Mediterranean-montane grassland
English name:
Mediterranean-montane grassland
Description (English)
Open perennial grasslands, often rich in chamaephytes, most characteristic of the thermophilous oak level of Iberia, southern France, southern Italy, Greece and the Balkans. Some of the largest remaining expanses of unbroken grasslands in Europe, of evident importance as faunal habitats, belong to this division. Maintained by extensive grazing and mowing.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code E1.5 |
|---|---|
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
| Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Eastern sub-mediteranean dry grasslands (Scorzoneratalia villosae) | 62A0 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
| Name | Definition | Other names | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ononidion cristatae Royer 1991 | Supratemperate submediterranean dry calcareous grasslands of southwestern Alps | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Festucion scopariae Br.-Bl. 1948 | Upper supratemperate and lower orotemperate calcareous dry pastures of Central and Eastern Pyrenees | Saponarion caespitosae P. Montserrat et Villar 1987; Festucion gautieri Br.-Bl. 1948 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Hieracio castellani-Plantaginion radicatae Rivas-Mart. et Cantó 1987 | Supra-oromediterranean and supra-orotemperate submediterranean xerophilous silicicolous grasslands of eastern and northern Iberia | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Teesdaliopsio confertae-Luzulion caespitosae Rivas-Mart. 1987 | Oro-cryomediterranean xerophilous silicicolous grasslands of Northern Iberian mountains | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Thymion serpylloidis Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. in Rivas-Mart. 1965 | Supra-oromediterranean and supra-orotemperate silicicolous grasslands of southern Iberia | Thymion serpylloidis Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart.1963 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Genistion lobelii Molinier 1934 | Meso-supramediterranean submediterranean calcicolous dry grasslands and low scrub of Provence, Cevennes and catalano-valencian region | Seslerion mediterraneo-montanum Vanden Berghen 1963; Globularion cordifoliae Allier et Ritter 1971; Globularion cordifoliae Guinochet 1938; Potentillion velutinae Barbero et al. 1972; Seslerion elegantissimae Quézel 1971; Genistion lobelii-villarsii-pulchellae Lavagne et Rebuffel 1998 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Plantaginion insularis Klein 1972 | Cyrno-Sardean oromediterranean grasslands in snow-carrying depressions | Plantaginion insularis Gamisans 1968; Sedo-Phleion brachystachyi Gamisans 1975 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Ononidion striatae Br.-Bl. et Susplugas 1937 | Supratemperate submediterranean dry calcareous grasslands of Western Pyrenees and catalano-valencian region | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Plantagini discoloris-Thymion mastigophori Molina et Izco 1989 | Castillian-Cantabrian supramediterranean low scrub on calcareous soils | Helianthemo cani-Thymion mastigophori Loidi et Fernandez Prieto 1987; Festuco hystricis-Thymion mastigophori Izo et Molina in Molina 1984 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Jasionion carpetanae González-Albo 1941 | Oro-cryomediterranean xerophilous silicicolous fescue grasslands of mountains of central Iberia | Minuartio juresii-Festucion indigestae Rivas-Mart. In Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963; Minuartio juresii-Festucion indigestae Rivas-Mart. 1964; Minuartio juresii-Festucion aragonensis Rivas-Mart. 1964 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 1990; Minuartio juresii-Festucion curvifoliae Rivas-Mart. 1964 corr. Rivas-Mart., Fernández-González et Loidi 1999; Minuartio bigerrensis-Festucion curvifoliae Rivas-Mart. 1964 corr. Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Avenion sempervirentis Barbero 1968 | Supramediterranean dry calcareous grasslands of Maritime and Ligurian Alps | Helictotrichion sempervirentis Barbero 1968 nom. mut. propos.; Astragalion aristati Archiloque et al. 1971; Avenion montanae Barbero 1968; Ononidion cenisiae Barbero 1968; Ononidion cenisiae Barbero 1970; Helictotrichion sedenensis Barbero 1968 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Minuartio-Poion ligulatae O. de Bolòs 1962 | Castillian-Oroiberian supra-oromediterranean grasslands on calcareous and ultramafic soils | Festuco hystricis-Poion ligulatae Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. 1963; Sideritido fontquerianae-Arenarion microphyllae Rivas-Mart. et al. 2002; Sideritido pulvinatae-Arenarion aggregatae Rivas Goday et Borja 1961; Sideritido fontquerianae-Arenarion aggregatae Rivas-Mart. et al. 2001 nom corr. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Ptilotrichion purpurei Quézel 1953 | Oro-cryomediterranean chamaephyte-rich xerophilous silicicolous grasslands of Sierra Nevada | Nevadension purpureae Quézel 1953 nom. mut. propos. | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
| Festucion burnatii Rivas Goday et Rivas-Mart. ex Mayor et al. 1973 | Cantabrian supra-orotemperate grasslands on calcareous lithosols | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
| Armerion eriophyllae Pinto da Silva 1970 | Supra-oromediterranean and supra-orotemperate silicicolous grasslands on ultramafic outcrops of northern Portugal and Galicia | Armerion eriophyllae Pinto da Silva 1965 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Not available
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 34.7 | Mediterraneo-montane grasslands | same |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.1. | Natural grassland | n/a |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.5 | Mediterranean-montane grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.5 | Mediterraneo-montane grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E1.5 | Mediterraneo-montane grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E1.5 | Mediterraneo-montane grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E1.5 | Mediterraneo-montane grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E1.16 | Mediterraneo-montane grassland | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 34.7 | Mediterraneo-montane grasslands | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 34.7 | Mediterraneo-montane grasslands | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 34.7 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 34.7 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 34.7 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 34.7 | same |
