Springs with cold, acid to neutral, oligotrophic waters, dominated either by mosses or vascular plants, depending on light conditions and altitude. Species-poor communities, especially in lower altitudes. Alliance Caricion remotae including several associations, with characteristic species Caltha palustris ssp. laeta, Cardamine amara ssp. amara, Carex remota, Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Veronica beccabunga, Bryum pseudotriquetrum and Conocephalum conicum.