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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alopecurus alpinus | Mountain Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58121 | |||||
| Loxia curvirostra | Red Crossbill | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 17578 | |||||
| Poa glauca ssp. glauca | White Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85879 | |||||
| Maianthemum dilatatum | False Lily-of-the-Valley | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 56245 | |||||
| Tachycineta thalassina | Violet-green Swallow | Species | Bird | G5 | S5B | 15632 | |||||
| Phlox missoulensis | Missoula Phlox | Species | Plant | G2G3 | SNR | 52134 | |||||
| Astragalus miser | Timber Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41323 | |||||
| Rosa nutkana var. hispida | Nootka Rose | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89586 | |||||
| Euphorbia brachycera | Horned Spurge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60680 | |||||
| Cypripedium parviflorum | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50160 | |||||
| Heuchera flabellifolia var. subsecta | Bridger Mountain Alumroot | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 88083 | ||||||
| Cleome lutea | Yellow Spiderflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58820 | |||||
| Sphenopholis obtusata | Prairie Wedgegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45827 | |||||
| Dalea ornata | Blue Mountain Prairie-clover | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 43911 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani | Softstem Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52812 | |||||
| Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum | Flat-crown Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90059 | |||||
| Orobanche uniflora | One-flowered Broomrape | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61343 | |||||
| Schoenoplectus pungens | Three-square Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56807 | |||||
| Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | 16406 | |||||
| Carex parryana var. parryana | Parry's Sedge | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 84836 | |||||
| Stellaria crassifolia | Fleshy Stitchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42166 | |||||
| Hydrophyllum fendleri var. albifrons | Fendler's Waterleaf | Variety | Plant | G4G5T4T5 | SNR | 92034 | |||||
| Thlaspi idahoense | Idaho Pennycress | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3G4 | SNR | 40276 | ||||
| Phlox viridis ssp. compacta | Green Phlox | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 88641 | |||||
| Lepidium ramosissimum | Branched Pepper-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62108 | |||||
| Equisetum palustre | Marsh Horsetail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49079 | |||||
| Astragalus miser var. miser | Timber Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 87013 | |||||
| Stellaria umbellata | Umbellate Stitchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44696 | |||||
| Tadarida brasiliensis | Brazilian Free-tailed Bat | Species | Mammal | G5 | SNA | 17154 | |||||
| Carex luzulina var. luzulina | Woodrush Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 83278 | |||||
| Poa leibergii | Leiberg's Bluegrass | Species | Plant | SNR | 53488 | ||||||
| Eriogonum umbellatum var. polyanthum | Sulphur-flower Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90601 | |||||
| Erigeron gracilis | Slender Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 51683 | |||||
| Columba livia | Rock Pigeon | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19045 | |||||
| Cleome lutea var. lutea | Yellow Spider-flower | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89199 | |||||
| Astragalus ceramicus | Pottery Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 60189 | |||||
| Penstemon globosus | Globe Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 47148 | |||||
| Mentzelia dispersa | Mada Stick-leaf | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58351 | |||||
| Lewisia kelloggii ssp. kelloggii | Subspecies | Plant | G3G4T2T3Q | SNR | 92587 | ||||||
| Perideridia parishii | Parish's Yampah | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 41008 | |||||
| Penstemon flavescens | Pennell Beardtongue | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 49711 | |||||
| Plagiochila asplenioides | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 38740 | ||||||
| Phlox diffusa ssp. subcarinata | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87670 | ||||||
| Equisetum laevigatum | Smooth Scouring-rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47855 | |||||
| Erigeron engelmannii var. engelmannii | Engelmann's Fleabane | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86043 | |||||
| Castilleja septentrionalis | Labrador Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56451 | |||||
| Physaria geyeri | Geyer's Twinpod | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 43524 | |||||
| Arnica x diversifolia | Rayless Arnica | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 78923 | |||||
| Ceanothus velutinus | Tobacco Ceanothus | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54788 | |||||
| Geum macrophyllum | Largeleaf Avens | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41634 | |||||
