Species list for Habitat «Extensively managed mountain grassland»

Region: Valais Alps
Height: 2000-2025m ASL
Description: Extensively managed mountain grassland.
In this habitat, we have so far been able to prove the following creatures and plants, among others:

Reptiles

Snakes

- Vipera aspis, EN, protected CH
Number of species: 1

Fauna

Insects (Insecta)

Ants (Formicidae)

- Formica sanguinea
- Temnothorax albipennis
Number of species: 2

Bees (Apoidea)

- Lasioglossum morio, LC
- Sphecodes ephippius, LC
- Andrena cineraria
- Halictus rubicundus, LC
Number of species: 4

Flies (Brachycera)

- Cheilosia caerulescens
- Episyrphus balteatus
- Sphaerophoria scripta
Number of species: 3

Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)

- Gomphocerus sibiricus, LC
- Decticus verrucivorus, NT
- Tetrix bipunctata, NT
Number of species: 3

Beetles (Coleoptera)

- Chrysolina oricalcia
- Larinus brevis
- Pterostichus burmeisteri, LC
- Prosternon chrysocomum
- Carabus irregularis, VU
- Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata
Number of species: 6

Butterflies (Lepidoptera)

- Vanessa atalanta, LC
- Macaria carbonaria
- Callophrys rubi, LC
- Erynnis tages, LC
- Colias hyale, LC
- Pyrgus malvoides, LC
- Phytometra viridaria
- Pyrgus malvae, LC
Number of species: 8

Bugs (Heteroptera)

- Nabis pseudoferus
- Coriomeris denticulatus
- Dicranocephalus medius
- Stictopleurus abutilon
- Rhyparochromus pini
- Nabis rugosus
- Nabis ferus
- Dolycoris baccarum
- Rhynocoris annulatus
Number of species: 9

Wasps (Vespidae)

- Athalia circularis
- Polistes biglumis
Number of species: 2

Spiders (Araneae)

- Aculepeira ceropegia
Number of species: 1

Flora

Flowers

- Arabis ciliata, LC
- Polygala chamaebuxus, LC
- Geum montanum, LC
- Potentilla pusilla, LC
- Soldanella alpina, LC
- Oxytropis halleri ssp. velutina, NT
- Hippocrepis comosa, LC
- Pulsatilla apiifolia
- Draba aizoides, LC
- Gentiana acaulis, LC
- Trollius europaeus, LC
- Euphorbia cyparissias, LC
- Arctostaphylos uva-ursi blooming, LC
- Biscutella laevigata, LC
- Dactylorhiza sambucina blooming, NT, protected CH
- Dryas octopetala, LC
- Gentiana verna, LC
- Pulsatilla vernalis, LC
- Viola calcarata, LC
Number of species: 19
Total number of species58
On the Red Lists in CH: 33 / 58 = 56.9%
Protected species in CH: 2 / 58 = 3.4%
Threat status according to Switzerland's Red Lists
StatusDescriptionQuantity%Total
RE-LC
%
REExtinct in Switzerland00.000.0
CRCritically endangered00.000.0
ENHighly endangered13.013.0
VUVulnerable13.026.1
NTNear endangered412.1618.2
LCNot endangered2781.833100.0
DDInsufficient data00.0
NENot rated00.0
Total33100.0