Luzula alpinopilosa ssp. obscura (Luzula spadicea)-dominated snow patch communities of moderate slopes of the Alps and the Carpathians submitted to prolonged snow cover, ecological variant of the Luzula spadicea scree communities of H2.313, more prevalent in the central and eastern Alps, the Tatras and the eastern Carpathians, characterized by an important representation of species of the Salicetea herbaceae, among which Poa granitica, Ranunculus montanus, Oligotrichum hercynicum.