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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heuchera rubescens | Pink Alumroot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52066 | |||||
| Agrestia hispida | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G3 | SNR | 37129 | |||||
| Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89459 | |||||
| Arenaria congesta var. congesta | Capitate Sandwort | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 85811 | |||||
| Prunella vulgaris ssp. lanceolata | Self-heal | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87934 | |||||
| Stipa webberi | Webber's Needlegrass | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 45753 | |||||
| Carex echinata ssp. echinata | Little Prickly Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84163 | |||||
| Ipomopsis congesta | Ball-head Standing-cypress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54473 | |||||
| Juncus bufonius var. bufonius | Toad Rush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91357 | |||||
| Solanum rostratum | Buffalo Bur | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 39483 | |||||
| Ribes oxyacanthoides ssp. hendersonii | Henderson's Currant | Subspecies | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 89950 | |||||
| Oxytropis parryi | Parry's Crazyweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61208 | |||||
| Sisymbrium altissimum | Tall Hedge-mustard | Species | Plant | GNR | SNA | 48247 | |||||
| Aythya fuligula | Tufted Duck | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15522 | |||||
| Castilleja minor ssp. minor | Alkali Indian-paintbrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86385 | |||||
| Lotus pinnatus | Bog Bird's-foot-trefoil | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 46346 | |||||
| Vireo flavifrons | Yellow-throated Vireo | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 17662 | |||||
| Conyza canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Horseweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84690 | |||||
| Corispermum orientale | Oriental Tick-seed | Species | Plant | GU | SNR | 55085 | |||||
| Machaeranthera grindelioides var. grindelioides | Rayless Tansy-aster | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91950 | |||||
| Ranunculus trichophyllus | Northeastern White Water Crowfoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50742 | |||||
| Astragalus iodanthus | Violet Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 40178 | |||||
| Polyctenium fremontii var. fremontii | Desert Combleaf | Variety | Plant | G4T4 | SNR | 88522 | |||||
| Potentilla fissa | Big-flower Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | SNR | 59424 | ||||||
| Centaurium exaltatum | Tall Centaury | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49003 | |||||
| Phenacomys intermedius | Western Heather Vole | Species | Mammal | G5 | S5 | 19102 | |||||
| Heuchera cylindrica var. septentrionalis | Poker Alumroot | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86918 | |||||
| Carex fissuricola | Cleft Sedge | Species | Plant | SNR | 57490 | ||||||
| Eriogonum inerme | Unarmed Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G3? | SNR | 44599 | |||||
| Chen rossii | Ross's Goose | Species | Bird | G4 | S3M | 18289 | |||||
| Arnica chamissonis var. andina | Leafy Leopardbane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90470 | |||||
| Sambucus nigra | Common Elderberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 62077 | |||||
| Pinus contorta var. latifolia | Lodgepole Pine | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89084 | |||||
| Corispermum villosum | Hairy Bugseed | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 47066 | |||||
| Grindelia squarrosa var. quasiperennis | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85349 | ||||||
| Platanthera hyperborea | Leafy Northern Green Orchid | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45239 | |||||
| Cardamine breweri var. breweri | Brewer's Bittercress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92427 | |||||
| Equisetum hyemale | Rough Horsetail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54030 | |||||
| Mimulus ampliatus | Spacious Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 54233 | |||
| Astragalus paysonii | Payson's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 41087 | ||
| Grimmia brittoniae | Britton's Dry Rock Moss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 34388 | ||||
| Waldsteinia idahoensis | Idaho Strawberry | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 39273 | |||
| Carex comosa | Bristly Sedge | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 47990 | |||
| Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Subspecies | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4T4 | S4 | 80442 | ||
| Synthyris platycarpa | Evergreen Kittentail | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 47992 | ||||
| Polypodium glycyrrhiza | Licorice Fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 48767 | ||||
| Andromeda polifolia | Bog-rosemary | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 53175 | ||||
| Canis lupus | Gray Wolf | Species | Mammal | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4G5 | S4 | 19117 | |
| Gaultheria hispidula | Creeping Snowberry | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 59882 | ||||
| Botrychium minganense | Mingan Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S3 | 58291 | ||||
