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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottus schitsuumsh | Cedar Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | SNR | 665545 | |||||
| Idaholanx fresti | Banbury Springs Limpet | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25757 | ||
| Taylorconcha serpenticola | Bliss Rapids Snail | Species | Invertebrate | Threatened | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 30063 | ||
| Oreohelix idahoensis | Costate Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S2 | Tier 2 | 25168 | |||
| Monardella angustifolia | Leslie Gulch Monardella | Species | Plant | 2 | G1 | S1 | 1345281 | ||||
| Physella natricina | Snake River Physa | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20715 | ||
| Cicindela waynei | Bruneau Dune Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 22295 | |||
| Xanthoparmelia idahoensis | Idaho Range Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | Sensitive | G1 | S1 | 34103 | |||
| Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis | Bruneau Hot Springsnail | Species | Invertebrate | Endangered | 1 | G1 | S1 | Tier 1 | 20757 | ||
| Carex aboriginum | Indian Valley Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | G1 | S1 | 46793 | ||||
| Polemonium elusum | Elusive Jacob's-ladder | Species | Plant | 3 | G1 | S1 | 400009 | ||||
| Discus marmorensis | Marbled Disc | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1 | S2 | Tier 1 | 20244 | |||
| Oreohelix waltoni | Lava Rock Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25052 | |||
| Oreohelix jugalis | Boulder Pile Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 28287 | |||
| Sedum valens | Salmon River Stonecrop | Species | Plant | 3 | G1G2 | S1S2 | 400018 | ||||
| Cicindela arenicola | Idaho Dune Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S2 | Tier 2 | 25224 | |||
| Astragalus riparius | Piper's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G1G2 | S1 | 56297 | ||||
| Oreohelix vortex | Whorled Mountainsnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2 | S1 | Tier 1 | 25048 | |||
| Oreohelix idahoensis idahoensis | Costate Mountainsnail | Subspecies | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G2T1T2 | S1 | 81909 | ||||
| Acrolophitus pulchellus | Idaho Point-headed Grasshopper | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G3 | S2 | Tier 2 | 28349 | |||
| Glacicavicola bathyscioides | Blind Cave Leiodid Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G1G3 | S1 | Tier 1 | 28887 | |||
| Astragalus anserinus | Goose Creek Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 51746 | |||
| Cicindela columbica | Columbia River Tiger Beetle | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S1 | Tier 3 | 30014 | |||
| Lepidium papilliferum | Slickspot Peppergrass | Species | Plant | Threatened | 2 | G2 | S2 | 60878 | |||
| Lomatium packardiae | Packard's Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 43815 | ||||
| Astragalus diversifolius | Meadow Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 50095 | |||
| Eriogonum soliceps | Railroad Canyon Wild Buckwheat | Species | Plant | 3 | G2 | S1 | 67682 | ||||
| Physaria obdeltata | Middle Butte Bladderpod | Species | Plant | 4 | G2 | S2 | 93768 | ||||
| Cottus greenei | Shoshone Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | G2 | S4 | 17754 | ||||
| Symphyotrichum jessicae | Jessica's Aster | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 45453 | ||||
| Primula alcalina | Alkali Primrose | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S2 | 40322 | |||
| Fisherola nuttalli | Shortface Lanx | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S3 | 32919 | ||||
| Phacelia inconspicua | Obscure Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1S2 | 44757 | |||
| Penstemon laxus | Idaho Beardtongue | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 56183 | ||||
| Penstemon idahoensis | Idaho Penstemon | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G2 | S2 | 50500 | |||
| Mirabilis macfarlanei | Macfarlane's Four-o'clock | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1 | 53265 | |||
| Leptodactylon glabrum | Bruneau River Prickly Phlox | Species | Plant | 3 | G2 | S2 | 44300 | ||||
| Mentzelia mollis | Smooth Stickleaf | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2S3 | 47593 | ||||
| Dermatocarpon lorenzianum | A Lichen | Species | Fungi | 3 | G2 | S1 | 34274 | ||||
| Stanleya confertiflora | Malheur Prince's Plume | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 43416 | ||||
| Trifolium owyheense | Owyhee Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 55100 | ||||
| Astragalus mulfordiae | Mulford's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 48911 | ||||
| Rhizoplaca idahoensis | Idaho Rock-posy Lichen | Species | Fungi | 3 | G2 | S2 | 93767 | ||||
| Penstemon compactus | Cache Penstemon | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S2 | 44988 | |||
| Pyrrocoma scaberula | Rough Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 1563942 | ||||
| Mimulus hymenophyllus | Membrane-leaved Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 4 | G2 | S1 | 41263 | ||||
| Pyrrocoma liatriformis | Palouse Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 47601 | ||||
| Cottus leiopomus | Wood River Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S4 | 15570 | |||
| Astragalus asotinensis | Asotin Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S1 | 93763 | ||||
| Urocitellus brunneus | Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80252 | ||
