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Dwarf annual siliceous grassland

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English name Dwarf annual siliceous grassland Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   E1.91 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Pioneer formations of typically dwarf annuals, often ephemeral and of very limited extent, characteristic in particular of fixed sands, of Atlantic, sub-Atlantic and supra-Mediterranean Europe, with [Aira caryophyllea], [Aira praecox], [Micropyrum tenellum] ([Nardurus lachenalii]), [Vulpia bromoides], [Vulpia myuros], [Trisetum ovatum], [Filago arvensis], [Filago gallica], [Filago lutescens], [Filago minima], [Filago pyramidata], [Filago vulgaris], [Spergula morisonii], [Hypochoeris glabra], [Evax carpetana], [Moenchia erecta], [Scleranthus polycarpos], [Teesdalia nudicaulis], [Myosotis discolor], [Myosotis stricta], [Linaria elegans], [Linaria amethystea], [Sedum lagascae], [Sedum pedicellatum], [Ornithopus perpusillus], [Trifolium striatum], [Trifolium arvense], [Trifolium dubium], [Trifolium campestre], [Trifolium micranthum], [Tuberaria guttata]; typical former crop-following species also find a refuge in these communities.

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.91 Dwarf annual siliceous grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.91 Dwarf annual siliceous grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 E1.91 Dwarf annual siliceous grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 E1.91 Dwarf annual siliceous grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 E1.91 Dwarf annual siliceous grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 E1.221 Dwarf annual siliceous grasslands same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 35.21 Dwarf annual siliceous grasslands source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 35.21 Dwarf annual siliceous grasslands same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 35.21 Dwarf annual siliceous grasslands same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 35.21   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 35.21   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 35.21   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.1. Natural grassland n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 4.1.3 Végétation des dalles siliceuses de basse altitude same
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 T5.1 JEDNOLETÁ VEGETACE PÍSČIN (Annual vegetation of sand dunes) wider
  E Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  E1 Dry grasslands Go to key navigator, starting with this habitat    Ancestor
  E1.9 Open non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland, including inland dune grassland    Parent
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