Species list for Habitat «Barren southern slope»
Region: Valais Alps
Height: 2820-2835m ASL
Description: Barren, gently sloping south-facing slope with lots of fine debris.
In this habitat, we have so far been able to prove the following creatures and plants, among others:
Fauna
Insects (Insecta)
Bees (Apoidea)
- Bombus cryptarum
Flies (Brachycera)
- Eristalis tenax
- Scaeva pyrastri
Cicadas (Auchenorrhyncha)
- Javesella dubia
Spiders (Araneae)
- Heliophanus flavipes
Birds (Aves)
- Montifringilla nivalis
Flora
Flowers
- Artemisia genipi
- Arabis caerulea
- Erigeron uniflorus
- Saxifraga exarata ssp. exarata
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Draba hoppeana
- Saxifraga androsacea
- Gentiana tenella
- Minuartia sedoides
- Bartsia alpina
- Euphrasia minima
- Leucanthemopsis alpina
- Linaria alpina
- Myosotis alpestris
- Silene acaulis
- Veronica alpina
Number of species: 22