Species list for Habitat «Species-rich mountain grassland»
Region: Valais Alps
Height: 2600m ASL
Description: Species-rich mountain grassland. Flat and with a slight southeast-facing slope. A small snow valley follows uphill.
Height: 2600m ASL
Description: Species-rich mountain grassland. Flat and with a slight southeast-facing slope. A small snow valley follows uphill.
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, LC
Number of species: 2
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)
- Chorthippus mollis, NT
- Bohemanella frigida, LC
Number of species: 3
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Number of species: 1
Earwigs (Dermaptera)
Number of species: 1
Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Pyrausta aerealis
- Erebia tyndarus, LC
- Melitaea athalia adult, LC
- Parasemia plantaginis
- Zygaena exulans caterpillar, LC
Number of species: 6
Bugs (Heteroptera)
Number of species: 1
Wasps (Vespidae)
Number of species: 1
Spiders (Araneae)
Number of species: 1
Birds (Aves)
Number of species: 1
Flora
Flowers
- Herniaria alpina, LC
- Helianthemum alpestre, LC
- Oxytropis campestris, LC
- Ranunculus montanus, LC
- Leontopodium alpinum, LC
- Erigeron uniflorus, LC
- Saxifraga exarata ssp. exarata, LC
- Saxifraga oppositifolia, LC
- Geum montanum, LC
- Gentiana schleicheri, NT
- Pedicularis kerneri, LC
- Polygonum viviparum, LC
- Minuartia sedoides, LC
- Achillea nana, LC
- Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. alpestris, LC
- Bartsia alpina, LC
- Dryas octopetala, LC
- Ranunculus alpestris, LC
- Sedum atratum, LC
- Sempervivum arachnoideum, LC
- Senecio incanus blooming, LC
- Silene acaulis, LC
- Thymus polytrichus, LC
- Veronica fruticans, LC
- Viola calcarata, LC
Number of species: 26
Total number of species43
On the Red Lists in CH: 35 / 43 = 81.4%
Protected species in CH: 1 / 43 = 2.3%
On the Red Lists in CH: 35 / 43 = 81.4%
Protected species in CH: 1 / 43 = 2.3%
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 | 2.9 | 1 | 2.9 |
| VU | Vulnerable | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 |
| NT | Near endangered | 2 | 5.7 | 3 | 8.6 |
| LC | Not endangered | 32 | 91.4 | 35 | 100.0 |
| DD | Insufficient data | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| NE | Not rated | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 100.0 |