Its northern slopes are known, due to their inaccessibility, for its alpine flora, particularly the protected edelweiss.
Leontopodium alpinum | Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz | Ribes alpinum | Phleum alpinum | Parthenium alpinum | Papaver alpinum | Hedysarum alpinum | An alpinum adjacent to the King's House on Schachen |
The heavy forested mountains sustain many protected species of plants, such as yew (Taxus baccata), larch (Larix decidua), Swiss pine (Pinus cembra), edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum); and animals, such as lynx (Lynx lynx), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), alpine marmot (Marmota marmota), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus).