 | |||||||
| Spiraea douglasii var. douglasii | Douglas' Meadowsweet | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 92137 | |||||
| Corispermum hyssopifolium | Common Tick-seed | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 61454 | |||||
| Calochortus elegans var. selwayensis | Elegant Mariposa Lily | Variety | Plant | G3G4T2T3 | SNR | 86781 | |||||
| Delphinium andersonii | Carson City Larkspur | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40055 | |||||
| Limosella acaulis | Southern Mudwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 45553 | |||||
| Poecile rufescens | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 18867 | |||||
| Lupinus arbustus ssp. neolaxiflorus | Long-spur Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T1T3 | SNR | 83951 | |||||
| Agrostis stolonifera | Creeping Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52093 | |||||
| Viola vallicola var. vallicola | Valley Violet | Variety | Plant | G5?T4T5 | SNR | 89628 | |||||
| Bacidina contecta | Species | Fungi | SNR | 93769 | |||||||
| Penstemon ellipticus | Egg-leaf Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 55257 | |||||
| Phacelia rattanii | Rattan's Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 46204 | |||||
| Certhia americana | Brown Creeper | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 17082 | |||||
| Cicuta maculata var. maculata | Spotted Water-hemlock | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88581 | |||||
| Artemisia tridentata ssp. spiciformis | Spiked Big Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 83066 | |||||
| Eriogonum microthecum var. laxiflorum | Slender Buckwheat | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 90185 | ||||||
| Machaeranthera canescens | Hoary Tansy-aster | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 59459 | |||||
| Piptatherum exiguum | Little Ricegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58893 | |||||
| Juncus regelii | Regel's Rush | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 56310 | |||||
| Limnodromus griseus | Short-billed Dowitcher | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16093 | |||||
| Carex stipata | Awl-fruit Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50845 | |||||
| Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis | Old-man Prickly-pear | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 87360 | ||||||
| Calochortus nuttallii | Nuttall's Mariposa Lily | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40742 | |||||
| Stipa lemmonii | Lemmon's Needlegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47444 | |||||
| Carex heteroneura | Different-nerve Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57083 | |||||
| Lupinus depressus | Depressed Lupine | Species | Plant | G4?Q | SNR | 43956 | |||||
| Muhlenbergia mexicana var. mexicana | Mexican Muhly | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84825 | |||||
| Ranunculus pygmaeus var. pygmaeus | Dwarf Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90737 | |||||
| Mentha arvensis | Wild Mint | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48640 | |||||
| Polygonum minimum | Leafy Dwarf Knotweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39227 | |||||
| Madia exigua | Little Tarweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41133 | |||||
| Psoralidium lanceolatum | Lance-leaf Scurfpea | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46956 | |||||
| Cuscuta denticulata var. denticulata | Desert Dodder | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 91756 | |||||
| Scirpus microcarpus | Small-fruit Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61052 | |||||
| Carex petasata | Liddon Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45014 | |||||
| Potentilla pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53189 | |||||
| Astragalus argophyllus var. martinii | Silverleaf Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85778 | |||||
| Pyrrocoma carthamoides | Large-flower Goldenweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48141 | |||||
| Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii | Douglas-fir | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83584 | |||||
| Cyperus acuminatus | Short-point Flatsedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51596 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89227 | |||||
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus | Black Greasewood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57874 | |||||
| Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum | Fern-leaved Desert-parsley | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | S3 | 92681 | |||||
| Potentilla pulcherrima | Soft Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44745 | |||||
| Sturnella neglecta | Western Meadowlark | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 19075 | |||||
| Platanthera hyperborea var. gracilis | Bog Orchid | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85496 | |||||
| Vesicarpa potentilloides var. potentilloides | False Chicken-sage | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91310 | |||||
| Erysimum cheiranthoides | Wormseed Wallflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49335 | |||||
| Townsendia exscapa | Silky Townsend-daisy | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39955 | |||||
| Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis | Purple Clematis | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88232 | |||||
| Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus | Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse | Subspecies | Bird | 3 | Sensitive | G4T3 | SNA | 80647 | |||
| Agrostis variabilis | Variable Bentgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58409 | |||||
| Conyza canadensis | Canada Horseweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61688 | |||||
| Draba maguirei | Maguire's Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 50395 | |||||
| Phlox multiflora ssp. depressa | Many-flowered Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G4TNR | SNR | 86955 | |||||
| Psilocarphus oregonus | Oregon Woolly-heads | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 45775 | |||||
| Orthotrichum holzingeri | Holzinger's Orthotrichum Moss | Species | Plant | G3 | S1 | 36085 | |||||
| Juncus balticus var. balticus | Baltic Rush | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86364 | |||||
| Oenothera biennis | Common Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55494 | |||||
| Mniotilta varia | Black-and-white Warbler | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19904 | |||||
| Juncus effusus | Soft Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 46470 | |||||
| Stipa comata var. comata | Needle-and-Thread | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83269 | |||||
| Castilleja hispida ssp. hispida | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 90383 | ||||||
| Cryptantha flaccida | Weak-stem Cat's-eye | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 52741 | |||||
| Thuja plicata | Western Red Cedar | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56501 | |||||
| Trifolium longipes ssp. oreganum | Long-stalk Clover | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 87575 | |||||
| Perideridia parishii | Parish's Yampah | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 41008 | |||||
| Parnassia parviflora | Small-flower Grass-of-parnassus | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 47671 | |||||
| Astragalus jejunus | Starveling Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3 | S2 | 51064 | |||||
| Lupinus argenteus ssp. argenteus | Silvery Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88829 | |||||
| Viola praemorsa | Upland Yellow Violet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44258 | |||||
| Astragalus newberryi var. castoreus | Newberry's Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | 4 | G5T5 | S2 | 90936 | ||||
| Camassia quamash | Common Camassia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48886 | |||||
| Kochia americana | Perennial Summer-cypress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39459 | |||||
| Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum | Holm's Rocky Mountain Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87824 | |||||
| Leptochloa fusca | Bearded Sprangletop | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62088 | |||||
| Procyon lotor | Northern Raccoon | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 77652 | |||||
| Luzula multiflora var. multiflora | Common Woodrush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91995 | |||||
| Astragalus vexilliflexus | Bent-flower Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 49828 | |||||
| Hordeum jubatum | Foxtail Barley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60426 | |||||
| Epilobium halleanum | Glandular Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45272 | |||||
| Plantago elongata | Slender Plantain | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 53411 |
