Species list for Habitat «High altitude glacier foreland»
Region: Valais Alps
Height: 3000m ASL
Description: High-altitude, barren glacier forefield. Covered by ice until 2009 - 2016. Calcareous rocks predominate.
In this habitat, we have so far been able to prove the following creatures and plants, among others:
Fauna
Insects (Insecta)
Bees (Apoidea)
- Bombus monticola
Flies (Brachycera)
- Calliphora vicina
- Rhagio lineola
- Eristalis tenax
Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Amphimallon solstitiale
- Gonioctena nivosus
- Chrysolina sanguinolenta
Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Jordanita subsolana
- Hypodryas cynthia adult
Spiders (Araneae)
- Mitopus glacialis
- Pardosa saturatior
Birds (Aves)
- Lagopus mutus
Flora
Flowers
- Arabis alpina
- Arabis caerulea
- Draba tomentosa
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Saxifraga biflora
- Artemisia umbelliformis
- Campanula cenisia
- Saxifraga aizoides, FPR
Lichens (Lichen)
- Bryum capillare
Number of species: 21