Salix reticulata or Salix retusa communities of calcareous stone fields with late-lying snow cover, of the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Apennines, the Carpathians, the Dinarides, the Pelagonides, the Rhodope Mountains and their associated ranges, with Gentiana bavarica, Dryas octopetala, Sesleria varia, Sesleria rigida var. haynaldiana, Carex parviflora, Ranunculus alpestris, Saxifraga androsacea, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Saxifraga sempervivum, Omalotheca hoppeana (Gnaphalium hoppeanum), Homogyne discolor, Veronica alpina, Veronica aphylla, Plantago atrata (Plantago montana), Bartsia alpina, Anemone narcissiflora, Achillea schurii.