Flora of the Alps

Flora typical of the Alpine Region of the Alps

The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, France to the west and Italy and Monaco to the south. The flora of the Alps are diverse. In the mountains, the vegetation gradually changes with altitude, sun exposure, and location on the mountain. There are five successive life zones, each with distinct landscapes and vegetation characteristics: premontane, montane, subalpine, alpine, and alvar.[1][2][3]

List of Alpine plants

A

Alpine rock-jasmine (Androsace alpina)
Artemisia glacialis, the rarest kind of Genepi (wormwood)

C

D

E

G

Gentiana acaulis, Zillertal Alps

H

I

L

Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), Vorarlberg

M

N

O

Opuntia engelmannii in the dry Rhone Valley

P

R

Rusty-leaved Alpenrose, (Rhododendron ferrugineum)

S

T

V

References

  1. ↑ Ellenberg, Heinz (1996). Vegetation Mitteleuropas mit den Alpen in ökologischer, dynamischer und historischer Sicht. Stuttgart: Ulmer. ISBN 3-8252-8104-3.
  2. ↑ Kilian, W; Müller, F; Starlinger, F (1993). Die forstlichen Wuchsgebiete Österreichs. Eine Naturraumgliederung nach waldökologischen Gesichtspunkten. Wien: Forstliche Bundesversuchsanstalt. p. 53. ISSN 0374-9037. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008.
  3. ↑ Härdtle, W; Ewald, J; Hölzel, N (2004). Wälder des Tieflandes und der Mittelgebirge. Ökosysteme Mitteleuropas in geobotanischer Sicht. Stuttgart: Ulmer. p. 257.
  4. ↑ Michel Desfayes, Les opuntias du Valais, un problème épineux. Bulletin de la Murithienne, 2007, no. 125, p. 29-40
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