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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astragalus spaldingii | Spalding's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 56298 | |||||
| Viola canadensis | Canada Violet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56402 | |||||
| Dipodomys microps | Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17426 | |||||
| Boisduvalia densiflora | Dense-flower Spike-primrose | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56497 | |||||
| Grayia spinosa | Spiny Hop-sage | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56605 | |||||
| Phrynosoma platyrhinos | Desert Horned Lizard | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 17641 | |||||
| Holodiscus boursieri | Boursier's Oceanspray | Species | Plant | G4G5Q | SNR | 56693 | |||||
| Lemna trisulca | Star Duckweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56784 | |||||
| Sphyrapicus ruber | Red-breasted Sapsucker | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17912 | |||||
| Carex piperi | Piper's Sedge | Species | Plant | GUQ | SNR | 57077 | |||||
| Toxostoma rufum | Brown Thrasher | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 18183 | |||||
| Poa reflexa | Nodding Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57343 | |||||
| Carex fissuricola | Cleft Sedge | Species | Plant | SNR | 57490 | ||||||
| Archilochus alexandri | Black-chinned Hummingbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 18520 | |||||
| Cuscuta indecora | Pretty Dodder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57693 | |||||
| Bucephala albeola | Bufflehead | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B,S1N | 18755 | |||||
| Carex tahoensis | Lake Tahoe Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57859 | |||||
| Thomomys townsendii | Townsend's Pocket Gopher | Species | Mammal | G4G5 | S4 | 18853 | |||||
| Lepomis gibbosus | Pumpkinseed | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 19003 | |||||
| Alopecurus alpinus | Mountain Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58121 | |||||
| Phenacomys intermedius | Western Heather Vole | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 19102 | |||||
| Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 19224 | |||||
| Empidonax minimus | Least Flycatcher | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | 19368 | |||||
| Lathyrus rigidus | Rigid Peavine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58503 | |||||
| Antennaria parvifolia | Nuttall's Pussytoes | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58659 | |||||
| Polygonum douglasii | Douglas' Knotweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58759 | |||||
| Notropis hudsonius | Spottail Shiner | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 19796 | |||||
| Primula parryi | Parry's Primrose | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 58883 | |||||
| Xema sabini | Sabine's Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19941 | |||||
| Pulsatilla occidentalis | Western Pasqueflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58969 | |||||
| Arnica longifolia | Long-leaf Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59080 | |||||
| Viburnum edule | Squashberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59340 | |||||
| Juncus articulatus | Jointed Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59455 | |||||
| Glyceria elata | Tall Mannagrass | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59590 | |||||
| Carex prairea | Prairie Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59698 | |||||
| Ranunculus andersonii | Anderson Buttercup | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 59929 | |||||
| Antennaria lanata | White-margined Pussytoes | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60036 | |||||
| Astragalus beckwithii | Beckwith's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 60139 | |||||
| Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
| Poa macroclada | Rydberg's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G3?Q | SNR | 60414 | |||||
| Dryopteris campyloptera | Mountain Woodfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60519 | |||||
| Bromus sitchensis | Alaska Brome | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60659 | |||||
| Valeriana sitchensis | Marsh Valerian | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60765 | |||||
| Rumex paucifolius | Alpine Sheep Sorrel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61024 | |||||
| Viburnum opulus | Guelder-rose Viburnum | Species | Plant | G5 | SH | 61114 | |||||
| Oxytropis parryi | Parry's Crazyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61208 | |||||
| Orobanche uniflora | One-flowered Broomrape | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61343 | |||||
| Sporobolus airoides | Alkali Sacaton | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61412 | |||||
| Sagina saginoides | Arctic Pearlwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61503 | |||||
| Cymopterus longipes | Long-stalk Spring-parsley | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 61653 | |||||
| Lomatium hendersonii | Henderson's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 61811 | |||||
| Sambucus nigra | Common Elderberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62077 | |||||
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G3 | S1 | 44839 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 4 | Bull Trout - Jarbidge River Basin | Population | Fish | 1 | G4T2Q | SNA | 80290 | ||||
| Physa natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| 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 | |||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Catchfly | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 42699 | |||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear (Bitterroot Ecosystem DPS) | Population | Mammal | 1 | G4 | S2 | Tier 1 | 1867142 | |||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | S2 | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 2 | Bull Trout - Columbia River | Population | Fish | 1 | Threatened | G4T3T4Q | SNA | 80151 | |||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Ovis canadensis californiana | California Bighorn Sheep | Subspecies | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | G4T2 | S3 | 80168 | |||
| Primula alcalina | Alkali Primrose | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S2 | 40322 | |||
| Astragalus aquilonius | Lemhi Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 42258 | |||
| Trifolium longipes var. multipedunculatum | Many-stalked Clover | Subspecies | Plant | 2 | G5T3T4 | S1 | 90460 | ||||
| Symphyotrichum jessicae | Jessica's Aster | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 45453 | ||||
| Draba incerta | Yellowstone Draba | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S2 | 47668 | ||||
| Mimulus ampliatus | Spacious Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 54233 | |||
| Spizella breweri | Brewer's Sparrow | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S4B | 15831 | ||||
| Cypseloides niger | Black Swift | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 16351 | ||
| Buteo regalis | Ferruginous Hawk | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S3B | Tier 2 | 17654 | |||
| Cottus greenei | Shoshone Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | G2 | S2 | 17754 | ||||
| Cirsium brevifolium | Palouse Thistle | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S2 | 56786 | ||||
| Eriogonum capistratum var. welshii | Welsh's Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G4T2Q | S2 | 83441 | |||
| Oenothera psammophila | St. Anthony Evening-Primrose | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 46213 | ||||
| Viola septentrionalis | Northern Woodland Violet | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 54235 | ||||
| Myotis yumanensis | Yuma Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 16074 | ||||
| Tellima grandiflora | Fringecup | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S3 | 55875 | ||||
| Corynorhinus townsendii | Townsend's Big-eared Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | Tier 3 | 17659 | |
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Calamagrostis tweedyi | Tweedy's Reedgrass | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 59466 | |||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Astragalus packardiae | Packard's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G5T1 | S1 | 91221 | ||||
| Monardella angustifolia | Leslie Gulch Monardella | Species | Plant | 2 | G1 | S1 | 1345281 | ||||
| Plethodon idahoensis | Coeur d'Alene Salamander | Species | Amphibian | 2 | G4 | S3 | 15699 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha | Chinook Salmon | Species | Fish | 2 | G5 | SNA | 17129 |
