Alpine meadow

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A typical alpine meadow in the Swiss Alps.

An alpine meadow is a high-altitude grassland plant community located in an alpine climate, above the treeline of a mountain.

Alpine meadows, along with sub-alpine meadows, are part of the Montane grasslands and shrublands biome as defined by the World Wildlife Fund They form where sediments from the weathering of rocks has produced soils deep enough to support plant growth.