Berner Oberland

Plant recordings in June and July 1999

by Rutger Barendse and Jeroen Willemsen 

Plant species of the Berner Oberland (Switzerland)




Useful identification keys and publications

  • M. Blamey and Chr. Grey-Wilson: Alpine flowers of Britain and Europe (London 1995).
  • K. Lauber and G. Wagner: Flora Helvetica (Bern/Stuttgart/Wien 1998).
  • E. Thommen and A. Becherer: Taschenatlas der Schweitzer Flora / Atlas de poche de la flore Suisse (Basel 1993).



List of the recorded plant species

PLEASE NOTE:
Only the first finding of species is displayed. So species that were recorded, let's say, both on the 26th and the 27th of June ONLY are noted on the 26th.

All visited locations are displayed on a Google Map.


26-6-1999: Alongside river Aare in Interlaken and Unterseen

Acer pseudoplatanus
Achillea millefolium
Aegopodium podagraria
Ajuga reptans
Alchemilla glabra
Alliaria petiolata
Ammi majus
Anemone nemorosa
Anthriscus sylvestris
Aquilegia vulgaris
Arrhenatherum elatius
Asplenium adianthum-nigrum
Asplenium ruta-muraria
Asplenium trichomanes
Athyrium filix-femina
Bellis perennis
Betula pendula
Brachypodium pinnatum
Briza media
Bromus ramosus subsp. benekenii
Buddleja davidii
Campanula rapunculoides
Campanula trachelium
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Cardamine flexuosa
Carex bigelowii
Carex digitata
Carex divulsa
Carex flacca
Carex spicata
Carex sylvatica
Cerastium fontanum subsp. vulgare
Chamerion angustifolium
Chelidonium majus
Circium palustre
Clematis vitalba
Clinopodium acinos
Cornus sanguinea
Crataegus monogyna
Crepis capillaris
Cymbalaria muralis
Cynosurus cristatus
Cystopteris filix-fragilis
Dactylis glomerata
Dianthus caryophylla
Dryopteris filix-mas
Echium vulgare
Epilobium hirsutum
Epilobium montanum
Epilobium roseum
Epipactis helleborine
Erigeron annuus
Euonymus europaeus
Eupatorium cannabinum
Euphorbia peplus
Fallopia japonica
Festuca rubra
Filipendula ulmaria
Fragaria vesca
Fraxinus excelsior
Galeopsis tetrahit
Galium aparine
Galium mollugo
Galium odorata
Galium palustre
Geranium pusillum
Geranium pyrenaicum
Geranium robertianum
Geranium sanguineum
Geum urbanum
Glechoma hederacea
Hedera helix
Hepatica nobilis
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Heracleum sphondylium
Hieracium caespitosum
Hieracium murorum
Hieracium pilosella
Ilex aquifolium
Inula conyzae
Lapsana communis
Lathyrus pratensis
Leontodon autumnalis
Leucanthemum vulgare
Linum catharticum
Lolium perenne
Lonicera xylosteum
Lotus corniculatus subsp. cornicula
Medicago lupulina
Melica nutans
Mercurialis perennis
Mycelis muralis
Myosotis arvensis
Origanum vulgare
Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis fontana
Papaver dubium
Parietaria officinalis
Parthenocissus inserta
Phyteuma nigrum
Picris hieracioides
Pimpinella major
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Plantago media
Poa annua
Poa compressa
Poa nemoralis
Poa pratensis
Polygonum aviculare
Polystichum aculeatum
Potentilla reptans
Potentilla sterilis
Prunella vulgaris
Prunus padus
Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus lanuginosus
Ranunculus repens
Ribes rubrum
Robinia pseudoacacia
Rubus idaeus
Rumex acetosa
Salix cinerea
Salix viminalis
Salvia pratensis
Sambucus nigra
Sambucus racemosa
Sanguisorba minor
Sedum acre
Sedum album
Sedum dasyphyllum
Sedum telephium
Senecio vulgaris
Silene nutans
Silene vulgaris
Sonchus asper
Sonchus oleraceus
Sorbus aucuparia
Stachys recta
Stachys sylvatica
Tamus communis
Taraxacum officinale
Teucrium chamaedrys
Teucrium scorodonia
Torilis japonica
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Tuja, spec Thuja spec.
Urtica dioica
Valeriana officinalis
Verbascum nigrum
Verbena officinalis
Veronica arvensis
Veronica chamaedrys
Veronica persica
Vicia cracca
 

