Species list for Habitat «Barren permafrost zone»
Region: Valais Alps
Height: 2870-2880m ASL
Description: Debris fields in a permafrost zone.
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
Spiders (Araneae)
- Pardosa saturatior
Birds (Aves)
- Gypaetus barbatus
- Aquila chrysaetos
Flora
Flowers
- Aster bellidiastrum
- Scorzoneroides montana
- Arabis caerulea
- Erigeron uniflorus
- Saxifraga oppositifolia
- Artemisia genipi
- Arabis alpina
- Pritzelago alpina ssp. brevicaulis
- Taraxacum pacheri
- Hieracium villosum
- Saxifraga biflora
- Campanula cenisia
- Linaria alpina
- Silene acaulis
Grasses
- Poa alpina
Shrubs
- Salix retusa
Number of species: 20