Species list for Habitat «Ridges with a lot of fine debris»
Region: Valais Alps
Height: 2900m ASL
Description: Ridges with a lot of fine debris and sparse vegetation. Predominant rock: Bündnerschiefer. In between a few quartz outcrops. Covered with ice until about 1960.
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
- Bombus cryptarum
Flies (Brachycera)
- Eristalis tenax
- Eupeodes luniger
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)
- Gomphocerus sibiricus
Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Phyllobius arborator
- Chrysolina sanguinolenta
Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Orenaia lugubralis
- Aglais urticae adult
- Pontia callidice
- Zygaena exulans adult
Bugs (Heteroptera)
- Nysius cymoides
Wasps (Vespidae)
- Podalonia alpina
Flora
Flowers
- Artemisia genipi
- Herniaria alpina
- Arabis caerulea
- Erigeron uniflorus
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Draba hoppeana
- Pritzelago alpina ssp. brevicaulis
- Gentiana schleicheri
- Campanula cenisia
- Minuartia verna
- Sedum atratum
- Silene acaulis
Shrubs
- Salix herbacea
Number of species: 26