National Priority Lichens ¶

The List of National Priority Species is a list of species that are endangered in Switzerland and/or for whose conservation Switzerland bears a special responsibility from an international perspective. Classification is based on the degree of threat to the species as assessed in the current Red List, on the one hand, and on an assessment of the responsibility Switzerland assumes with regard to the populations of this species in the European area, on the other.

For Switzerland's 2025 list of National Priority Species, a total of 786 lichen species were evaluated, of which 226 were classified as priority species.