Table 2.

Abundance of flowering plant species in the four study sites at mont Lozère on a 100 m² plot per site

Family	Species	Barrandon	Bleymard	Finiels	Villeneuve
Asteraceae	Achillea millefolium L.			+	1
	Hieracium gr. glaucinum	1		3	1
	Hieracium pilosella L.	1			1
	Serratula tinctoria L.			+	+
Campanulaceae	Campanula rotundifolia L.	1		1	1
	Jasione laevis Lam.	+
	Jasione montana L.	+	+	1
Caryophyllaceae	Dianthus sylvaticus Hoppe ex Willd.		1	+	+
Dipsacaceae	Succisa pratensis Moench				+
Ericaceae	Calluna vulgaris Hull.	4	4	4	3
Fabaceae	Genista pilosa L.	1	2	1	3
	Lotus corniculatus L		1	+	+
Lamiaceae	Betonica officinalis L.		+
	Thymus praecox ssp. polytichus Jalas				1
Orobranchaceae	Euphrasia spp.			+
Rosaceae	Alchemilla saxatilis Buser	+	1	2	1
Rubiaceae	Galium verum L.	1	1	1	1
Scrophulariaceae	Linaria repens L.	+			+
	Linaria spp.				+
Violaceae	Viola canina L.	+		+	1

Plant species abundance was assessed using Braun-Blanquet scale: +, sparse individuals (<10 individuals); 1, cover < 5%; 2; cover 5–25%; 3, cover 25–50%; 4, cover 50–75%; 5, cover >75%.