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 |
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Arabis puberula | Blue Mountain Rockcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42058 | |||||
Melica subulata | Alaska Onion Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54917 | |||||
Cuscuta denticulata var. denticulata | Desert Dodder | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 91756 | |||||
Chen rossii | Ross's Goose | Species | Bird | G4 | S3M | 18289 | |||||
Trautvetteria caroliniensis var. occidentalis | Carolina Tassel-rue | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88409 | |||||
Lesquerella alpina | Alpine Bladderpod | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48785 | |||||
Dryas octopetala ssp. hookeriana | Hooker's Eight-petal Mountain-avens | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 84580 | |||||
Bromus tectorum | Cheatgrass | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 44380 | |||||
Dichanthelium oligosanthes | Heller's Witchgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53215 | |||||
Trichophorum caespitosum | Tufted Clubrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42793 | |||||
Collomia debilis var. camporum | Flexible Alpine Collomia | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T2 | S2 | 90363 | ||||
Epilobium clavatum | Clavate-fruit Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61692 | |||||
Silene menziesii | Menzies' Pink | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51332 | |||||
Hackelia deflexa var. americana | Northern Stickseed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88956 | |||||
Potentilla ovina | Sheep Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 59893 | |||||
Circaea alpina | Small Enchanter's-nightshade | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46884 | |||||
Symphyotrichum chilense var. chilense | Pacific American-aster | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 85174 | |||||
Celtis occidentalis | Common Hackberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55636 | |||||
Carex luzulina | A Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 40921 | |||||
Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53818 | |||||
Bidens vulgata | Tall Bur-marigold | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49434 | |||||
Opuntia erinacea var. utahensis | Old-man Prickly-pear | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 87360 | ||||||
Monarda fistulosa | Wild Bergamot Beebalm | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58057 | |||||
Canadanthus modestus | Great Northern Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47556 | |||||
Ranunculus orthorhynchus var. orthorhynchus | Straight-beak Buttercup | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 85836 | ||||||
Cinna latifolia | Slender Wood Reedgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43458 | |||||
Juncus howellii | Howell's Rush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56201 | |||||
Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa | Rubber Rabbitbrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 93161 | |||||
Recurvirostra americana | American Avocet | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B,S3M | 15289 | |||||
Cassiope mertensiana | Western Bell-heather | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 52094 | |||||
Aechmophorus occidentalis | Western Grebe | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | Tier 2 | 19787 | ||||
Arabis lemmonii var. lemmonii | Lemmon's Rockcress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89545 | |||||
Draba densifolia | Denseleaf Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60625 | |||||
Carex cusickii | Cusick's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50084 | |||||
Cottus greenei | Shoshone Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | G2 | S4 | 17754 | ||||
Botrychium simplex | Least Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 58763 | |||
Artemisia ludoviciana | White Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45781 | |||||
Lewisia columbiana var. wallowensis | Columbia Lewisia | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 84221 | |||||
Danthonia californica | California Oatgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43873 | |||||
Penstemon eriantherus var. eriantherus | Crested-tongue Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 91415 | |||||
Geum triflorum | Prairie-smoke | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52756 | |||||
Lathyrus pauciflorus var. utahensis | Few-flower Peavine | Variety | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 90013 | |||||
Scirpus fluviatilis | River Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | S3 | 61262 | |||||
Berula erecta | Wild Parsnip | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48295 | |||||
Carex livida var. radicaulis | Livid Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86435 | |||||
Papaver radicatum | Arctic Poppy | Species | Plant | G5 | SH | 46412 | |||||
Ranunculus trichophyllus var. trichophyllus | Threadleaf Water Crowfoot | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84748 | |||||
Mertensia lanceolata | Prairie Bluebells | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55126 | |||||
Lupinus sericeus var. sericeus | Pursh's Silky Lupine | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84769 | |||||
Eleocharis rostellata | Beaked Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42324 | |||||