27-6-1999: Harder

Acer campestre
Aconitum vulparia
Adenostyles alliariae
Adenostyles glabra
Ajuga reptans
Alchemilla alpina
Allium ursinum
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Anthyllis vulneraria
Anthyllis vulneraria
Aquilegia atrata
Arabidopsis thaliana
Aruncus dioicus
Asarum europaeum
Asplenium viride
Aster bellidiastrum
Astrantia major
Atropa belladonna
Blechnum spicant
Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula scheuchzeri
Cardamine impatiens
Carduus defloratus
Carex flava
Carex montana
Carex pallescens
Carex pendula
Carex remota
Centaurea jacea
Centaurea montana
Centaurea scabiosa
Chaenorrhinum minus
Chaerophyllum hirsutum ssp hirsutum
Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Circaea lutetiana
Cirsium acaule
Cirsium heleniodes ?
Cirsium oleraceum
Cirsium vulgare
Colchicum autumnale
Crepis aurea
Dactylorhiza maculata
Danthonia decumbens
Daphne mezereum
Equisetum arvense
Equisetum telmateia
Erica carnea = Erica herbacea
Erinus alpinus
Euphrasia montana
Euphrasia rostkoviana
Fagus silvatica
Galeobdolon luteum
Galium pumilum
Galium rotundifolium
Galium verum
Geranium sylvaticum
Gymnocarpium robertianum
Hieracium lactucella
Hippocrepis comosa
Holcus lanatus
Homogyne alpina
Hordelymus europaeus
Huperzia selago
Hypericum montanum
Hypericum perforatum
Hypochoeris radicata
Juncus tenuis
Knautia dipsacifolia
Laserpitium latifolium
Leontodon saxatilis
Lilium martagon
Listera ovata = Neottia ovata
Lonicera alpiaena
Luzula pilosa
Lysimachia nemorum
Maianthemum bifolium
Medicago sativa
Melampyrum pratense
Melampyrum sylvaticum
Meum spec
Moehringia muscosa
Molinia caerulea
Myosotis sylvatica
Neottia nidus-avis
Onobrychis viciifolia
Ononis repens subsp. repens
Orchis morio
Paris quadrifolia
Phegopteris connectilis
Phleum pratense
Phyteuma orbicularis
Phyteuma spicatum subsp. spicatum
Picea abies
Platanthera chlorantha
Polygala vulgaris
Polygonatum verticillatum
Polygonum viviparum
Potentilla erecta
Prenanthus purpurea
Primula elatior
Primula veris
Prunella grandiflora
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Pteridium aquilinum
Ranunculus polyanthemos
Rhinanthus alectorolophus
Rhinanthus angustifolius
Rhododendron ferrugineum
Sagina procumbens
Salvia glutinosa
Sanicula europaea
Saponaria ocymoides
Scabiosa columbaria
Scrophularia nodosa
Senecio nemorensis subsp. fuchsii
Sesleria albicans
Silene dioica
Solidago virgaurea
Stellaria graminea
Stellaria nemorum
Trifolium alpestre
Trifolium montanum
Trisetum flavescens
Trollius europaeus
Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Veratrum album
Veronica montana
Veronica officinalis
Veronica spicata
Veronica urticifolia
Vicia sylva Vicia sylvatica
 

