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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Hymenoxys cooperi | Cooper's Bitterweed | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 61405 | |||||
Oxalis trilliifolia | Trillium-leaved Wood-sorrel | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50049 | |||||
Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
Poecile hudsonicus | Boreal Chickadee | Species | Bird | G5 | S1 | 20082 | |||||
Trichophorum pumilum | Rolland Bulrush | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 50584 | ||||
Isoperla bifurcata | Forked Stripetail | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | 29896 | |||||
Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
Musineon lineare | Rydberg's Musineon | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 44643 | |||||
Melanoplus zeus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 33139 | |||||
Eriogonum douglasii | Douglas' Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 58105 | |||||
Cladonia luteoalba | Reindeer Lichen | Species | Fungi | G2G3 | S1 | 36274 | |||||
Phacelia thermalis | Hot Spring Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | G3G4 | S1 | 45821 | ||||
Astragalus cusickii var. sterilis | Barren Milkvetch | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | G5T2 | S1 | 88331 | ||||
Oncorhynchus nerka pop. 1 | Sockeye Salmon (Snake River ESU) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | Endangered | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 79784 | |
Isoetes minima | Midget Quillwort | Species | Plant | G1G2 | S1 | 93338 | |||||
Prosopium abyssicola | Bear Lake Whitefish | Species | Fish | G1 | S1 | Tier 2 | 17770 | ||||
Astragalus bisulcatus | Two-groove Milk-vetch | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 42215 | |||||
Botrychium ascendens | Triangular-lobed Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 43173 | ||||
Anemone cylindrica | Thimbleweed | Species | Plant | 3 | G5 | S1 | 56517 | ||||
Astragalus shultziorum | Shultz's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G3Q | S1 | 56931 | |||||
Botrychium crenulatum | Crenulate Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 57205 | |||
Euproserpinus wiesti | Wiest's Primrose Sphinx | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30578 | ||||
Lobaria scrobiculata | Pored Lungwort | Species | Fungi | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 34937 | ||||
Carex sychnocephala | Many-headed Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 51840 | ||||
Hookeria lucens | Light Hookeria | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 38587 | ||||
Ribes sanguineum var. sanguineum | Winter Currant | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 87023 | |||||
Cinygma dimicki | A Mayfly | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 23888 | ||||
Mirabilis linearis | Narrow-leaved Umbrella-wort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 59991 | |||||
Eriogonum crosbyae var. mystrium | Pueblo Mountains buckwheat | Subspecies | Plant | 3 | GNRT2T3 | S1 | 93204 | ||||
Calandrinia ciliata | Red Maids | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 42156 | |||||
Abronia elliptica | Dwarf Sandverbena | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 43328 | |||||
Melanoplus idaho | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 28704 | |||||
Cryptantha caespitosa | Tufted Cryptantha | Species | Plant | 4 | G4 | S1 | 56673 | ||||
Utricularia ochroleuca | Northern Bladderwort | Species | Plant | G4G5 | S1 | 51027 | |||||
Astragalus collinus var. collinus | Rattle Milkvetch | Subspecies | Plant | S1 | 86982 | ||||||
Hackelia sp. 1 | Sleeping Deer Mountain Stickseed | Species | Plant | G1Q | S1 | 39688 | |||||
Astragalus tetrapterus | Four-wing Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G4G5 | S1 | 40207 | ||||
Potentilla bipinnatifida | Prairie Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 53642 | |||||
Ribes sanguineum | Red-flowered Currant | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60594 | |||||
Lomatium bentonitum | Succor Creek lomatium | Species | Plant | G1G2 | S1 | 628549 | |||||
Eleocharis mamillata | Soft-stem Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 41539 | |||||
Cypripedium parviflorum | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50160 | |||||
Potentilla paradoxa | Bushy Cinquefoil | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 43502 | ||||
Orthocarpus holmgreniorum | Holmgren's Owl's-clover | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 85964 | |||||
Ladislavella idahoensis | Shortspire Pondsnail | Species | Invertebrate | G1 | S1 | 23097 | |||||
Ludwigia polycarpa | Many-fruit False-loosestrife | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 53399 | |||||
Trichophorum alpinum | Hudson's Bay Bulrush | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 60296 | ||||
Draba fladnizensis | Austrian Draba | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 41057 | |||||
Oreohelix jugalis | Boulder Pile Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 28287 | |||
Glacicavicola bathyscioides | Blind Cave Leiodid Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G3 | S1 | Tier 1 | 28887 | |||
