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Switzerland

Europe · Western Europe

Total Species
1175
Threatened
84
CR + EN + VU
Population
8.654.622
Area
41.284 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 21
Endangered 36
Vulnerable 27
Near Threatened 55
Least Concern 389
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 616
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 791
Plantae 352
Fungi 22
Chromista 9
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Switzerland

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Kidney Saxifrage

Saxifraga hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Rosy Cress

Arabis collina

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Blue Marsh Violet

Viola cucullata

Not Evaluated

Siberian Squill

Scilla siberica

Not Evaluated

butterfly-flower

Iris japonica

Not Evaluated

Bastard Agrimony

Aremonia agrimonioides

Not Evaluated

flax

Linum narbonense

Not Evaluated

Gmelin's wormwood

Artemisia gmelinii

Not Evaluated

Tragopogon crocifolius

Vulnerable

Hollyhock Rust

Puccinia malvacearum

Not Evaluated

American Gooseberry Mildew

Podosphaera mors-uvae

Not Evaluated

Mahonia Rust

Cumminsiella mirabilissima

Not Evaluated

Dutch Elm Disease

Ophiostoma ulmi

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Blight

Cryphonectria parasitica

Not Evaluated

Alder rust

Melampsoridium hiratsukanum

Not Evaluated

Sphaeropsis blight

Sphaeropsis sapinea

Not Evaluated

Entoleuca mammata

Vulnerable

Erysiphe necator

Not Evaluated

Eutypa lata

Least Concern

Rhabdocline pseudotsugae

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe syringae-japonicae

Not Evaluated

Kabatiella caulivora

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe syringae

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe vanbruntiana

Not Evaluated

Puccinia lagenophorae

Not Evaluated

Macrophomina phaseolina

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe azaleae

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe palczewskii

Not Evaluated

Erysiphe platani

Not Evaluated

Ramularia collo-cygni

Not Evaluated

Sudden oak death

Phytophthora ramorum

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora Disease of Alder

Phytophthora alni

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora quercina

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Aphanomyces astaci

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora cactorum

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora syringae

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora cambivora

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora citricola

Not Evaluated

Erwinia amylovora

Not Evaluated

Marsh frog

Pelophylax ridibundus

Least Concern

Earth-boring dung beetle

Geotrupes stercorarius

Least Concern

fallow deer

Dama dama

Not Evaluated

sika deer

Cervus nippon

Not Evaluated

Essex Skipper

Thymelicus lineola

Vulnerable

small skipper

Thymelicus sylvestris

Vulnerable

dingy skipper

Erynnis tages

Vulnerable

Arctic Skipper

Carterocephalus palaemon

Near Threatened

duke of burgundy fritillary

Hamearis lucina

Vulnerable

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Least Concern

Large Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Least Concern

Arctic Sulfur

Colias palaeno

Least Concern

Clouded Yellow

Colias croceus

Least Concern

Pale Clouded Yellow

Colias hyale

Least Concern

Wood White

Leptidea sinapis

Near Threatened

Black-Veined White

Aporia crataegi

Endangered

Orange Tip

Anthocharis cardamines

Least Concern

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