| Alps: Flora, Vegetation, Habitat, Landscape |
| There are several big websites with information about institutions, events, research projects etc. Strangely enough, there is a shortage of websites covering flora or vegetation of the Alps. |
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Little Alpine Plant Guide
- About 200 Alpine plants of the municipality of Ardez (Lower Engadin, Switzerland). Image database, searchable with name, family, flower type and colour. Each species shortly described and illustrated with a flower picture. (German) |
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Swiss Web Flora
- Distribution maps of all Swiss vascular plants. All maps distinguish between valley and mountain areas above the tree line. (English, French, German, Italian) |
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Plant Societies of Switzerland
- Database with all plant societies of Switzerland (including the Alpine area). In the zone «excursions», about 200 Alpine regions can be found (each with bibliographical references and a list of the plant societies). (German) |
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Habitat Maps Switzerland
- Far more than 100 digital habitat maps for Switzerland (and consequently for the Swiss alpine area) in a 1 km2 grid, which are based on areal statistics, vegetation mappings, and bioclimatic maps. (English, German) |
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On Lüdi's Trail
- Vegetation dynamics at the glacier «Grosser Aletschgletscher»: illustrated introduction. Research project «vegetation dynamics». History of the Villa Cassel. Literature. - Very tastefull design. (German) |
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Plant Distribution, Climate, and Earth History
- Lecture notes about floristic geobotany and history. Part 3: altitudinal zones and flora in the Alps. By C. Scheuer. (German) |
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List of Biotopes
- The «instructions for biotope cartography in Bavaria», contains short vegetation descriptions at «Alps - cartographical units». (German) |
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Convergences of Cold-Adapted Plants
- Plants of the arctic, antarctic and alpine floral regions. Short overview. (German) |
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CORINE
- European biotope typology of the EU. (French) |
