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5 plants worth knowing

Liechtenstein

Within just 160 km², Liechtenstein combines the flat floor of the Rhine valley, at about 430 m above sea level, with Alpine peaks rising above 2,500 m. Remnants of former peat bogs and wet meadows survive in the valley, the slopes are clothed in beech, fir and spruce forests, and higher up there are mountain pastures with mountain pine and Alpine flowers. Forests cover more than 40% of the country and largely serve as protection against avalanches and landslides.

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where it grows

  1. Siberian iris 1

    perennial

    Siberian iris

    Iris sibirica

    In late May and early June the meadows of the Ruggeller Riet reserve turn into a blue-violet sea of irises.
  2. Grapevine 2

    crop

    Grapevine

    Vitis vinifera

    The princely Herawingert vineyard below the castle in Vaduz produces red wine from Pinot Noir – known in Liechtenstein as Blauburgunder.
  3. Norway spruce 3

    tree

    Norway spruce

    Picea abies

    The commonest tree in Liechtenstein’s forests – mountain spruce stands protect valleys and villages from avalanches and rockfall.
  4. Mountain pine 4

    shrub

    Mountain pine

    Pinus mugo

    Creeping thickets of mountain pine cover the slopes above Malbun and bind the scree, protecting the valleys from avalanches.
  5. Lady’s slipper orchid 5

    orchid

    Lady’s slipper orchid

    Cypripedium calceolus

    Europe’s most showy orchid – its yellow “slipper” lip is one of the rare treasures of the forests on the slopes of the Rhine valley.