Flora

More than 1.100 species of flowering plants are to be found in these mountains. Endemic species, typical for this massif are the following ones: Silene nivalis, Festuca versicolor ssp. dominii, Minuartia verna ssp oxypetala; other species, also endemic but not only for these mountains are Centaurea carpatica ssp. carpatica, Centaurea pinnatifida, Dianthus tenuifolius, Papaver alpinum ssp. corona-sancti-stephani, Poa granitica ssp. disparilis, Poa rehmannii, Festuca nitida ssp. flaccida, Trisetum macrotrichum, Heracleum carpaticum, Heracleum palmatum.

Some rare species worth being mantioned: Salix alpina, Salix bicolor, Astragalus penduliflorus, Androsace obtusifolia, Laserpitium archangelica, Conioselinum tataricum, Carex bicolor, Carex lachenalii, Carex pediformis ssp. rhizodes, Kobresia simpliciuscula, Juncus castaneus, Draba Fladnitzensis.

On wetlands some glacial relics are to be found, such as: Scheuchzeria palustris, Carex limosa, Carex magellanica ssp. irrigua, Carex pauciflora, Carex chordorrhiza, Empetrum nigrum, Salix bicolor. The following species are being protected under law: Leontopodium alpinum, Gentiana lutea, Gentiana punctata, Angelica archangelica, Nigritella rubra, Taxus baccata.