Rupicolous pannonic grasslands (Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis)

Description (English)

Open, pioneer rock sward associations occurring on steep, dry xeric slopes in medium altitude mountains of the Pannonic basin and adjacent regions at 150-900 m a.sl. The base rock is limestone, dolomite or calcareous volcanic rock (basalt, andesite, gabbro) and the soils are shallow rendzinas.
Sub types:
Pal. 34.351 - Calci-orophile pale fescue grasslands (Diantho lumnitzeri-Seslerion albicantis, Seslerion rigidae)
Central European calcicolous subcontinental rock-ledge grasslands of orogenous affinities, montane or submontane with a strong representation of species characteristic of higher-altitude communities, often occupying stations with a comparatively cool microclimate.
Pal. 34.3522 - Circum-Pannonic calcicline pale fescue grasslands (Bromo pannonici-Festucion pallentis)
Species-rich xero-thermophile subcontinental rock-ledge grasslands of the western and southern periphery of the Carpathian arc, developed on rendzinas over limestones or dolomite on south-facing steep slopes with extreme conditions of insolation, temperature variation and evaporation.
Pal. 34.353 - Acidocline pale fescue grasslands (Asplenio septentrionalis-Festucion pallentis, Alysso saxatilis-Festucion pallentis)
Central European subcontinental xero-thermophile grasslands of siliceous collinear and montane rock ledges.