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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Hookeria lucens | Light Hookeria | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 38587 | ||||
| Oreohelix haydeni perplexa | A Land Snail (Lower Salmon River) | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G2G3T1T3 | S1 | 82082 | |||||
| Paraleptophlebia vaciva | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | 29013 | |||||
| Oreohelix haydeni | Lyrate Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 29323 | ||||
| Petasites frigidus var. palmatus | Sweet Coltsfoot | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 90290 | |||||
| Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 84677 | ||||
| Astragalus bisulcatus | Two-groove Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42215 | |||||
| Ludwigia polycarpa | Many-fruit False-loosestrife | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 53399 | |||||
| Potentilla bipinnatifida | Prairie Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53642 | |||||
| Abronia elliptica | Dwarf Sandverbena | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43328 | |||||
| Melanoplus phobetico | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 24773 | |||||
| Perognathus longimembris | Little Pocket Mouse | Species | Mammal | G5 | S1 | 17457 | |||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Oreohelix haydeni hesperia | Western Mountainsnail | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G2G3T1T3 | S1 | 81969 | |||||
| Argemone munita ssp. rotundata | Armed Prickly-poppy | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | S1 | 89188 | |||||
| Hackelia sp. 1 | Sleeping Deer Mountain Stickseed | Species | Plant | G1Q | S1 | 39688 | |||||
| Cicindela columbica | Columbia River Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30014 | |||
| Calliopsis barri | A Miner Bee | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 2 | 1475434 | ||||
| Phacelia scopulina var. scopulina | Prostrate Scorpionweed | Variety | Plant | G4TNR | S1 | 90978 | |||||
| Calandrinia ciliata | Red Maids | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 42156 | |||||
| Botrychium neolunaria | North American Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | GNR | S1 | 1911604 | ||||
| Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
| Potentilla maryae | Mary’s cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 2053342 | |||||
| Cypripedium parviflorum | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50160 | |||||
| Potentilla paradoxa | Bushy Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 43502 | ||||
| Carex crawei | Craw Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 55277 | |||||
| Salix pseudomonticola | False Mountain Willow | Species | Plant | 3 | G4G5 | S1 | 55530 | ||||
| Planogyra clappi | Western Flat-whorl | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S1 | Tier 3 | 26915 | ||||
| Ovis canadensis canadensis | Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep | Subspecies | Mammal | 2 | G4T4 | S1 | 80082 | ||||
| Baeolophus ridgwayi | Juniper Titmouse | Species | Bird | G5 | S1 | 19346 | |||||
| Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla | Short-style Tofieldia | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T4 | S1 | 89299 | ||||
| Astragalus tetrapterus | Four-wing Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G4G5 | S1 | 40207 | ||||
| Eleocharis mamillata | Soft-stem Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41539 | |||||
| Botrychium hesperium | Western Moonwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 59286 | |||||
| Eleocharis elliptica | Slender Spike-rush | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60672 | |||||
| Taenionema umatilla | Umatilla Willowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 25285 | ||||
| Loxia sinesciuris | Cassia Crossbill | Population | Bird | S1 | Tier 2 | 1344926 | |||||
| Melanoplus lemurus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 33162 | |||||
| Microdipodops megacephalus | Dark Kangaroo Mouse | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 18109 | |||
| Stanleya tomentosa var. runcinata | Hairy Prince's-plume | Variety | Plant | 3 | G4T1 | S1 | 83780 | ||||
| Sweltsa gaufini | Utah Sallfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 21107 | ||||
| Draba fladnizensis | Austrian Draba | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 41057 | |||||
| Eriogonum soliceps | Railroad Canyon Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 3 | G2 | S1 | 67682 | ||||
| Idagona westcotti | Idaho Lava Tube Millipede | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 74307 | ||||
| Pilophorus clavatus | Nail Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4? | S1 | 33760 | |||||
| Sphaerophorus tuckermanii | Tuckermann's Ball-bearing Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4G5TNR | S1 | 37623 | |||||
| Botrychium pedunculosum | Stalked Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 41400 | ||||
| Beckerus barri | A Click Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1473938 | ||||
| Melanoplus trigeminus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 25495 | |||||
