In addition to the usual array of Alpine flora can be added Eastern and Southern species, with Arctic-Alpine relics here and there, reflecting the major glaciation periods.
Nationally protected species that can be found include:
Alpine rock-jasmine,
Alpine columbine,
various sedges, including two-coloured sedge, cortusa matthioli (Alpine bells),
Alpine sea-holly,
Linnaea borealis, commonly known as twinflower (the only French resorts),
Alpine primrose
and saxifrages.