Editing Tatra Mountains (section)

==Flora==
[[File:Gentiana punctata a1.jpg|thumb|''[[Gentiana punctata]]'']]
The Tatra Mountains have a diverse variety of plant life. Many of the plant species are also found in the [[Alps]]. They are home to more than 1,000 species of [[vascular plants]], about 450 [[moss]]es, 200 [[hepatics|liverworts]], 700 [[lichen]]s, 900 [[fungi]], and 70 [[slime moulds]]. There are five [[Altitudinal zonation|climatic-vegetation belts]] in the Tatras.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

The distribution of plants depends on altitude:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tpn.gov.pl/szata-roslinna |title=Szata roślinna |website=tpn.gov.pl |language=pl |access-date=1 February 2025 |archive-date=13 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213102838/https://tpn.gov.pl/szata-roslinna |url-status=live }}</ref>
* up to {{convert|1,300|m|ft|abbr=off}}: Carpathian [[beech]] forest; almost no [[shrub layer]], [[herbaceous layer]] occupies most of the forest floor
* to {{convert|1,550|m|ft|abbr=off}}: [[Spruce]] forest; [[shrub layer]] poorly developed, mosses are a major component
* to {{convert|1,800|m|ft|abbr=off}}: [[Mountain Pine]], numerous herbs
* to {{convert|2,300|m|ft|abbr=off}}: high altitude grasslands
* from {{convert|2,300|m|ft|abbr=off}} up: [[Subnivean]] - bare rock and almost no vegetation (mostly [[lichen]]s)
[[File:Nízké Tatry, Dereše (5).JPG|thumb|[[Tatra chamois]] (''Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica'')]]