Amongst the typical species of the Brocken that are rarely if ever found elsewhere in North Germany and which occur above about () are the variant of the alpine pasqueflower known as the "Brocken flower" or "Brocken anemone" ("Pulsatilla alpina" subsp. "alba"), hawkweeds like the Brocken hawkweed ("Hieracium negrescens") and the alpine hawkweed ("Hieracium alpinum"), vernal grasses ("Anthoxanthum"), the lady's mantle ("Alchemilla"), the tormentil ("Potentilla tormentilla"), the alpine clubmoss ("Diphasiastrum alpinum"), the lichens, Iceland moss ("Cetraria islandica") and reindeer lichen ("Cladonia rangiferina"). The crowberry is also referred to here as the Brocken myrtle ("Brockenmyrte").