| Passer domesticus | House Sparrow | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 19852 | |||||
| Heuchera cylindrica var. glabella | Poker Alumroot | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89723 | |||||
| Lipocarpha micrantha | Dwarf Bulrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50420 | |||||
| Woodsia oregana ssp. oregana | Oregon Woodsia (Diploid) | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4? | SNR | 88265 | |||||
| Potentilla multisecta | Diverse-leaved Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G3G4Q | SNR | 59053 | |||||
| Juncus alpinoarticulatus | Northern Green Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46022 | |||||
| Claytonia lanceolata var. idahoensis | Lanceleaf Springbeauty | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 84471 | |||||
| Calidris alpina | Dunlin | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 16570 | |||||
| Silene drummondii var. drummondii | Drummond's Campion | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91627 | |||||
| Allium pleianthum | Many-flowered Onion | Species | Plant | G3Q | SNR | 53089 | |||||
| Eriogonum strictum ssp. proliferum | Blue Mountain Wild Buckwheat | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90215 | |||||
| Sagina saginoides | Arctic Pearlwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61503 | |||||
| Camissonia pterosperma | Winged-seed Evening Primrose | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S2 | 48636 | ||||
| Agoseris grandiflora | Large-flower False-dandelion | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51158 | |||||
| Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita | Threetip Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 86667 | |||||
| Atriplex canescens | Four-wing Saltbush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59748 | |||||
| Pyrola elliptica | Shinleaf | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46682 | |||||
| Carex aquatilis var. dives | Sitka Sedge | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85018 | |||||
| Arnica parryi | Nodding Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42358 | |||||
| Picrothamnus desertorum | Bud Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53701 | |||||
| Collomia debilis var. trifida | Alpine Collomia | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 88833 | |||||
| Dryopteris cristata | Crested Shield-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2S3 | 61511 | ||||
| Epipactis gigantea | Giant Helleborine | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G4 | S2S3 | 55447 | |||
| Cicuta bulbifera | Bulb-bearing Waterhemlock | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 42669 | |||
| Ovis canadensis | Bighorn Sheep | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | Tier 2 | 17176 | |
| Phegopteris connectilis | Northern Beechfern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 50669 | ||||
| Lycopodiella inundata | Northern Bog Clubmoss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 45135 | ||||
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod Grass | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 59065 | ||||
| Gavia immer | Common Loon | Species | Bird | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S1B,S2N | Tier 2 | 15698 | ||
| Botrychium lineare | Linear-Leaved Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G2G3 | SH | 57635 | |||
| Muhlenbergia glomerata | Marsh Muhly | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60900 | ||||
| Botrychium paradoxum | Peculiar Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 59804 | |||
| Cladonia uncialis | Thorn Cladonia | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 36769 | ||||
| Mimulus alsinoides | Chickweed Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 46265 | ||||
| Carex flava | Yellow Sedge | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 49533 | ||||
| Lota lota | Burbot | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 16458 | ||
| Collema curtisporum | Short-spored Jelly Lichen | Species | Fungi | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 39004 | |||
| Halimolobos perplexa | Puzzling Rockcress | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S4 | 40106 | ||||
| Mimulus breviflorus | Short-flower Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S2 | 42904 | ||||
| Streptopus streptopoides | Kruhsea | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 51986 | ||||
| Botrychium pinnatum | Northern Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4? | S2 | 51467 | ||||
| Trifolium douglasii | Douglas' Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 41044 | |||
| Githopsis specularioides | Common Bluecup | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 665631 | ||||
| Botrychium pedunculosum | Stalked Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 41400 | ||||
| Botrychium ascendens | Triangular-lobed Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 43173 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Grimmia brittoniae | Britton's Dry Rock Moss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 34388 | ||||
| Allium columbianum | Columbia Onion | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 53756 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss gairdneri | Columbia River Redband Trout | Subspecies | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G5T4 | S4 | 79983 |
