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.
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)
Number of species: 1
Flies (Brachycera)
- Eristalis pertinax
- Rhagio lineola
- Eristalis tenax
Number of species: 4
Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Gonioctena nivosus
- Chrysolina sanguinolenta
- Harmonia axyridis
Number of species: 4
Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Aglais urticae adult, LC
- Hypodryas cynthia adult, NT
Number of species: 3
Bugs (Heteroptera)
Number of species: 1
Wasps (Vespidae)
Number of species: 1
Spiders (Araneae)
- Pardosa saturatior
Number of species: 2
Birds (Aves)
Number of species: 1
Flora
Flowers
- Arabis caerulea, LC
- Draba tomentosa, LC
- Saxifraga oppositifolia, LC
- Saxifraga biflora, LC
- Artemisia umbelliformis, LC, protected CH
- Campanula cenisia, LC
- Saxifraga aizoides, LC
Number of species: 8
Lichens (Lichen)
Number of species: 1
Total number of species26
On the Red Lists in CH: 13 / 26 = 50.0%
Protected species in CH: 1 / 26 = 3.8%
On the Red Lists in CH: 13 / 26 = 50.0%
Protected species in CH: 1 / 26 = 3.8%
Threat status according to Switzerland's Red Lists
| Status | Description | Quantity | % | Total RE-LC | % |
| RE | Extinct in Switzerland | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CR | Critically endangered | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| EN | Highly endangered | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.7 |
| VU | Vulnerable | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 |
| NT | Near endangered | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 15.4 |
| LC | Not endangered | 11 | 84.6 | 13 | 100.0 |
| DD | Insufficient data | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| NE | Not rated | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total | 13 | 100.0 |