27-6-1999 and 2-7-1999: Around the Thunersee

Agrostis gigantea
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa
Brachypodium sylvaticum
Caltha palustris
Carex acuta
Carex acutiformis
Carex hostiana
Carex panicea
Carex riparia
Colutea arborescens
Corylus avellana
Crataegus monogyna
Dactylorhiza majalis
Deschampsia cespitosa
Elymus caninus
Elymus repens
Epilobium hirsutum
Epipactis palustris
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum variegatum
Eriophorum angustifolium
Galium anysophyllum
Glyceria notata subsp. notata
Hippuris vulgaris
Iris pseudacorus
Juncus acutiflorus
Juncus articulatus
Juncus inflexus
Juncus subnodulosus
Lemna trisulca
Ligustrum vulgare
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Lysimachia vulg
Lythrum salicaria
Melilotus officinalis
Mentha aquatica
Menyanthes trifoliata
Myosotis laxa subsp. cespitosa
Myosotis palustris
Myriophyllum verticillatum
Nymphaea alba
Pedicularis sylvatica
Phragmites australis
Pinus nigra
Potentilla anserina
Primula farinosa
Rubus caesius
Rumex obtusifolius
Salix alba
Salix purpurea
Sanguisorba officinalis
Schoenus ferruginosus
Schoenus nigricans
Scirpus lacustris
Scutellaria galericulata
Solanum dulcamara
Spirodela polyrhiza
Stellaria media
Succisa pratensis
Symphytum officinale
Typha angustifolia
Utricularia vulgaris
Veronica beccabunga
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viburnum opulus
Vicia cracca
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria
 

28-6-1999: Schynige Platte

Acinos alpinus
Aconitum napellus
Ajuga pyramidalis
Alopecurus alpinus
Anemone narcissiflora
Arabis alpina
Arenaria ciliata
Bartsia alpina
Calluna vulgaris
Campaniula scheuchzeri
Cephalanthera longifolia
Cephalanthera rubra
Cerastium arvense
Chenopodium bonus-henricus
Cicerbita macrophylla
Convallaria majalis
Digitalis lutea
Dryas octopetala
Equisetum sylvaticum
Erigeron acer
Euphorbia cyparissias
Gentiana acaulis
Gentiana clusii
Gentiana lutea
Gentiana verna
Geum rivale
Globularia cordifolia
Globularia nudicaulis
Globularia punctata
Gymnadenia conopsea
Homogyne alpina
Juniperus communis
Lamium maculatum
Linaria alpina
Luzula sudetica
Moneses uniflora
Myosotis alpestris
Nardus stricta
Orchis mascula
Oxytropis jacquinii
Parnassia palustris
Pedicularis foliosa
Pedicularis verticillata
Phleum alpinum
Pinguicula alpina
Pinguicula vulgaris
Plantago alpina
Plantago atrata
Poa bulbosa
Polygala amarella
Polygala chamaebuxus
Polystichum lonchitis
Potentilla aurea
Primula auricula
Pseudorchis albida
Pulsatilla alpina
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Ranunculus aconitifolius
Ranunculus alpestris
Ranunculus montanus
Rhamnus pumila
Rumex alpestris
Rumex alpinus
Rumex scutatus
Salix reticulata
Saxifraga aizoides
Saxifraga cotyledon
Saxifraga paniculata
Saxifraga rotundifolia
Silene acaulis
Sisyrinchium striatum
Soldanella alpina
Sulla alpina
Tragopogon pratensis subsp. orientalis
Trifolium badium
Trifolium pallescens
Tussilago farfara
Valeriana montana
Veronica filiformis
Viola biflora
Viola rupestris
 

