!!!Alpenpflanzen

Alpine Flora: By 1867, the botanist K. H. H. Christ had 
already counted 693 plant types characteristic the Alpine region 
between Mont-Ventoux (France) and Schneeberg mountain (Lower Austria); 
422 of them occur exclusively in the Alps. They mainly grow above the 
treeline (1,600-2,400 m) up to an altitude of about 3,300 m. 
The most important plants include: blue Alpine daisy, Alpine 
soldanella, Alpine campion, Alpine poppy, Alpine carnation, Alpine 
rose, arnice, auricula, edelweiss, gentian, glacial crowfoot, black 
nigritella, lousewort, stemless catchfly, mealy primrose, 8-leaved 
white dryas, saxifragacea and wulfenia. Most Alpine plants are 
protected by conservation laws.

!Further reading
Atlas der Alpenflora, 6 vols., 1899; G. Hegi, H. 
Merxmueller and H. Reisigl, Alpenflora, %%sup 25/%1977; E. Landolt, 
Unsere Alpenflora, 1992.


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