Soyedina potteri | Idaho Forestfly | Species | Invertebrate | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 20470 | ||||
Melanoplus lemurus | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 33162 | |||||
Physa megalochlamys | Cloaked Physa | Species | Invertebrate | G3G4 | S1 | 30655 | |||||
Botrychium pedunculosum | Stalked Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G3G4 | S1 | 41400 | ||||
Carex crawei | Craw Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 55277 | |||||
Salix pseudomonticola | False Mountain Willow | Species | Plant | 3 | G4G5 | S1 | 55530 | ||||
Bolshecapnia milami | Glacier Snowfly | Species | Invertebrate | G4G5 | S1 | 27949 | |||||
Melanoplus alector | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 21382 | |||||
Pilophorus clavatus | Nail Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4? | S1 | 33760 | |||||
Sphaerophorus tuckermanii | Tuckermann's Ball-bearing Lichen | Species | Fungi | G4G5TNR | S1 | 37623 | |||||
Melanoplus obex | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G3 | S1 | 22628 | |||||
Botrychium hesperium | Western Moonwort | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 59286 | |||||
Melanoplus baldi | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 23239 | |||||
Pyrrocoma racemosa | Clustered Goldenweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40272 | |||||
Eleocharis elliptica | Slender Spike-rush | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60672 | |||||
Eriogonum hookeri | Hooker's Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 2 | G5 | S1 | 47614 | ||||
Astragalus mollissimus var. thompsoniae | Woolly Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 88688 | |||||
Loxia sinesciuris | Cassia Crossbill | Population | Bird | S1 | Tier 2 | 1344926 | |||||
Claytonia lanceolata var. multiscapa | Yellow Spring-beauty | Variety | Plant | G5T4 | S1 | 83747 | |||||
Crossocalyx hellerianus | Heller's Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 34896 | |||||
Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis | Maculate Tumbleweed Shield Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | GNR | S1 | 38432 | ||||
Mimulus ringens | Allegheny Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40047 | |||||
Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
Acipenser transmontanus pop. 1 | White Sturgeon (Kootenai River DPS) | Population | Fish | Endangered | 1 | G4T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80738 | ||
Oreohelix haydeni perplexa | A Land Snail (Lower Salmon River) | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G2G3T1T3 | S1 | 82082 | |||||
Eriogonum soliceps | Railroad Canyon Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 3 | G2 | S1 | 67682 | ||||
Petasites frigidus var. palmatus | Sweet Coltsfoot | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 90290 | |||||
Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens | Small Yellow Lady's-slipper | Variety | Plant | Sensitive | G5T5 | S1 | 84677 | ||||
Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
Tritomaria exsectiformis | Large Cut Notchwort | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 37029 | |||||
Codriophorus varius | Varied Rock Moss | Species | Plant | GU | S1 | 38141 | |||||
Melanoplus daemon | A Spur-throat Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | G1G2 | S1 | 23423 | |||||
Pentagramma triangularis | Western Gold Fern | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 60065 | |||||
Beckerus barri | A Click Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | GNR | S1 | Tier 1 | 1473938 | ||||
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha pop. 2 | Chinook Salmon (Snake River fall-run ESU) | Population | Fish | Threatened | 1 | Threatened | G5T1Q | S1 | Tier 1 | 80379 | |
Mimulus hymenophyllus | Membrane-leaved Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 4 | G2 | S1 | 41263 | ||||
Oreohelix haydeni hesperia | Western Mountainsnail | Subspecies | Invertebrate | G2G3T1T3 | S1 | 81969 | |||||
Argemone munita ssp. rotundata | Armed Prickly-poppy | Subspecies | Plant | G4T4 | S1 | 89188 | |||||
Asclepias asperula | Spider Milkweed | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 49051 | |||||
Callophrys johnsoni | Johnson's Hairstreak | Species | Invertebrate | G3 | S1 | Tier 3 | 28023 | ||||
Thelypteris nevadensis | Sierra Wood-fern | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G4 | S1 | 56620 | ||||
Petasites frigidus | Arctic Butter-bur | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 50663 | |||||
Phacelia scopulina var. scopulina | Prostrate Scorpionweed | Variety | Plant | G4TNR | S1 | 90978 | |||||
Elymus hirsutus | Boreal Wild Rye | Species | Plant | G5 | S1 | 40832 | |||||
Ovis canadensis canadensis | Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep | Subspecies | Mammal | 2 | G4T4 | S1 | 80082 | ||||
Cleomella plocasperma | Alkali Cleomella | Species | Plant | 3 | G4 | S1 | 54884 | ||||
Triantha occidentalis ssp. brevistyla | Short-style Tofieldia | Subspecies | Plant | Sensitive | G5T4 | S1 | 89299 | ||||
Cladonia andereggii | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | G1 | S1 | 33967 | |||||
Pogogyne floribunda | Profuseflower Mesamint | Species | Plant | G4 | S1 | 51891 | |||||
Thelypodium paniculatum | Paniculate Thelypody | Species | Plant | G2 | S1 | 58639 |