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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Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
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 | |||
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
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 | |||
Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
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 |
Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
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 | ||
Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
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 | |||
Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
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 | ||||
Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
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 | |||
Pinus albicaulis | Whitebark Pine | Species | Plant | Candidate | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G3G4 | S3 | 39642 | |
Danaus plexippus | Monarch | Species | Invertebrate | Candidate | G4 | S2 | Tier 3 | 21608 | |||
Grindelia columbiana | Columbian Gumweed | Species | Plant | G3? | SNR | 44780 | |||||
Philadelphus lewisii var. lewisii | Lewi's Mock-orange | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 83412 | |||||
Brickellia microphylla | Littleleaf Brickell-bush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55972 | |||||
Juncus confusus | Colorado Rush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42957 | |||||
Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri | Shrubby Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90679 | |||||
Rumex densiflorus | Dense-flower Dock | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 47332 | |||||
Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora | Slender 8-flowered Fescue | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85588 | |||||
Saxifraga foliolosa | Leafy Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 58453 | |||||
Elymus alaskanus | Alaska Wild Rye | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45495 | |||||
Silene scouleri var. scouleri | Scouler's Catchfly | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92660 | |||||
Plagiobothrys scouleri var. hispidulus | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83976 | ||||||
Astragalus terminalis | Railhead Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3 | SNR | 41070 | |||||
Lupinus arbustus var. montanus | Long-spur Lupine | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 91186 | |||||
Rorippa teres | Marsh Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52480 | |||||
Crepis nana | Dwarf Alpine Hawk's-beard | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39242 | |||||
Juncus bufonius var. occidentalis | Toad Rush | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 87818 | |||||
Ranunculus flammula | Lesser Spearwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47929 | |||||
Cardamine cordifolia var. cordifolia | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86141 | ||||||
Larus hyperboreus | Glaucous Gull | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 16369 | |||||
Chenopodium fremontii | Fremont's Goosefoot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43650 | |||||
Potamogeton x spathuliformis | Species | Plant | GNA | SNA | 79289 | ||||||
Artemisia rigida | Scabland Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G5 | S4 | 41726 | |||||
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. puberulus | Sticky-leaf Rabbitbrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 89793 | |||||
Eriogonum flavum var. piperi | Yellow Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 91710 | |||||
Abies lasiocarpa | Subalpine Fir | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50509 | |||||
Castilleja rhexiifolia | Rhexia-leaf Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 59142 | |||||
Synthliboramphus antiquus | Ancient Murrelet | Species | Bird | G4 | SNA | 18329 | |||||
Rubus pubescens var. pubescens | Dwarf Red Raspberry | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84545 | |||||
Lomatium ambiguum | Streambank Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 57165 | |||||
Phacelia leptosepala | Narrow-sepal Scorpionweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 44308 | |||||
Populus balsamifera ssp. balsamifera | Balsam Poplar | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 82997 | |||||
Pteryxia terebinthina | Turpentine Wavewing | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39957 | |||||
Chenopodium berlandieri var. zschackii | Pit-seed Goosefoot | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 90311 | |||||
Gymnosteris nudicaulis | Large-flowered Gymnosteris | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 61651 | |||||
Tortula ruralis | Tortula Moss | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 33411 | |||||
Pedicularis bracteosa var. canbyi | Towering Lousewort | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 86777 | ||||||
Zigadenus venenosus var. venenosus | Meadow Deathcamas | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88924 | |||||
Vahlodea atropurpurea | Mountain Hairgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46850 | |||||
Equisetum hyemale var. affine | Scouring-rush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85110 | |||||
Carex engelmannii | Brewer's Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S2 | 55568 | |||||
Draba praealta | Tall Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 44953 | |||||
Chenopodium incanum var. occidentale | Variety | Plant | G5T2T4 | SNR | 92242 | ||||||
Dipodomys microps | Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat | Species | Mammal | G5 | S4 | 17426 | |||||
Lomatium canbyi | Canby's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 53768 | |||||
Campanula parryi | Parry's Northern Harebell | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 40617 | |||||
Rorippa curvipes var. integra | Rocky Mountain Yellowcress | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 90817 | |||||
Phleum alpinum | Mountain Timothy | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49399 | |||||
Apocynum androsaemifolium ssp. androsaemifolium | Spreading Dogbane | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87318 | |||||
Monolepis spathulata | Prostrate Poverty-weed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57966 | |||||
Gilia micromeria | Valley Gilia | Species | Plant | G4Q | SNR | 47501 | |||||
Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged Hawk | Species | Bird | G5 | SNA | 15876 | |||||
Geranium viscosissimum | Sticky Geranium | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43194 | |||||
Heuchera cylindrica | Poker Alumroot | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52065 | |||||
Agrestia hispida | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G3 | SNR | 37129 | |||||
Erigeron filifolius | Threadleaf Fleabane | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 41224 | |||||
Selaginella densa var. standleyi | Standley's Spike-moss | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 89469 | |||||
Notropis hudsonius | Spottail Shiner | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 19796 | |||||
Lepidium densiflorum var. elongatum | Dense-flower Pepper-grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87947 | |||||
Fulica americana | American Coot | Species | Bird | G5 | S4B,S4N | 17800 | |||||
Carex echinata ssp. echinata | Little Prickly Sedge | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84163 | |||||
Smelowskia calycina | Alpine Smelowskia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54467 | |||||
Lomatium packardiae | Packard's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 43815 | ||||
Rorippa palustris ssp. hispida | Bog Yellowcress | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91375 | |||||
Rorippa curvisiliqua | Curve-pod Yellowcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 52710 | |||||
Epilobium hornemannii | Hornemann's Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39474 | |||||
Erigeron glabellus var. glabellus | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 89968 | ||||||
Ribes cereum | Wax Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61196 | |||||
Castilleja minor ssp. minor | Alkali Indian-paintbrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86385 | |||||
Draba cana | Hoary Draba | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56708 | |||||
Conyza canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Horseweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84690 | |||||
Alopecurus carolinianus | Tufted Foxtail | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55079 | |||||
Eleocharis acicularis var. acicularis | Least Spikerush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91965 |