B44
Alpine grasslands in the Alps (Mouse-ear Kobresia, White Alpine Sedge, Carex ferruginea, Carex firma) with herbs and lichens on carbonate rocks
Description
Two-layered more or less continuous grasslands with dominant gramineous and grass species in the herb layer and with lichens and mosses distributed in the moss layer. The Seslerio-Caricetum sempervirentis grows on steep slopes (50°) of the alpine and subalpine belt. Due to the rocky ground of the carbonate rich "rocky mountains" (compared to the silicate "grass mountains"), areas with grassy lawns are only present to a small extent, where on larger plains formation of the appropriate soil is possible, or on steeper slopes lime slates are present. The lawns are much more often ”stepped” and interspersed by stones (particularly alpine grasslands).
Tree Layer
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Shrub Layer
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Lianas
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Herb Layer
a) Sesleria albicans (Balkans Moor Grass; common_meadow_grass), Carex firma (Carnation Grass; alpine_bearberry), Gentiana clusii (Clusius Gentian; lobelia_flowers) , Saxifraga caesia, Astragalus spp., Oxytropis spp., Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. alpestre, Crepis jacquinii s. l., Helictotrichon parlatorei (in the east), Astragalus penduliflorus, Leontopodium alpinum, Pedicularis rostratocapitata, Potentilla crantzii, Crepis jacquinii subsp. kerneri, Gentiana terglouensis, Seseli libanotis, Viola biflora, Homogyne alpina, Parnassia palustris; Slovenia: Festuca calva, Anemone narcissiflora, Linum alpinum;b) Carex ferruginea, Hedysarum hedysaroides, Campanula thyrsoides, Hieracium villosum, Festuca pulchella, Festuca violacea agg., Trifolium thalii, Traunsteinera globosa, Crepis bocconi, Scorzonera rosea, Pulsatilla alpina, Pedicularis rostratospicata, Carex sempervirens;c) Kobresia myosuroides, Festuca quadriflora, Carex atrata, Saussurea alpina, Festuca calva (Slovenia), Sesleria albicans, Campanula scheuchzeri, Senecio abrotanifolius, Carex sempervirens, Dryas octopetala, Aster alpinus
Moss layer (incl. lichens)
partly fruticose lichens; Cetraria aculeata var. alpina, Cetraria islandica, Tortella tortuosa
Southern slopes of the Blue Mountains and eastern slopes of the White Mountains
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