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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carex adusta | Crowded Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45598 | |||||
| Clematis columbiana var. columbiana | Purple Virgin's-bower | Variety | Plant | G5?T5? | SNR | 84013 | |||||
| Loeflingia squarrosa | Spreading Loeflingia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54284 | |||||
| Piranga olivacea | Scarlet Tanager | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16258 | |||||
| Artemisia tridentata | Big Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41110 | |||||
| Cerastium nutans var. nutans | Nodding Chickweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 91276 | |||||
| Paspalum distichum | Joint Paspalum | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52530 | |||||
| Amsinckia retrorsa | Rough Fiddle-neck | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39327 | |||||
| Pteryxia terebinthina var. foeniculacea | Turpentine Wavewing | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87860 | |||||
| Tragopogon mirus | Washington Goat's-beard | Species | Plant | GNR | SNR | 61053 | |||||
| Carex lasiocarpa | Slender Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48014 | |||||
| Dryopteris expansa | Spreading Woodfern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56583 | |||||
| Blepharidachne kingii | King's Desertgrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 43707 | ||||
| Symphyotrichum laeve | Smooth Blue Aster | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54925 | |||||
| Hieracium umbellatum | Umbellate Hawkweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41819 | |||||
| Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus | Yellow-headed Blackbird | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B | 20030 | |||||
| Erigeron acris ssp. politus | Northern Daisy | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91760 | |||||
| Grus americana | Whooping Crane | Species | Bird | Endangered | G1 | SNA | 17471 | ||||
| Linum lewisii var. alpicola | Prairie Flax | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 88418 | |||||
| Mentzelia laevicaulis | Giant Blazingstar | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 59215 | |||||
| Linnaea borealis | Twinflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48789 | |||||
| Epilobium glaberrimum ssp. fastigiatum | Glaucous Willowherb | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 84588 | |||||
| Viola nephrophylla | Northern Bog Violet | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57298 | |||||
| Arabis holboellii | Holboell's Rockcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44399 | |||||
| Juncus effusus var. pylaei | Soft Rush | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83037 | |||||
| Atriplex pusilla | Purple Balduina | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53220 | |||||
| Minuartia stricta | Slender Sandwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61699 | |||||
| Carex teneriformis | Sierran Slender Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51333 | |||||
| Sphagnum mendocinum | Peatmoss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 33723 | ||||
| Lomatium bicolor var. bicolor | Bicolor Biscuitroot | Variety | Plant | G4T3T4 | SNR | 88963 | |||||
| Penstemon cusickii | Cusick's Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 59903 | |||||
| Panicum dichotomiflorum | Spreading Panicgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46888 | |||||
| Parnassia fimbriata var. intermedia | Grass-of-Parnassus | Variety | Plant | G5T3 | SNR | 85176 | |||||
| Pyrola chlorantha | Green-flower Wintergreen | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45037 | |||||
| Lupinus arbustus ssp. calcaratus | Subspecies | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 92322 | ||||||
| Amsinckia menziesii | Small-flower Fiddle-neck | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53838 | |||||
| Thryomanes bewickii | Bewick's Wren | Species | Bird | G5 | S3 | 15745 | |||||
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S2? | 40672 | |||||
| Couesius plumbeus | Lake Chub | Species | Fish | G5 | S3 | 18798 | |||||
| Heliomeris multiflora | Many-flower Viguiera | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 49435 | |||||
| Bryum violaceum | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 37178 | ||||||
| Selaginella densa var. scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Spike-moss | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 87373 | |||||
| Senecio streptanthifolius var. oodes | Rocky Mountain Butterweed | Variety | Plant | G5TNRQ | SNR | 85837 | |||||
| Juncus xiphioides | Iris-leaf Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56202 | |||||
| Myriophyllum sibiricum | Common Water-milfoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43232 | |||||
| Erigeron tener | Tender Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 52097 | |||||
| Carex mertensii | Merten's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41287 | |||||
| Fragaria virginiana ssp. glauca | Virginia Strawberry | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 89548 | |||||
| Carex bolanderi | Bolander's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50086 | |||||
| Lupinus pusillus ssp. intermontanus | Small Lupine | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 88012 | |||||
| Elodea nuttallii | Nuttall's Waterweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58764 | |||||
| Mimulus tilingii var. caespitosus | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 84227 | ||||||
| Catabrosa aquatica | Brook Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43874 | |||||
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. scribnerianum | Scribner's Panicgrass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91422 | |||||
| Gnaphalium stramineum | Cotton-batting Cudweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52760 | |||||
| Prosartes hookeri | Hooker's Mandarin | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39499 | |||||
| Xanthium strumarium var. glabratum | Rough Cocklebur | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 90018 | |||||
| Oxytropis borealis | Boreal Locoweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61270 | |||||
| Stipa californica | California Needlegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86436 | |||||
| Lupinus sericeus var. sericeus | Pursh's Silky Lupine | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84769 | |||||
| Epilobium strictum | Downy Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 55139 | |||||
| Gentianella amarella ssp. acuta | Autumn Dwarf Gentian | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91997 | |||||
| Aythya affinis | Lesser Scaup | Species | Bird | G5 | S3B,S3N | 18325 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Delphinium depauperatum | Slim Larkspur | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42800 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Catharus ustulatus | Swainson's Thrush | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 16003 | |||||
| Lomatium nuttallii | Nuttall's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 40936 | |||||
| Stipa occidentalis var. occidentalis | Western Needlegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91058 | |||||
| Rorippa calycina | Persistent-sepal Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 49681 | |||||
| Caloplaca sorocarpa | Orange Lichen | Species | Fungi | GNR | SNR | 38295 | |||||
| Delphinium andersonii ssp. andersonii | Carson City Larkspur | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87595 | |||||
| Sparganium eurycarpum | Large Bur-reed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47794 | |||||
| Langloisia setosissima ssp. punctata | Spotted Langloisia | Subspecies | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 86000 | |||||
| Penstemon venustus | Lovely Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56378 | |||||
| Potentilla biennis | Biennial Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43475 | |||||
| Vaccinium x nubigenum | Species | Plant | SNR | 78721 | |||||||
| Cuscuta californica | California Dodder | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52322 | |||||
| Didelphis virginiana | Virginia Opossum | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 19794 | |||||
| Sayornis nigricans | Black Phoebe | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17775 | |||||
| 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 | ||||
| Lewisia nevadensis | Nevada Bitterroot | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 39712 |
