Flora & Fauna Kategorien: Alpine meadow habitat FLORA & Fauna Taxonomy

Unmistakable emblem of the Alpine flora.
Over the last two centuries edelweiss was picked in vast quantities, to the extent that it was almost exterminated. In its natural surroundings it is …

Mountain avens is one of the most widespread plants in the National Park.
Carpets of this arcto-alpine plant cover wide areas of the National Park’s alpine meadows. Its woody stems creep …

These lilac and orange-coloured flowerheads adorn the alpine meadows in July.
The alpine aster has adapted itself to calcareous soils. It grows on open meadows such as at Margunet or Murter, …

A  plant much talked about!
A lot of visitors ask about this yellowy-orange to orange plant, up to 40cm tall, that flowers abundantly in July and August. Pinnate-leaved ragwort is an …

Both the black and the rosy vanilla orchid belong to the Orchid family.
You are almost sure to come across the blackish-purple vanilla orchid when walking in grassy, limestone meadows above …