Rumicion alpini includes vegetation of nutrient-demanding tall forbs in the montane to alpine belt. It originates through initial trampling and nutrient input, e.g. on mountain pastures, and subsequent abandonment. Soils are mesic to wet. Most stands are species-poor and monodominant. This vegetation type is native in high mountains of central Europe, but in the lower Hercynic ranges such as the Sudeten range of the Czech Republic it was introduced by settlers coming from the Alps in the 16th and 17th century.