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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viola canadensis var. canadensis | Canada Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92233 | |||||
| Chamaesyce ocellata ssp. arenicola | Valley Broomspurge | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4? | SNR | 92361 | |||||
| Artemisia papposa | Owyhee Sagebrush | Species | Plant | G4 | S4 | 47110 | |||||
| Lepidium densiflorum var. densiflorum | Dense-flower Pepper-grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92429 | |||||
| Elatine californica | California Waterwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47227 | |||||
| Castilleja angustifolia var. angustifolia | Northwestern Indian-paintbrush | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92562 | |||||
| Huperzia selago | Fir Clubmoss | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47394 | |||||
| Sparganium erectum ssp. stoloniferum | Simple-stem Bur-reed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92773 | |||||
| Elymus elymoides ssp. californicus | Bottlebrush | Subspecies | Plant | G5T4 | SNR | 93018 | |||||
| Phacelia incana | Western Phacelia | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 47718 | |||||
| Camissonia claviformis | Brown-eye Suncup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47833 | |||||
| Absconditella lignicola | Species | Fungi | SNR | 93773 | |||||||
| Ipomopsis minutiflora | Small-flower Standing-cypress | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 47916 | |||||
| Swertia perennis | Felwort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48208 | |||||
| Azolla caroliniana | Eastern Mosquito-fern | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48329 | |||||
| Phyllodoce glanduliflora | Yellow Mountain-heath | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 48506 | |||||
| Woodsia scopulina | Rocky Mountain Woodsia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48611 | |||||
| Dodecatheon jeffreyi | Jeffrey's Shootingstar | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49029 | |||||
| Polemonium occidentale | Western Polemonium | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 49099 | |||||
| Astragalus atratus | Mourning Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S4 | 49177 | |||||
| Nama aretioides | Purple Fiddleleaf | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 49420 | |||||
| Phlox longifolia | Longleaf Phlox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49511 | |||||
| Phlox caespitosa | Carpet Phlox | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49660 | |||||
| Saxifraga idahoensis | Idaho Saxifrage | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 49730 | |||||
| Spartina pectinata | Fresh Water Cordgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49978 | |||||
| Montia parvifolia | Little-leaf Miner's-lettuce | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 50090 | |||||
| Arabis lignifera | Owens Valley Rockcress | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50254 | |||||
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus | Bull Trout | Species | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G4 | S4 | 19737 | ||
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
| Oncorhynchus nerka | Kokanee | Species | Fish | 1 | G5 | SNR | 16015 | ||||
| Lynx canadensis | Canada Lynx | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5 | SNA | 16860 | ||
| Oncorhynchus mykiss pop. 13 | Steelhead (Snake River Basin DPS) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Endangered | G5T2T3Q | S2S3 | Tier 1 | 79812 | |
| Ursus arctos | Grizzly Bear | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G4 | SU | Tier 1 | 16900 | |
| Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 8 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River spring/summer-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79978 |
| Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
| Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Species | Bird | Threatened | 1 | Sensitive | G5 | S1B | Tier 1 | 19476 | |
| Rangifer tarandus caribou | Woodland Caribou | Subspecies | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5T5 | S1 | 80767 | |||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Salvelinus confluentus pop. 2 | Bull Trout - Columbia River | Population | 1 | Threatened | G4T3T4Q | SNA | 80151 | ||||
| Rangifer tarandus | Caribou | Species | Mammal | Endangered | 1 | G5 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17769 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | Pinyon Jay | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3 | Tier 2 | 16247 | |||
| Urocitellus mollis | Piute Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S4 | 16824 | ||||
| Artemisiospiza nevadensis | Sagebrush Sparrow | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S3B | Tier 2 | 18549 | |||
| Scapanus orarius | Coast Mole | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 18893 | ||||
