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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calidris alpina | Dunlin | Species | Bird | G5 | S1M | 16570 | |||||
| Arabis sparsiflora var. sparsiflora | Elegant Rockcress | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89102 | ||||||
| Cryptantha pterocarya | Wingnut Cat's-eye | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 40378 | |||||
| Arnica chamissonis var. andina | Leafy Leopardbane | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90470 | |||||
| Sporobolus compositus var. compositus | Tall Dropseed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | S1 | 83761 | |||||
| Potamogeton zosteriformis | Flatstem Pondweed | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45995 | |||||
| Castilleja crista-galli | Greater Red Indian-paintbrush | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 54090 | |||||
| Polygonum heterosepalum | Dwarf Desert Knotweed | Species | Plant | G2G4 | SNR | 44065 | |||||
| Cardamine breweri var. breweri | Brewer's Bittercress | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92427 | |||||
| Lappula occidentalis var. cupulata | Flat-spine Sheepburr | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87516 | |||||
| Scapania umbrosa | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 35847 | ||||||
| Chaenactis nevii | John Day Pincushion | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 42955 | |||||
| Suksdorfia ranunculifolia | Buttercup-leaf Suksdorfia | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 56345 | |||||
| Glossopetalon spinescens | Spiny Greasebush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54725 | |||||
| Artemisia cana ssp. viscidula | Mountain Silver Sagebrush | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89673 | ||||||
| Rubus idaeus | Red Raspberry | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50348 | |||||
| Cryptantha intermedia | Large-flower Cat's-eye | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47868 | |||||
| Richardsonius balteatus | Redside Shiner | Species | Fish | G5 | S5 | 15488 | |||||
| Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora | Small Six-weeks Grass | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88195 | |||||
| Pulsatilla occidentalis | Western Pasqueflower | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58969 | |||||
| Crepis nana | Dwarf Alpine Hawk's-beard | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39242 | |||||
| Aegolius acadicus | Northern Saw-whet Owl | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 19992 | |||||
| Lomatium graveolens | King Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 56944 | |||||
| Trifolium plumosum | Feather Clover | Species | Plant | G4 | S2 | 52962 | |||||
| Selaginella douglasii | Douglas Spike-moss | Species | Plant | G4 | S3 | 61451 | |||||
| Caulanthus crassicaulis | Western Cabbage | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 41707 | |||||
| Carex raynoldsii | Raynolds' Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51067 | |||||
| Viola adunca var. adunca | Sand Violet | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 86565 | |||||
| Lesquerella montana | Mountain Bladderpod | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59650 | |||||
| Veratrum californicum var. caudatum | California False Helleborne | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 90104 | ||||||
| Mentzelia dispersa var. dispersa | Mada Stickleaf | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 84938 | |||||
| Sidalcea oregana | Oregon Checkermallow | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 55343 | |||||
| Cleome platycarpa | Golden Spiderflower | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 53645 | |||||
| Cinclus mexicanus | American Dipper | Species | Bird | G5 | S3 | 16187 | |||||
| Crataegus chrysocarpa | Fineberry Hawthorn | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 68001 | |||||
| Pteryxia terebinthina | Turpentine Wavewing | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39957 | |||||
| Linum kingii | Uintah Mountain Flax | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 43660 | |||||
| Eriogonum douglasii var. sublineare | Dougla's Wild Buckwheat | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92078 | |||||
| Melica spectabilis | Showy Melicgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57757 | |||||
| Physcia semipinnata | Species | Fungi | SNR | 33420 | |||||||
| Carex praegracilis | Clustered Field Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42418 | |||||
| Bucephala albeola | Bufflehead | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B,S1N | 18755 | |||||
| Boltonia asteroides var. recognita | White Doll's-daisy | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 83413 | |||||
| Crataegus rivularis | Dotted Hawthorn | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49310 | |||||
| Aspidoscelis tigris | Tiger Whiptail | Species | Reptile | G5 | S4 | 16838 | |||||
| Dryas octopetala var. angustifolia | Eight-petal Mountain-avens | Subspecies | Plant | SNR | 89276 | ||||||
| Ranunculus abortivus | Kidneyleaf Buttercup | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 60384 | |||||
| Asplenium trichomanes | Maidenhair Spleenwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | G5 | S1 | 40600 | ||||