Epilobium strictum | Downy Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 55139 | |||||
Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta | Autumn Dwarf Gentian | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91997 | |||||
Hydrophyllum fendleri | Fendler's Waterleaf | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40431 | |||||
Astragalus purshii var. concinnus | Pursh's Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T3T4 | SNR | 88587 | |||||
Triantha occidentalis | Western False Asphodel | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62085 | |||||
Synthyris missurica ssp. missurica | Columbia Synthyris | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 86956 | |||||
Cirsium canovirens | Gray Green Thistle | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 57542 | |||||
Musineon lineare | Rydberg's Musineon | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 44643 | |||||
Aristida purpurea var. longiseta | Long-awned | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83232 | |||||
Arabis cusickii | Cusick's Rockcress | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 43007 | |||||
Streptopus amplexifolius var. chalazatus | Clasping Twisted-stalk | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90546 | |||||
Pyrola asarifolia ssp. asarifolia | California Wintergreen | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89147 | |||||
Cordylanthus capitatus | Yakima Bird's-beak | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 60109 | |||||
Paxistima myrsinites | Oregon Boxleaf | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 47122 | |||||
Antennaria rosea ssp. rosea | Rosy Pussytoes | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85402 | |||||
Malacothrix torreyi | Torrey's Malacothrix | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 55881 | |||||
Cirsium davisii | Davis' Thistle | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 58260 | |||||
Oenanthe sarmentosa | Water-parsley | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45284 | |||||
Betula papyrifera var. commutata | Western Paper Birch | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92510 | |||||
Ericameria parryi var. parryi | Parry's Rabbitbrush | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83822 | |||||
Tetraneuris grandiflora | Old-Man-of-the-Mountain | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 41104 | |||||
Stipa occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western Needlegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91058 | |||||
Rorippa calycina | Persistent-sepal Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 49681 | |||||
Delphinium andersonii ssp. andersonii | Carson City Larkspur | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87595 | |||||
Sayornis phoebe | Eastern Phoebe | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17365 | |||||
Sparganium eurycarpum | Large Bur-reed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47794 | |||||
Achillea millefolium | Common Yarrow | Species | Plant | G5 | S5 | 43692 | |||||
Langloisia setosissima ssp. punctata | Spotted Langloisia | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 86000 | |||||
Penstemon venustus | Lovely Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56378 | |||||
Vaccinium x nubigenum | Species | Plant | SNR | 78721 | |||||||
Cuscuta californica | California Dodder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52322 | |||||
Picoides dorsalis | American Three-Toed Woodpecker | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 20015 | ||||
Townsendia alpigena var. minima | Wyoming Townsend-daisy | Variety | Plant | G4T3 | SNR | 88236 | |||||
Cynanchum laeve | Honeyvine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58977 | |||||
Artemisia arbuscula ssp. arbuscula | Dwarf Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 84428 | |||||
Gnaphalium palustre | Western Marsh Cudweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56960 | |||||
Penstemon janishiae | Janish's Penstemon | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S2 | 44088 | ||||
Athyrium americanum | American Alpine Ladyfern | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40004 | |||||
Pteridium aquilinum | Bracken Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42500 | |||||
Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber | Birchleaf Mountain-mahogany | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90164 | |||||
Camissonia minor | Nelson's Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 61458 | |||||
Festuca minutiflora | Small-flower Fescue | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48572 | |||||
Pedicularis racemosa ssp. alba | Parrot's-beak | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 86618 | |||||
Parnassia fimbriata | fringed grass-of-parnassus | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59666 | |||||
Potentilla pectinisecta | Comb-leaf Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46606 | |||||
Valeriana acutiloba var. pubicarpa | Cordilleran Valerian | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 84977 | |||||
Humulus lupulus | Common Hop | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55350 | |||||
Heuchera grossulariifolia var. grossulariifolia | Gooseberry-leaved Alumroot | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 92145 | |||||
Ribes howellii | Howell's Gooseberry | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 40649 | |||||
Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis | Common Hackberry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88802 |