| Entosphenus tridentatus | Pacific Lamprey | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17473 | ||
| Botrychium crenulatum | Crenulate Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 57205 | |||
| Betula pumila | Swamp Birch | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 50046 | ||||
| Astragalus microcystis | Least Bladdery Milkvetch | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | SH | 39496 | ||||
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Schoenoplectus subterminalis | Water Clubrush | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G4G5 | S3 | 61261 | |||
| Botrychium simplex | Least Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 58763 | |||
| Carex sychnocephala | Many-headed Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 51840 | |||
| Calochortus nitidus | Broad-fruit Mariposa Lily | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 43237 | |||
| Lycopodium dendroideum | Groundpine | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 59685 | ||||
| Symphyotrichum boreale | Rush Aster | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 51123 | |||
| Vaccinium oxycoccos | Bog Cranberry | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 56059 | ||||
| Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla | Short-style Tofieldia | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5T4 | S1 | 89299 | |||
| Sitta pygmaea | Pygmy Nuthatch | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 15329 | ||||
| Rhynchospora alba | White Beakrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 60838 | ||||
| Cypseloides niger | Black Swift | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 16351 | ||
| Hookeria lucens | Light Hookeria | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 38587 | ||||
| Salix candida | Hoary Willow | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 47596 | |||
| Douglasia idahoensis | Idaho Dwarf-primrose | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 48318 | |||
| Rhizomnium nudum | Naked Rhizomnium Moss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 38612 | ||||
| Anaxyrus boreas | Western Toad | Species | Amphibian | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S2 | Tier 2 | 17288 | |
| Thelypteris nevadensis | Sierra Wood-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 56620 | ||||
| Salix pedicellaris | Bog Willow | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 44158 | ||||
| Meesia longiseta | Meesia | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 36240 | ||||
| Cornus nuttallii | Pacific Dogwood | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60675 | ||||
| Botrychium montanum | Mountain Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 60450 | ||||
| Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis | Gold-back Fern | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 92353 | |||
| Epilobium palustre | Swamp Willow-weed | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 47612 | |||
| Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua | Poor Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S2 | 91293 | ||||
| Sphagnum mendocinum | Peatmoss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S1 | 33723 | ||||
| Histrionicus histrionicus | Harlequin Duck | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1B | Tier 2 | 18872 | |
| Trifolium plumosum ssp. amplifolium | Plumed Clover | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G4T2 | S2 | 84298 | |||
| Myotis thysanodes | Fringed Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | 15598 | |||
| Epipactis gigantea | Giant Helleborine | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G4 | S2S3 | 55447 | |||
| Cicuta bulbifera | Bulb-bearing Waterhemlock | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 42669 | |||
| Drosera intermedia | Spoon-leaved Sundew | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 40775 | ||||
| Trientalis europaea ssp. arctica | Northern Starflower | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S3 | 88262 | ||||
| Dryopteris cristata | Crested Shield-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2S3 | 61511 | ||||
| Halimolobos perplexa | Puzzling Rockcress | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S4 | 40106 | ||||
| Picoides arcticus | Black-backed Woodpecker | Species | Bird | Sensitive | G5 | S4 | 16826 | ||||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Proposed | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Lycopodiella inundata | Northern Bog Clubmoss | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 45135 | ||||
| Synaptomys borealis | Northern Bog Lemming | Species | Mammal | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | Tier 3 | 19288 | |||
| Scheuchzeria palustris | Pod Grass | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S3 | 59065 | ||||
| Picoides albolarvatus | White-headed Woodpecker | Species | Bird | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 15618 | |
| Botrychium lineare | Linear-Leaved Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G2G3 | SH | 57635 | |||
| Botrychium paradoxum | Peculiar Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 59804 | |||
| Mimulus alsinoides | Chickweed Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 46265 | ||||
| Buxbaumia viridis | Green Bug-on-a-stick | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4G5 | S3 | 33965 | ||||
| Trifolium douglasii | Douglas' Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 41044 |
