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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | Species | Bird | Delisted | G4 | S3B | 17242 | ||||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Ursus arctos pop. 6 | Grizzly Bear (Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population) | Population | Mammal | Delisted | G4TNR | SNR | Tier 1 | 1867144 | |||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
| Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
| Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 19224 | |||||
| Oreostemma alpigenum | Anderson's Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60405 | |||||
| Oxytropis campestris var. cusickii | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85659 | ||||||
| Moehringia macrophylla | Largeleaf Sandwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45603 | |||||
| Equisetum variegatum var. variegatum | Variegated Horsetail | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84028 | |||||
| Phacelia heterophylla | Virgate Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 54293 | |||||
| Cardamine pensylvanica | Pennsylvania Bittercress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41116 | |||||
| Ivesia baileyi var. beneolens | Owyhee Ivesia | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91278 | |||||
| Allium brandegeei | Brandegee's Onion | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 52532 | |||||
| Hackelia deflexa | Northern Stickseed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39330 | |||||
| Poa bolanderi ssp. bolanderi | Bolander's Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87862 | |||||
| Antennaria luzuloides ssp. luzuloides | Silvery Brown Pussytoes | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89830 | ||||||
| Zigadenus elegans | White Camas | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61055 | |||||
| Wyethia invenusta | Coville's Mule's-ears | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 48018 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum foliaceum var. canbyi | Leafy-bracted Aster | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 86232 | |||||
| Androsace filiformis | Slender Rock-jasmine | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56599 | |||||
| Gymnocarpium disjunctum | Pacific Oak Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46146 | |||||
| Leptochloa fascicularis var. fascicularis | Sharp-scale Sprangle-top | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 79561 | |||||
| Galium serpenticum | Intermountain Bedstraw | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 54930 | |||||
| Penstemon attenuatus var. attenuatus | Taper-leaf Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G4T4? | SNR | 91761 | |||||
| Ribes cereum var. cereum | Wax Currant | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 88419 | ||||||
| Carex utriculata | Beaked Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59216 | |||||
| Rumex aquaticus | Western Dock | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48790 | |||||
| Phacelia heterophylla ssp. heterophylla | Virgate Scorpionweed | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 84593 | |||||
| Erigeron caespitosus | Caespitose Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57301 | |||||
| Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sphaerocephalum | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 83041 | ||||||
| Atriplex nuttallii | Nuttall's Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53222 | |||||
| Mimulus ringens | Allegheny Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40047 | |||||
| Bazzania ambigua | Species | Plant | G3G5 | SNR | 33747 | ||||||
| Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia | Roundleaf Sundew | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 88966 | ||||||
| Lewisia columbiana | Columbian Bitterroot | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 46894 | |||||
| Poecile gambeli | Mountain Chickadee | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 16220 | |||||
| Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii | Creeping Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 85178 | |||||
| Cirsium edule | Edible Thistle | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 55659 | |||||
| Romanzoffia sitchensis | Sitka Mistmaiden | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 45039 | |||||
| Arnica fulgens | Hillside Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53849 | |||||
| Najas guadalupensis | Southern Naiad | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40682 | |||||
| Lupinus leucophyllus var. leucophyllus | Woolly-leaf Lupine | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90879 | |||||
| Lobaria hallii | Hall's Lungwort | Species | Fungi | G4? | S3 | 37192 | |||||
| Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus | Slender Woolly-heads | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 87384 | |||||
| Carex viridula | Little Green Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58073 | |||||
| Saxifraga adscendens | Ascending Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G5 | S2 | 47565 | |||||
| Senecio fremontii var. fremontii | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 85838 | ||||||
| Rudbeckia occidentalis | Western Coneflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56207 | |||||
| Fritillaria affinis | Ojai Fritillary | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60645 | |||||
| Montia parvifolia | Little-leaf Miner's-lettuce | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 50090 | |||||
| Betula pumila var. renifolia | Swamp Birch | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88021 | |||||
| Erigeron latus | Broad Fleabane | Species | Plant | G3 | S3 | 58768 | |||||
| Artemisia douglasiana | Douglas' Wormwood | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45787 | |||||
| Euphorbia robusta | Rocky Mountain Spurge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54527 | |||||
| Camissonia scapoidea ssp. brachycarpa | Naked-stemmed Evening-primrose | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 91427 | |||||
| Lesquerella pulchella | Beautiful Bladderpod | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 52772 | |||||
| Comarum palustre | Marsh Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39514 | |||||
| Opuntia erinacea var. columbiana | Old-man Prickly-pear | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 90024 | |||||
| Chenopodium simplex | Giant-seed Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61280 | |||||
| Platanthera stricta | Slender Bog Orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48300 | |||||
| Luzula multiflora ssp. multiflora | Common Woodrush | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86457 | ||||||
| Betula occidentalis | Spring Birch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56774 | |||||
| Silene repens ssp. australis | Creeping Catchfly | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84773 | |||||
| Sisyrinchium sarmentosum | Pale Blue-eyed-grass | Species | Plant | G2 | SNR | 55142 | |||||
| Erigeron strigosus | Daisy Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42072 | |||||
| Crepis modocensis ssp. modocensis | Siskiyou Hawk's-beard | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T4 | SNR | 91998 | |||||
| Carex athrostachya | Jointed-spike Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50831 | |||||
| Erigeron linearis | Linearleaf Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40229 | |||||
| Synthliboramphus antiquus | Ancient Murrelet | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 18329 | |||||
| Solidago missouriensis var. extraria | Missouri Goldenrod | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88591 | |||||
| Carex unilateralis | One-sided Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59481 | |||||
| Carex siccata | Dry-spike Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62087 | |||||
| Sphaeromeria potentilloides | Cinquefoil Tansy | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49054 | |||||
| Distichlis spicata | Seashore Saltgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57545 | |||||
| Cirsium flodmanii | Flodman's Thistle | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44651 | |||||
| Viola nephrophylla var. cognata | Northern Bog Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 83233 |
