SwissNature.org - Habitats and their biotic communities

With the 'Habitats' project, we try to show photographically which plants (flora) and animals (fauna) thrive and live together (biocoenosis) in certain environments (habitats, biotopes) and altitudes. If possible, we also show the relationships and dependencies between the species. Read more...
The habitats documented by us are all located in parts of the Swiss Alps (same perimeter as www.SwissGlaciers.org), the Swiss Prealps and the Swiss Midlands. We visit some habitats several times a year, while we visit others only every few years.
So far photos and information are available for the following habitats:
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Alpine lawn over Grisons slate (Nr. 7)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2450m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 20 Species, 29 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Alpine lawn with diverse flora and fauna (Nr. 6)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2440m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 104 Species, 168 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Alpine pasture (edge of a mountain path) (Nr. 93)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1780m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 22 Species, 34 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Alpine pasture no longer used (Nr. 59)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2000 - 2040m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 27 Species, 47 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Alpine pasture partly overgrown with espalier bushes (Nr. 33)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2200m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 41 Species, 71 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Alpine pasture that has not been used for a long time (Nr. 90)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2220 - 2230m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 29 Species, 53 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Alpine pasture with forest edge (Nr. 25)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 1290 - 1330m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 113 Species, 169 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Alpine rose bush (Nr. 78)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2100m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 28 Species, 46 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren area in glacier foreland (Nr. 79)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2350m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 34 Species, 61 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren glacier forefield, 2600m (Nr. 24)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2600m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 32 Species, 73 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren glacier foreland, 1940m (Nr. 11)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1940m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 26 Species, 57 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren glacier foreland, 2400m (Nr. 19)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2400m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 20 Species, 38 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren high plateau (Nr. 61)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2730 - 2750m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 33 Species, 62 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren land (Nr. 5)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2580m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 35 Species, 71 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren permafrost zone (Nr. 75)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2870 - 2880m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 20 Species, 36 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren southern slope (Nr. 53)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2820 - 2835m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 22 Species, 41 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren, stony and flat glacier foreland (Nr. 88)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1950m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 23 Species, 42 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Barren, stony area on lateral moraine (Nr. 2)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2150m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 25 Species, 37 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Bright larch forest. (Nr. 89)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1950 - 1970m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 39 Species, 66 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Debris-covered glacial ridge (Nr. 12)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2400m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 24 Species, 53 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Dry grassland in glacier foreland (Nr. 29)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1900m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 31 Species, 53 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Dry grassland on south-facing slope. (Nr. 20)
Region: Ticiono Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2400m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 36 Species, 87 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Dry site with rock faces, open areas and sparse forest (Nr. 14)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1130 - 1230m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 120 Species, 224 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Dwarf shrub heath (Nr. 74)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2165 - 2190m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 39 Species, 61 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Extensive glacier foreland (Nr. 15)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1920 - 1940m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 24 Species, 58 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Extensively managed mountain grassland (Nr. 73)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2000 - 2025m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 57 Species, 96 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Extensively used alpine pasture on north side of a moraine (Nr. 49)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2685 - 2695m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 23 Species, 39 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Extensively used, slightly sloping and south-facing alpine pasture. (Nr. 67)
Region: Bernese Prealps, Switzerland
Height: 1715m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 28 Species, 54 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Forest edge (Nr. 83)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 1020m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 26 Species, 36 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Glacier forefield with many watercourses (Nr. 17)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2350m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 22 Species, 48 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Glacier foreland with watercourses (Nr. 47)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2660m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 25 Species, 45 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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High altitude glacier foreland (Nr. 30)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 3000m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 21 Species, 36 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Inconspicuous place in the valley bottom of a hilly landscape (Nr. 10)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 950m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 126 Species, 204 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Mountain trail through ravine (Nr. 94)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1760 - 1770m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 23 Species, 34 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Natural garden (Nr. 1)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 570m ASL
Vegetation stage: kollin
Scope: 202 Species, 261 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Path embankment on south-facing slope with adjacent alpine pasture and forest nearby. (Nr. 9)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 1325m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 106 Species, 176 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Ridges with a lot of fine debris (Nr. 31)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2900m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 26 Species, 52 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Small clearing in the forest (Nr. 18)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 1100m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 12 Species, 28 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Small forest clearing with driveway (Nr. 69)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 1060m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 59 Species, 95 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Small pass in barren surroundings. (Nr. 62)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2670 - 2680m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 27 Species, 47 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Small valley with watercourse on extensively used alpine meadow (Nr. 65)
Region: Bernese Prealps, Switzerland
Height: 1800m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 60 Species, 99 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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South exposed barren mountain grassland (Nr. 22)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2300m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 43 Species, 96 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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South side flank of a moraine (Nr. 48)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2675 - 2695m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 21 Species, 36 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Sparsely vegetated gravel bank of a mountain stream (Nr. 58)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2370m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 73 Species, 136 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Species-rich mountain grassland (Nr. 80)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2600m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 41 Species, 65 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Steep slope at edge of forest (Nr. 34)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1640m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 29 Species, 52 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Stony alpine meadow on limestone (Nr. 85)
Region: Central Swiss Prealps, Switzerland
Height: 1780 - 1850m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 20 Species, 32 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Summit in karst mountains (Nr. 35)
Region: Central Swiss Prealps, Switzerland
Height: 1860m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 31 Species, 55 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Sunny forest edge (Nr. 38)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 750 - 770m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 42 Species, 72 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Sunny slope along forest path (Nr. 57)
Region: Emmental, Switzerland
Height: 1000m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 122 Species, 187 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Surrounding area of a building (Nr. 26)
Region: Valais Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1530m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 53 Species, 59 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Terrace on the glacier-side flank of a moraine (Nr. 13)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 2350m ASL
Vegetation stage: alpine
Scope: 43 Species, 98 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Transition from alpine pasture to forest (Nr. 37)
Region: Central Swiss Prealps, Switzerland
Height: 1185 - 1190m ASL
Vegetation stage: montan
Scope: 52 Species, 90 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
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Weakly vegetated alluvial fan. (Nr. 3)
Region: Bernese Alps, Switzerland
Height: 1670m ASL
Vegetation stage: subalpine
Scope: 71 Species, 134 Photos, Meteo, Timeline
Number of habitats: 54
Number of photos: 4199
Number of species: 1213 (Total of all habitats that are online.)
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