In Obergurgl, a homogenously structured pine forest consists of old pines (Pinus cembra) in the terminal stage. The community was defined as Vaccinio-Pinetum cembrae nardetosum.
species composition and number of three dwarf shrub communities were studied for nine years (2000–2008) in 1-m² permanent plots.
To document the pineforest (Pinus cembra), 20 vegetation records were made from 11.08.2010 to 25.08.2010
Vegetation records were made in plots according to scale and minimum areal of Braun-Blanquet (1964).