| Juncus bryoides | Moss Rush | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S2 | 58646 | ||||
| Phacelia inconspicua | Obscure Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1S2 | 44757 | |||
| Penstemon compactus | Cache Penstemon | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S2 | 44988 | |||
| Myotis thysanodes | Fringed Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S3 | 15598 | |||
| Prosopium gemmifer | Bonneville Cisco | Species | Fish | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 2 | 16255 | |||
| Lithobates pipiens | Northern Leopard Frog | Species | Amphibian | 2 | G5 | S2 | Tier 2 | 16367 | |||
| Urocitellus canus | Merriam's Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 16552 | |||
| Gulo gulo | Wolverine | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17557 |
| Eptesicus fuscus | Big Brown Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 19549 | ||||
| Fluminicola fuscus | Ashy Pebblesnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S3 | 26207 | ||||
| Oncorhynchus clarkii utah | Bonneville Cutthroat Trout | Subspecies | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4T4 | S4 | 80327 | |||
| Allium aaseae | Aase's Onion | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S2 | 40250 | ||||
| Ipomopsis congesta ssp. crebrifolia | Compact Gilia | Subspecies | Plant | 2 | G5T3T4 | S1S2 | 90624 | ||||
| Prenanthella exigua | Desert Prenanthella | Species | Plant | 2 | G5? | S2 | 45664 | ||||
| Lomatium salmoniflorum | Salmon-flower Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 53603 | ||||
| Trifolium owyheense | Owyhee Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 55100 | ||||
| Pyrrocoma scaberula | Rough Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 1563942 | ||||
| Brachylagus idahoensis | Pygmy Rabbit | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S3 | Tier 2 | 17243 | |||
| Microdipodops megacephalus | Dark Kangaroo Mouse | Species | Mammal | 2 | G4 | S1 | Tier 2 | 18109 | |||
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| Oreohelix idahoensis | Costate Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S2 | Tier 2 | 25168 | |||
| Texosporium sancti-jacobi | Wovenspore Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | G3 | S2 | 38928 | ||||
| Calochortus macrocarpus var. maculosus | Green-band Mariposa Lily | Subspecies | Plant | 2 | G5T2 | S2 | 89792 | ||||
| Phacelia minutissima | Least Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 46154 | |||
| Eriogonum hookeri | Hooker's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 47614 | ||||
| Numenius americanus | Long-billed Curlew | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S2B | Tier 2 | 15609 | |||
| Haemorhous cassinii | Cassin's Finch | Species | Bird | 2 | G5 | S4 | 16011 | ||||
| Entosphenus tridentatus | Pacific Lamprey | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | Tier 1 | 17473 | ||
| Parastrellus hesperus | Canyon Bat | Species | Mammal | 2 | G5 | S3 | 17954 | ||||
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | Species | Bird | Delisted | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S5 | 18587 | |
| Cottus extensus | Bear Lake Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 2 | 20071 | |||
| Discus marmorensis | Marbled Disc | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S2 | Tier 1 | 20244 | |||
| Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi | Westslope Cutthroat Trout | Subspecies | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4T4 | S4 | 80442 | ||
| Psilocarphus tenellus | Slender Woolly-heads | Species | Plant | 2 | G4 | S2 | 40871 | ||||
| Mimulus patulus | Stalk-leaved Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 42907 | ||||
| Lomatium packardiae | Packard's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 43815 | ||||
| Empidonax traillii | Willow Flycatcher | Species | Bird | 2 | Endangered | G5 | S4B | 17694 | |||
| Cirsium brevifolium | Palouse Thistle | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S2 | 56786 | ||||
| Sonora semiannulata | Western Groundsnake | Species | Reptile | 2 | G5 | S3 | 17968 | ||||
| Dicamptodon aterrimus | Idaho Giant Salamander | Species | Amphibian | 2 | G3G4 | S4 | 18250 | ||||
| Melanerpes lewis | Lewis's Woodpecker | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S3B | Tier 2 | 19990 | |||
| Calamagrostis tweedyi | Cascade Reedgrass | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 59466 | |||
| Lepidomeda copei | Northern Leatherside Chub | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | Tier 2 | 74379 | ||
| Athene cunicularia | Burrowing Owl | Species | Bird | 2 | G4 | S2B | Tier 2 | 80477 | |||
| Calochortus nitidus | Broad-fruit Mariposa Lily | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 43237 | ||||
| Cymopterus hendersonii | Henderson's Wavewing | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | SNR | 47523 | ||||
| Cottus schitsuumsh | Cedar Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | SNR | 665545 |
