Luxuriant tall herb formations of deep, humid soils in the montane to alpine, but mostly subalpine, levels of the higher mountains, with Cicerbita alpina, Cicerbita alpina plumieri, Cirsium helenioides, Cirsium spinosissimum, Cirsium flavispina, Geranium sylvaticum, Polygonatum verticillatum, Ranunculus platanifolius, Aconitum vulparia, Aconitum napellus, Aconitum nevadense, Adenostyles alliariae, Senecio elodes, Veratrum album, Trollius europaeus, Peucedanum ostruthium, Doronicum austriacum, Pedicularis foliosa, Eryngium alpinum, Leuzea rhapontica (Centaurea rhapontica), Valeriana pyrenaica, Tozzia alpina.
Tall-herb communities of the subalpine and lower alpine level of Corsica, limited to shady, strongly sloping corridors with prolonged snow cover and often with stabilised scree, formed by Adenostyles briquetii, Valeriana rotundifolia, Peucedanum ostruthium, Cymbalaria hepaticifolia, Ranunculus platanifolius, Aquilegia bernardii, Viola biflora, and often several fern species.