| Crossocalyx hellerianus | Heller's Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 34896 | |||||
| Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis | Maculate Tumbleweed Shield Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | GNR | S1 | 38432 | ||||
| Tharsalea phlaeas arctodon | Beartooth Copper | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G5T3T5 | S1 | Tier 3 | 82030 | ||||
| Thelypteris nevadensis | Sierra Wood-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 56620 | ||||
| Petasites frigidus | Arctic Butter-bur | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50663 | |||||
| Mimulus ringens | Allegheny Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40047 | |||||
| Pyrrocoma racemosa | Clustered Goldenweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40272 | |||||
| Astragalus vexilliflexus var. vexilliflexus | Bent-flowered Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | S1 | 84105 | |||||
| Eriogonum hookeri | Hooker's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 47614 | ||||
| Cryptomastix harfordiana | Salmon Oregonian | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 32032 | ||||
| Pentagramma triangularis | Western Gold Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60065 | |||||
| Goereilla baumanni | A Caddisfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 23996 | ||||
| Perlomyia collaris | Black Needlefly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | 24317 | |||||
| Oreohelix waltoni | Lava Rock Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25052 | |||
| Cleomella plocasperma | Alkali Cleomella | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 54884 | ||||
| Tritomaria exsectiformis | Large Cut Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 37029 | |||||
| Codriophorus varius | Varied Rock Moss | Species | Plant | GU | S1 | 38141 | |||||
| Oreohelix idahoensis baileyi | A Land Snail (Hells Canyon) | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G1G2T1 | S1 | 81933 | |||||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Pogogyne floribunda | Profuseflower Mesamint | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 51891 | |||||
| Thelypodium paniculatum | Paniculate Thelypody | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 58639 | |||||
| Cryptogramma stelleri | Fragile Rockbrake | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 58859 | |||||
| Capnia lineata | Straight Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 22709 | ||||
| Paraleptophlebia traverae | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | GH | S1 | Tier 3 | 23060 | ||||
| Kobresia simpliciuscula | Simple Kobresia | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54396 | ||||
| Pyrgulopsis pilsbryana | Bear Lake Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25015 | ||||
| Ericameria discoidea var. winwardii | Winward's Whitestem Goldenbush | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | G4G5T1 | S1 | 93368 | ||||
| Lomatium swingerae | Swinger’s biscuitroot | Species | Plant | G1 | S1 | 1354827 | |||||
| Astragalus arrectus | Palouse Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G2G4 | S1 | 55264 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Grindelia howellii | Howell's Gumweed | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 56331 | ||||
| Cyperus odoratus | Rusty Flatsedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50779 | |||||
| Poecile hudsonicus | Boreal Chickadee | Species | Bird | G5 | S1 | 20082 | |||||
| Isoperla bifurcata | Forked Stripetail | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | 29896 | |||||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Botrychium lunaria | Common Moonwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 52107 | |||||
| Mimulus hymenophyllus | Membrane-leaved Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 4 | G2 | S1 | 41263 | ||||
| Asclepias asperula | Spider Milkweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49051 | |||||
| Eutrochium maculatum var. bruneri | Joe Pye Weed | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5Q | S1 | 91111 | |||||
| Cinygma dimicki | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 23888 | ||||
| Piptatherum micranthum | Small-flowered Ricegrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S1 | 55028 | ||||
| Prosopium abyssicola | Bear Lake Whitefish | Species | Fish | G1 | S1 | Tier 2 | 17770 | ||||
| Cladonia andereggii | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G1 | S1 | 33967 | |||||
| Elymus hirsutus | Boreal Wild Rye | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40832 | |||||
| Euproserpinus wiesti | Wiest's Primrose Sphinx | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30578 | ||||
| Lepidium paysonii | Payson's Pepperwort | Species | Plant | G3? | S1 | 53001 | |||||
| Agrimonia striata | Woodland Agrimony | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53676 | |||||
| Arnica alpina | Alpine Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42938 | |||||
| Flabellorhagidia pecki | A Cave Obligate Mite | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 2 | 32397 | ||||
| Lepidium integrifolium | Thickleaf Pepperwort | Species | Plant | G2G3 | S1 | 62107 |
