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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramalina farinacea | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G3G5 | SNR | 37138 | |||||
| Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona | Field Dodder | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 87297 | ||||||
| Rhodiola rosea | Roseroot Stonecrop | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58016 | |||||
| Achnatherum thurberiana | Thurber's Needlegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47555 | |||||
| Potentilla rivalis var. pentandra | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 85780 | ||||||
| Ranunculus gelidus | Arctic Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56184 | |||||
| Monolepis nuttalliana | Nuttall's Poverty-weed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52086 | |||||
| Selaginella densa var. standleyi | Standley's Spike-moss | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 89469 | |||||
| Chenopodium atrovirens | Dark Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60600 | |||||
| Betula pumila | Swamp Birch | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 50046 | ||||
| Solidago multiradiata var. scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Goldenrod | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87936 | |||||
| Acer negundo | Box-elder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58750 | |||||
| Artemisia ludoviciana | White Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45781 | |||||
| Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora | Nevada Showy False Goldeneye | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 84159 | |||||
| Piperia elongata | Dense-flower Rein Orchid | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 54499 | |||||
| Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43873 | |||||
| Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida | Bog Yellowcress | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91375 | |||||
| Catostomus columbianus columbianus | Bridgelip Sucker | Subspecies | Fish | G5TNR | SNA | 79823 | |||||
| Ribes aureum | Golden Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52745 | |||||
| Astragalus kentrophyta | Spiny Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 39498 | |||||
| Erigeron glabellus var. glabellus | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89968 | ||||||
| Mentzelia decapetala | Ten-petal Stickleaf | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61231 | |||||
| Claytonia megarhiza | Alpine Springbeauty | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48290 | |||||
| Prunus emarginata var. mollis | Bitter Cherry | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 86373 | |||||
| Papaver radicatum | Arctic Poppy | Species | Plant | G5 | SH | 46412 | |||||
| Sisyrinchium idahoense var. idahoense | Idaho Blue-eyed-grass | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 84688 | |||||
| Shepherdia canadensis | Canada Buffaloberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55106 | |||||
| Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis | Least Spikerush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91965 | |||||
| Hydrophyllum occidentale | California Waterleaf | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 50789 | |||||
| Gallinago delicata | Wilson's Snipe | Species | Bird | G5 | S3N,S4B | 17532 | |||||
| Aythya affinis | Lesser Scaup | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B,S3N | 18325 | |||||
| Agoseris aurantiaca var. aurantiaca | Orange-flowered False-dandelion | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 88532 | |||||
| Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Winged Pigweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59451 | |||||
| Phalaropus fulicarius | Red Phalarope | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 61935 | |||||
| Galium trifidum | Small Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49043 | |||||
| Viola vallicola var. major | Upland Yellow Violet | Variety | Plant | G5?T4T5 | SNR | 86915 | |||||
| Hackelia micrantha | Blue Stickseed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57511 | |||||
| Triglochin maritima | Common Bog Arrow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44638 | |||||
| Agoseris glauca var. glauca | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83186 | ||||||
| Tetradymia glabrata | Littleleaf Horsebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53414 | |||||
| Oenothera brachycarpa | Short-fruit Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 42799 | |||||
| Trifolium plumosum ssp. plumosum | Plumed Clover | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 90480 | |||||
| Lewisia triphylla | Three-leaf Bitterroot | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 51587 | |||||
| Ulota megalospora | Large-spored Ulota | Species | Plant | G3G5 | S1 | 34919 | |||||
| Hymenoxys richardsonii | Richardson's Bitterweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60091 | |||||
| Anemone tetonensis | Teton Thimble-weed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 55843 | |||||
| Carex atratiformis | Black Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58243 | |||||
| Gaultheria humifusa | Alpine Spicy Wintergreen | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45283 | |||||
| Geum triflorum var. canescens | Prairie-smoke | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92446 | |||||
| Juncus nodosus | Knotted Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54064 | |||||