| Erigeron leiomerus | Smooth Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 49802 | |||||
| Arnica chamissonis | Leafy Arnica | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 47417 | |||||
| Chaenactis douglasii var. douglasii | Hoary Pincushion | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 85595 | |||||
| Lathyrus rigidus | Rigid Peavine | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 58503 | |||||
| Symphyotrichum ciliatum ssp. 1 | Rayless Alkali Aster | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 83984 | |||||
| Phyllodoce empetriformis | Pink Mountain-heath | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 61038 | |||||
| Carex halliana | Hall's Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 41201 | |||||
| Chenopodium fremontii var. fremontii | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91180 | ||||||
| Potamogeton x faxonii | Species | Plant | SNR | 79320 | |||||||
| Melica subulata | Alaska Onion Grass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 54917 | |||||
| Loxia curvirostra | Red Crossbill | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 17578 | |||||
| Comandra umbellata | Umbellate Bastard Toad-flax | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 48109 | |||||
| Egretta thula | Snowy Egret | Species | Bird | G5 | S1B | 15646 | |||||
| Parnassia fimbriata var. fimbriata | Variety | Plant | G5T4T5 | SNR | 88367 | ||||||
| Epilobium hornemannii | Hornemann's Willowherb | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 39474 | |||||
| Sporobolus vaginiflorus var. vaginiflorus | Poverty Dropseed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 91696 | |||||
| Carex emoryi | Emory's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 57222 | |||||
| Lindernia dubia var. dubia | Yellowseed False Pimpernel | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 82998 | |||||
| Dichanthelium oligosanthes | Heller's Witchgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53215 | |||||
| Silene menziesii | Menzies' Pink | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 51332 | |||||
| Gentiana fremontii | Moss Gentian | Species | Plant | G3G4 | SNR | 48849 | |||||
| Asclepias asperula ssp. asperula | Spider Milkweed | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 88937 | |||||
| Astragalus sheldonii | Sheldon's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 59884 | |||||
| Carex haydeniana | Hayden's Sedge | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 40170 | |||||
| Astragalus robbinsii var. occidentalis | Lamoille Canyon Milkvetch | Variety | Plant | G5T2T3 | SNR | 90294 | |||||
| Rubus vitifolius | Pacific Dewberry | Species | Plant | G4? | SNR | 55627 | |||||
| Lycopodium annotinum var. annotinum | Stiff Clubmoss | Variety | Plant | G5T5? | SNR | 83595 | |||||
| Spartina gracilis | Alkali Cordgrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 45776 | |||||
| Poa pratensis | Kentucky Bluegrass | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 53818 | |||||
| Sterna forsteri | Forster's Tern | Species | Bird | G5 | S2B | 16406 | |||||
| Langloisia setosissima | Bristly Langloisia | Species | Plant | G4G5 | SNR | 43862 | |||||
| Arceuthobium campylopodum | Western Dwarf-mistletoe | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 46958 | |||||
| Phacelia hastata var. hastata | Silverleaf Scorpionweed | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 92223 | |||||
| Corylus cornuta var. cornuta | Beaked Hazelnut | Variety | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 87322 | |||||
| Pedicularis bracteosa | Canadian Lousewort | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42739 | |||||
| Lepomis gibbosus | Pumpkinseed | Species | Fish | G5 | SNA | 19003 | |||||
| Perideridia gairdneri ssp. borealis | Gairdner's Yampah | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 90812 | |||||
| Eleocharis acicularis | Least Spikerush | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 42741 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza hookeri var. neglecta | Hooker's Balsamroot | Variety | Plant | G5T3T5 | SNR | 85784 | |||||
| Juncus howellii | Howell's Rush | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 56201 | |||||
| Erigeron tener | Tender Fleabane | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 52097 | |||||
| Phlox longifolia | Longleaf Phlox | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 49511 | |||||
| Penstemon rydbergii var. oreocharis | Rydberg's Beardtongue | Variety | Plant | G4G5T3T5 | SNR | 89481 | |||||
| Mitella pentandra | Five-point Bishop's-cap | Species | Plant | G5? | SNR | 40882 | |||||
| Carex bolanderi | Bolander's Sedge | Species | Plant | G5 | SNR | 50086 | |||||
| Balsamorhiza careyana | Carey's Balsamroot | Species | Plant | G4 | SNR | 47640 | |||||
| Lepidium ramosissimum var. ramosissimum | Branched Pepper-grass | Variety | Plant | G5TNR | SNR | 92799 | |||||
| Potentilla ovina var. ovina | Variety | Plant | G5?T5? | SNR | 87965 | ||||||
| Botrychium simplex | Least Moonwort | Species | Plant | Sensitive | Sensitive | G5 | S2 | 58763 | |||
| Sitta canadensis | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Species | Bird | G5 | S4 | 19786 | |||||
| Poa cusickii ssp. epilis | Cusick's Bluegrass | Subspecies | Plant | G5T5 | SNR | 84171 | |||||
| Cottus greenei | Shoshone Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | G2 | S4 | 17754 |
