Supramontane to subalpine low heath on calcareous skeletal soils, rocky outcrops, lapiés and boulders of the Alps, the Apennines and the Dinarides
Vascular plants: Calamagrostis varia, Daphne blagayana, Daphne cneorum, Daphne oleoides, Daphne striata, Erica carnea, Genista radiata, Juniperus communis subsp. nana, Pinus mugo subsp. mugo, Rhododendron hirsutum, Rhododendron x intermedium, Rhodothamnus chamaecistus, Sesleria caerulea subsp. caerulea, Thymus longicaulis subsp. longicaulis