Species list for Habitat «Terrace on the glacier-side flank of a moraine»
Region: Bernese Alps
Height: 2350m ASL
Description: Narrow terrace in the glacier-side flank of a lateral moraine. Sparse, high alpine environment. Ice-free since approx. 1940.
In this habitat, we have so far been able to prove the following creatures and plants, among others:
Fauna
Insects (Insecta)
Flies (Brachycera)
- Rhamphomyia lamellata
- Episyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis tenax
- Eupeodes luniger
- Minuartia verna
- Syrphus ribesii
Beetle (Coleoptera)
- Harmonia axyridis
Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Aglais urticae adult
Birds (Aves)
- Lagopus mutus
Flora
Flowers
- Pritzelago alpina
- Cirsium spinosissimum
- Veronica aphylla
- Erigeron uniflorus
- Lloydia serotina
- Adenostyles leucophylla
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Alchemilla nitida
- Potentilla aurea, FPR
- Crepis aurea
- Tussila farfara, FPR
- Galium anisophyllon
- Gentiana tenella
- Ligusticum mutellinoides
- Alchemilla hybrida
- Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. alpestris
- Artemisia umbelliformis
- Campanula cochleariifolia
- Cerastium pedunculatum
- Euphrasia minima
- Gentiana verna
- Hieracium piliferum
- Minuartia verna
- Myosotis alpestris
- Pedicularis verticillata
- Saxifraga aizoides, FPR
- Saxifraga paniculata
- Sedum atratum
- Thlaspi rotundifolium
- Thymus polytrichus
- Veronica alpina
- Veronica fruticans
Lichen
- Aspicilia cinerea
Bushes
- Juniperus communis ssp. saxatilis, FPR
Number of species: 43