| Trifolium douglasii | Douglas' Clover | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G2 | S1 | 41044 | |||
| Silene spaldingii | Spalding's Silene | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2 | S1S2 | 42699 | |||
| Fluminicola fuscus | Ashy Pebblesnail | Species | Invertebrate | 2 | G2 | S3 | 26207 | ||||
| Penstemon salmonensis | Salmon River Mountains Penstemon | Species | Plant | 2 | G2 | S2 | 1878218 | ||||
| Aspicilia rogeri | Rim Lichen | Species | Fungi | 3 | G2G3 | S2S3 | 35826 | ||||
| Carex idahoa | Idaho Sedge | Species | Plant | 2 | G2G3 | S2 | 42890 | ||||
| Spiranthes diluvialis | Ute Ladies' Tresses | Species | Plant | Threatened | 1 | G2G3 | S1 | 40218 | |||
| Astragalus arrectus | Palouse Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | G2G4 | S1 | 55264 | ||||
| Urocitellus endemicus | Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel | Species | Mammal | 2 | G2T1 | S2 | Tier 1 | 80667 | |||
| Calochortus nitidus | Broad-fruit Mariposa Lily | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 43237 | ||||
| Allium aaseae | Aase's Onion | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S2 | 40250 | ||||
| Hackelia cronquistii | Cronquist's Stickseed | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S1 | 58684 | ||||
| Pyrrocoma radiata | Snake River Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 56113 | |||
| Phacelia minutissima | Least Phacelia | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 46154 | |||
| Lepidium davisii | Davis' Peppergrass | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S3 | 52549 | ||||
| Astragalus aquilonius | Lemhi Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 42258 | |||
| Mimulus ampliatus | Spacious Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 54233 | |||
| Howellia aquatilis | Water Howellia | Species | Plant | Delisted | 1 | Sensitive | G3 | S1 | 44839 | ||
| Physaria carinata ssp. paysonii | Payson's Bladderpod | Subspecies | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 49688 | |||
| Tripterocladium leucocladulum | Naked Rhizomnium Moss | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S2S3 | 34097 | ||||
| Penstemon lemhiensis | Lemhi Penstemon | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 53948 | |||
| Astragalus amblytropis | Challis Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S3 | 51071 | ||||
| Draba globosa | Pointed Draba | Species | Plant | 4 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 44554 | |||
| Astragalus amnis-amissi | Lost River Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 41636 | |||
| Oenothera psammophila | St. Anthony Evening-primrose | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 46213 | ||||
| Collema curtisporum | Short-spored Jelly Lichen | Species | Fungi | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 39004 | |||
| Prosopium spilonotus | Bonneville Whitefish | Species | Fish | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 2 | 16582 | |||
| Texosporium sancti-jacobi | Wovenspore Lichen | Species | Fungi | 2 | G3 | S2 | 38928 | ||||
| Chaenactis cusickii | Cusick's False Yarrow | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S1S2 | 49928 | ||||
| Prosopium gemmifer | Bonneville Cisco | Species | Fish | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 2 | 16255 | |||
| Astragalus oniciformis | Picabo Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S3 | 41063 | ||||
| Pyrrocoma insecticruris | Bugleg Goldenweed | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 55520 | |||
| Cardamine constancei | Constance's Bittercress | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 59380 | |||
| Thelypodium repandum | Wavy-leaf Thelypody | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 56624 | |||
| Mimulus evanescens | Short-flowered Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 4 | G3 | SH | 54746 | ||||
| Waldsteinia idahoensis | Idaho Strawberry | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S3 | 39273 | ||||
| Cottus extensus | Bear Lake Sculpin | Species | Fish | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 2 | 20071 | |||
| Cirsium brevifolium | Palouse Thistle | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S2 | 56786 | ||||
| Draba hitchcockii | Lost River Whitlow-grass | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S3 | 52853 | ||||
| Mimulus patulus | Stalk-leaved Monkeyflower | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 42907 | ||||
| Astragalus yoder-williamsii | Mud Flat Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S1S2 | 58511 | ||||
| Astragalus paysonii | Payson's Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 3 | Sensitive | G3 | S3 | 41087 | |||
| Calamagrostis tweedyi | Cascade Reedgrass | Species | Plant | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | 59466 | |||
| Hackelia ophiobia | Rattlesnake Stickseed | Species | Plant | 3 | G3 | S2 | 52317 | ||||
| Lomatium salmoniflorum | Salmon-flower Desert-parsley | Species | Plant | 2 | G3 | S3 | 53603 | ||||
| Lepidomeda copei | Northern Leatherside Chub | Species | Fish | 2 | Sensitive | G3 | S2 | Tier 2 | 74379 | ||
| Myotis lucifugus | Little Brown Myotis | Species | Mammal | 2 | G3 | S3 | Tier 3 | 15639 | |||
| Penstemon miser | Golden-tongue Beardtongue | Species | Plant | 2 | G3? | S2 | 58775 | ||||
| Astragalus leptaleus | Park Milkvetch | Species | Plant | 4 | G3G4 | S3 | 52654 | ||||
| Agastache cusickii | Cusick's Giant-hyssop | Species | Plant | 5 | G3G4 | S2 | 59431 |
