Habitat types key navigation

You can use the 'key navigation' function to identify a specific habitat by answering a set of questions. Starting from first question to next questions you select one of the possible answers. Here are samples of possible answers:

• No ( 002 ) - Leading to question named '002'
• Yes [ G ] - Leading to another questions subset of level G
• No [ E6 ] - Links directly to factsheet for E6

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Category : (E1 )Dry grasslands
Diagram :

Question e01 :   Heavy metal soil?

Grasslands with metalliferous soils are separated (path = Yes) from those on calcareous, neutral or acid soils without a high heavy metal content.

Answers: No ( e02 ) Yes [ E1.B ]

Question e02 :   Mediterranean, arid and overgrazed?

Very dry over-grazed Mediterranean habitats (ermes), characterised by unpalatable tall herb species, are distinguished (path = Yes).

Answers: Yes [ E1.C ] No ( e03 )

Question e03 :   Soil reaction

Base-rich grasslands are distinguished from base-deficient dry grassland habitats.

Answers: base-rich ( e04 ) base-deficient ( e09 )

Question e04 :   Embryonic soil, open vegetation?

Habitats on embryonic sandy or detritic soils with open pioneer vegetation (path = Yes) are distinguished from those on more developed soils. Note that very sparsely vegetated scree habitats are categorised under H2 and sparsely vegetated sandy ground under H5.3.

Answers: Yes [ E1.1 ] No ( e05 )

Question e05 :   Geographical region

Perennial grasslands, often nutrient-poor and species-rich, on calcareous and other basic soils of the nemoral and steppe zones and of adjacent parts of the subboreal and submediterranean zones are separated from grasslands of the Mediterranean zone.

Answers: nemoral and steppe [ E1.2 ] Mediterranean ( e06 )

Question e06 :   Nitrophilous annuals?

Mediterranean grasslands dominated by annuals on somewhat enriched soils are separated (path = Yes) from perennial grasslands and xeric annual grasslands on poor dry soils (path = No).

Answers: Yes [ E1.6 ] No ( e07 )

Question e07 :   Montane?

Open perennial grasslands of the montane thermophilous oak level of the Mediterranean climatic zone are separated (path = Yes).

Answers: Yes [ E1.5 ] No ( e08 )

Question e08 :   Vegetation height

Short xerophile Mediterranean grasslands, typically composed of grasses less than 60 cm high, are distinguished from tall Mediterranean grasslands and Artemisia steppes.

Answers: short [ E1.3 ] tall [ E1.4 ]

Question e09 :   Open?

Open acid and neutral grasslands, usually pioneer formations developing on sand, including inland dunes, are separated (path = Yes). Note that habitats with <30% vegetation cover are categorised under H.

Answers: Yes ( e10 ) No ( e11 )

Question e10 :   Biogeographic region

Mediterranean dry open acid and neutral grasslands are separated from those in other biogeographic regions.

Answers: other [ E1.9 ] Mediterranean [ E1.A ]

Question e11 :   Biogeographic region

Mediterranean dry closed acid and neutral grasslands are separated from those in other biogeographic regions.

Answers: other [ E1.7 ] Mediterranean [ E1.8 ]