29-6-1999: Kleine Scheidegg - Eigergletsjer - Wengen

Allium schoenoprasum
Androsace chamaejasme
Androsace obtusifolia
Antennaria alpina
Astragalus alpinus
Barbarea verna
Biscutella levigata
Campanula rhomboidalis
Cardamine pratensis
Carex atrata
Carlina acaulis
Centaurea cyanus
Cerastium cerastoides
Cirsium eriophorum
Cirsium spinosissimum
Crocus albiflorus
Cruciata laevipes
Draba aizoides
Erigeron uniflorus
Gentiana clusii
Geum reptans
Helianthemum alpestre
Hieracium aurantiacum
Hieracium tomentosum
Juncus filiformis
Juncus trifidus
Juncus triglumis
Leucanthemum alpinum
Ligusticum mutellina
Loiseleuria procumbens
Luzula lutea
Lycopodiella inundata
Orchis morio
Orobanche alba
Oxytropis campestris
Pedicularis tuberosa
Poa alpina
Polygonum bistorta
Primula farinosa
Primula halleri
Primula hirsutum
Pulsatilla apiifolia
Rubus phoenicolasius
Saxifraga caesia
Saxifraga stellaris
Senecio doronicum
Silene rupestris
Stellaria media
Thalictrum aquilegifolium
Trifolium alpinum
Vaccinium uliginosum
Veronica alpina
Veronica fruticans
Veronica hederifolia
Veronica serpyllifolia
Viola calcarata
 

29-6-1999: Along the Weisse Lütschine

Aconitum vulparia
Actaea spicata
Asarum europaeum
Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium viride
Campanula rhomboidalis
Carpinus betulus
Crepis paludosa
Epilobium parviflorum
Hypericum hirsutum
Impatiens noli-tangere
Listera ovata
Melampyrum sylvaticum
Orobanche lutea
Paris quadrifolia
Polygonatum multiflorum
Polypodium vulgare
Pyrola media
Viola palustris
 

30-6-1999: Krattigen

Anthemis tinctoria
Bromus erectus
Campanula glomerata
Campanula rapunculus
Cardamine hirsuta
Carex davalliana
Carex echinata
Carex hirta
Carex panicea
Carum carvi
Chenopodium album
Dipsacus fullonum
Eleocharis palustris subsp. uniglumis
Empetrum nigrum
Epipactis atrorubens ?
Equisetum palustre
Galium pumilum
Hesperis matronalis
Iberis umbellatum
Juncus compressus
Lolium multiflorum
Lysimachia punctata
Malva sylvestris
Matricaria discoidea
Mentha spicata
Orthilia secunda
Papaver somniferum
Platanthera chlorantha
Prunus spinosa
Quercus robur
Scirpus sylvaticus
Sorbus mougeotti
Stachys officinalis
Verbascum phlomoides
 

30-6-1999: Spiez

Bromopsis inermis subsp. inermis
Echinochloa crus-galli
Lamium purpureum
Persicaria maculosa, voorheen Polygonum persicaria
Polygonum lapathifolium subsp. lapathifolium
Sinapis arvensis
Viola arvensis
 

30-6-1999: Leissigen - Alpigle

Campanula barbata
Carex ovalis
Euphrasia montana
Phalaris arundinacea
Pyrola rotundifolia
Thesium pyrenaicum
Verbascum nigrum
 

1-7-1999: Axalp > Axalphorn

Achillea macrophylla
Aster alpinus
Astragalus alpinus
Astragalus frigidus
Bupleurum longifolium
Cerinthe glabra
Coenoglossum viride
Dianthus alpinus
Dianthus deltoides
Draba siliquosa
Euphrasia rostkoviana
Gagea fistulosa
Gypsophila repens
Leucanthemum alpinum
Lloydia serotina
Nigritella nigra
Paradisea liliastrum
Pedicularis oederi
Rhododendron hirsutum
Sedum atratum
Silene nutans
Sulla alpina
Traunsteinera globosa
Trifolium tallii
 

2-7-1999: Habkern > Augstmatthorn

Carex appropinquata
Carex diandra
Carex nigra
Cuscuta epithymum
Dactylorhiza majalis
Eleocharis palustris
Gymnadenia conopsea
Lunaria rediviva
Milium effusum
Ranunculus flammula
Rumex acetosella
Sagina saginoides
Saxifraga exarata ssp moschata
Scabiosa columbaria
Sempervivum arachnoideum
Sempervivum montanum
Stachys germanica
Tozzia alpina
Valeriana dioica