The garden maintains a focus on indigenous plants of Schleswig-Holstein within a broader representation of plants from around the world, including special collections of South African succulents and plants from the Atlantic islands, as well as Adromischus, Aizoaceae, Aristolochia, Campanulaceae, Crassulaceae, Cuscuta, Passiflora, Plumbaginaceae, and Vitaceae.
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The subalpine scrub with an average annual rainfall 2000 6000 mm is above the tree line to 1800 2000 m, at elevations where frosts occur regularly in winter, dominated by shrubs in the plant families of Ericaceae ( Erica spp . ), Asteraceae ( Hubertia spp ., Psiadia spp ., Stoebe passerinoides ), and Rhamnaceae ( Phylica nitida ), with some notable endemic species suchs Heterochaenia rivalsii ( Campanulaceae ), Eriotrix commersonii ( Asteraceae ), and Cynoglossum borbonicum ( Boraginaceae ).
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According to the same author, the following families are well represented : Magnoliaceae, Lauraceae, Ranunculaceae, Berberidaceae, Hamamelidaceae, Fagaceae, Betulaceae, Juglandaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Polygonaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Theaceae, Salicaceae, Brassicaceae, Ericaceae, Primulaceae, Malvaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae, Cornaceae, Araliaceae, Apiaceae, Rhamnaceae, Gentianaceae, Boraginaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Lamiaceae, Campanulaceae, Asteraceae, Liliaceae, Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Pinaceae, Cupressaceae, Aspleniaceae, Polypodiaceae.
