Alpine and sub-alpine grasslands developed over crystalline rocks and other lime-deficient substrates or on decalcified soils of the calcareous ranges, with Armeria alpina, Armeria montana, Euphrasia minima, Gentiana alpina, Geum montanum, Juncus trifidus, Lychnis alpina, Pedicularis pyrenaica, Phyteuma hemisphaericum, Pulsatilla alpina ssp. sulfurea, Ranunculus pyrenaicus, Sempervivum montanum, Botrychium lunaria.
Closed grasslands of deep, acid soils of the Alps, Pyrenees, northern Apennines, Jura and higher Hercynian ranges, developed mostly and abundantly in the subalpine level, dominated or co-dominated by Nardus stricta, Festuca eskia, F. nigrescens, F. rubra, Alopecurus gerardii, Bellardiochloa (Poa) violacea, Carex sempervirens, Anthoxanthum odoratum.