Talk:Alpine meadow

It is not wise to merge alpine meadow with alpine climate. Alpine tundra, sub-alpine meadow, alpine climate, climate of the Alps, climate zones by altitude, altitudinal zonation, montane grasslands and shrublands, mountain climate, tierra caliente or hot land, tierra templada or temperate land, tierra fria or cold land, tierra helada or frozen land, tierra nevada, firn line, snow line, tree line, krummholz; they all have a right to exist, but they might need a concept, a systematic; and some need under titles: science, geography, climate, ecology, populated areas and agriculture. --Chris.urs-o (talk) 08:03, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree to the writer before. The alpine climate is one determining factor in the constitution of alpine meadows among many others, as of all alpine vegetation formations. A global view on alpine veteation formations certainly is desirable, but a proper article on alpine meadows wouldn't be bad for the time being. This could then perhaps be integrated into a more broadly-viewed article later on.

At the present state I would replace the photo from Switzerland, because it doesn't show an alpine meadow but an alpine mire, presumably with Eriophorum scheuchzeri. Ray Lomas from German wikipedia.91.34.146.35 (talk) 18:21, 6 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I've merged and written a more comprehensive article, now at Alpine tundra. This article now seems to be a stubby subset of that article, and I propose that the merge be to there. —hike395 (talk) 09:31, 20 December 2009 (UTC)