| Phlox austromontana | Desert Mountain Phlox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40933 | |||||
| Carex vesicaria var. vesicaria | Inflated Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91014 | |||||
| Carex nova | New Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49666 | |||||
| Heterocladium macounii | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 38287 | ||||||
| Cardamine oligosperma var. oligosperma | Few-seed Bittercress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87499 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus americanus | Three-square Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60802 | |||||
| Sambucus racemosa | Red Elderberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47777 | |||||
| Potentilla nivea var. pentaphylla | Five-leaf Cinquefoil | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 85962 | |||||
| Senecio streptanthifolius | Cleftleaf Ragwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 56337 | |||||
| Nama densum | Matted Fiddleleaf | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43472 | |||||
| Corispermum pacificum | Pacific Bugseed | Species | Plant | G2G4 | SNR | 52314 | |||||
| Carex backii | Back's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 41534 | |||||
| Didelphis virginiana | Virginia Opossum | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 19794 | |||||
| Carex lenticularis var. lenticularis | Shore Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89670 | |||||
| Grindelia nana | Idaho Gumweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50334 | |||||
| Bombycilla cedrorum | Cedar Waxwing | Species | Bird | G5 | S5 | 17088 | |||||
| Botaurus lentiginosus | American Bittern | Species | Bird | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 17802 | ||||
| Torreyochloa pallida var. pauciflora | Pale Manna Grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88194 | |||||
| Horkelia fusca | Pine Woods Horkelia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58960 | |||||
| Ranunculus pygmaeus | Pygmy Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 46004 | |||||
| Sphaeralcea munroana ssp. subrhomboidea | White-stem Globemallow | Subspecies | Plant | G4TNR | SNR | 84371 | |||||
| Astragalus shultziorum | Shultz's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3Q | S1 | 56931 | |||||
| Penstemon janishiae | Janish's Penstemon | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S2 | 44088 | ||||
| Festuca subulata | Nodding Fescue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52960 | |||||
| Lewisia nevadensis | Nevada Bitterroot | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 39712 | |||||
| Ranunculus glaberrimus var. ellipticus | Sagebrush Buttercup | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90127 | |||||
| Elatine triandra | Longstem Water-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61426 | |||||
| Plagiobothrys scouleri | Meadow Popcorn-flower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48561 | |||||
| Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata | Scarlet Skyrocket | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86562 | |||||
| Silene antirrhina | Sleepy Catchfly | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59632 | |||||
| Potentilla pectinisecta | Comb-leaf Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46606 | |||||
| Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. nudicaulis | Naked-stem Daisy | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84937 | |||||
| Camissonia contorta | Dwarf Contorted Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55330 | |||||
| Epilobium ciliatum ssp. glandulosum | Hairy Willowherb | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92102 | |||||
| Potentilla bipinnatifida | Prairie Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53642 | |||||
| Dasiphora fruticosa | Golden-Hardhack | Species | Plant | SNR | 67953 | ||||||
| Eriogonum mancum | Imperfect Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 49185 | |||||
| Salix brachycarpa ssp. brachycarpa | Short-fruit Willow | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87084 | |||||
| Amsinckia intermedia | Rancher's Fiddleneck | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 57756 | |||||
| Zigadenus venenosus | Meadow Deathcamas | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44843 | |||||
| Philadelphus lewisii var. lewisii | Lewi's Mock-orange | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83412 | |||||
| Asplenium trichomanes-ramosum | Green Spleenwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 43014 | |||||
| Erigeron peregrinus var. callianthemus | Subalpine Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92640 | |||||
| Triteleia hyacinthina | White Triteleia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 51807 | |||||
| Cladonia bellidiflora | Cup Lichen | Species | Fungi | G5 | S1 | 36205 | |||||
| Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 19224 | |||||
| Dryas octopetala var. angustifolia | Eight-petal Mountain-avens | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89276 | ||||||
| Carex amplifolia | Bigleaf Sedge | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49798 | |||||
| Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora | Slender 8-flowered Fescue | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85588 | |||||
| Gavia adamsii | Yellow-billed Loon | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 15363 |
