Circum-arctic fellfield and dwarf-scrub graminoid tundra, and relict wind-exposed short grasslands on base-rich substrates in the alpine and subnival belts of the European boreal and nemoral mountain ranges
Vascular plants: Antennaria carpatica, Arenaria ciliata subsp. bernensis, Arenaria ciliata subsp. ciliata, Astragalus alpinus, Astragalus australis, Astragalus norvegicus, Bistorta vivipara, Campanula tridentata, Campanula uniflora, Carex atrata, Carex capillaris, Carex curvula subsp. rosae, Carex fuliginosa subsp. misandra, Carex glacialis, Carex nardina, Carex rupestris, Carex scirpoidea, Cassiope tetragona, Cerastium alpinum, Cerastium alpinum var. lanatum, Cerastium gorodkovianum, Chamorchis alpina, Crepis rhaetica, Dianthus glacialis subsp. glacialis, Draba siliquosa, Dryas integrifolia, Dryas octopetala, Erigeron uniflorus subsp. picoeuropaeanus, Erigeron uniflorus subsp. uniflorus, Euphrasia inopinata, Euphrasia minima subsp. sicardii, Festuca quadriflora, Gentiana brachyphylla subsp. favratii, Gentiana nivalis, Gentiana prostrata, Gentianella tenella, Kobresia macrolepis, Kobresia myosuroides, Kobresia schoenoides, Ligusticum mutellinoides, Lloydia serotina, Lomatogonium carinthiacum, Luzula nivalis, Minuartia verna subsp. oxypetala, Oxytropis amethystea, Oxytropis campestris subsp. tyroliensis, Oxytropis carpatica, Oxytropis foucaudii, Oxytropis halleri subsp. halleri, Oxytropis kubanensis, Oxytropis lapponica, Oxytropis neglecta, Oxytropis triflora, Pedicularis capitata, Pedicularis caucasica, Pedicularis flammea, Pedicularis lanata, Pedicularis oederi, Physaria arctica, Poa arctica, Potentilla crantzii, Potentilla nivea, Rhododendron lapponicum, Salix serpillifolia, Saussurea alpina, Saxifraga cernua, Saxifraga tenuis, Silene acaulis subsp. acaulis, Silene paucifolia, Silene uralensis, Veronica gentianoides, Viola rupestris