Species list for Habitat «Alpine pasture (edge of a mountain path)»
Region: Valais Alps
Height: 1780m ASL
Description: South-facing slope used as pasture for cattle in summer. At the upper edge, a mountain trail runs almost horizontally across this alpine meadow.
In this habitat, we have so far been able to prove the following creatures and plants, among others:
Insects (Insecta)
Bees (Apoidea)
- Nomada goodeniana
Flies (Brachycera)
- Sarcophaga carnaria
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)
- Gomphocerus sibiricus
Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Ceratomegilla alpina
- Lebia cruxminor
- Anthaxia helvetica
- Galeruca tanaceti larva
Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Callophrys rubi
- Erynnis tages
Wasps (Vespidae)
- Amblyjoppa fuscipennis
- Arge berberidis
- Rhogogaster viridis
Flora
Flowers
- Lotus alpinus
- Polygala chamaebuxus
- Veronica arvensis
- Crocus albiflorus
- Taraxacum officinale
- Globularia cordifolia
- Dactylorhiza sambucina
- Astragalus exscapus
- Euphorbia cyparissias
Shrubs
- Berberis vulgaris
Number of species: 22