EUNIS habitat classification 2012 amended 2019 > E - Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens > E1 - Dry grasslands > E1.9 - Open non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland, including inland dune grassland

Open non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland, including inland dune grassland

English name: Open non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral grassland, including inland dune grassland

Description (English)

Open grassland, often with therophytes, of the nemoral, boreonemoral and submediterranean zones, developed on raw non-calcareous soils, especially on inland dunes and fixed sands.

Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type	code E1.9
Bern Convention	Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites)
Relation to	Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Revised Annex I of Resolution 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention on endangered natural habitats types using the EUNIS habitat classification (year of revision 2014)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 4 (1996) of the Bern Convention lists endangered natural habitats requiring specific conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming the Emerald network]

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	Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands	2330	Wider	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
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	Pannonic inland dunes	2340	Wider

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Name	Definition	Other names	Reference
Thero-Airion Tx. ex Oberd. 1957	Pioneer vegetation on acidic shallow soils of winter-mild atlantic and sub-boreal regions of Europe and Madeira	Tuberario guttatae-Airion praecocis de Foucault 1999; Airion caryophylleo-praecocis Rivas-Mart. 1978; Thero-Airion Tx. 1951; Thero-Trifolion Doing 1974; Tuberario guttatae-Airion praecocis de Foucault 2001	Schaminee et al, 2012
Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii Korneck 1974	Thermophilous therophyte- and geophyte-rich vegetation on stable siliceous rubble of Central Europe	Spergulo pentandrae-Veronicion dillenii de Foucault 1999; Spergulo pentandrae-Veronicion dillenii de Foucault 2001; Rumici-Veronicion dillenii Passarge 1977; Veronicion dillenii Oberd. 1957	Schaminee et al, 2012
Sedion anglici Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1952	Pioneer vegetation on acidic shallow soils on rocky outcrops on siliceous rocks of atlantic region of Europe	Hyperico linarifolii-Sedion rupestris de Foucault 2001; Hyperico linarifolii-Sedion reflexi de Foucault in Julve 1993; Hyperico linarifolii-Sedion rupestris de Foucault 1999; Hyperico linarifolii-Sedion reflexi de Foucault 1999	Schaminee et al, 2012
Hyperico perforati-Scleranthion perennis Moravec 1967	Boreo-montane cilicicolous meso-xerophytic closed swards on shallow skeletal soils of Central Europe, British Isles and Fennoscandia	Thymo pulegioidis-Sedion sexangulare Didukh et Kontar 1998; Koelerio-Phleion phleoidis Korneck 1974; Poo compressae-Rumicion acetosellae Dudikh et Kontar 1998	Schaminee et al, 2012
Sedo-Scleranthion Br.-Bl. 1950	Pioneer vegetation on acidic shallow soils on rocky outcrops on siliceous rocks of Alpic valleys	Sedo-Scleranthion Br.-Bl. 1949; Sedo-Scleranthion Br.-Bl. 1955; Sempervivo-Sedion (Br.-Bl. 1955) T. Müller 1961; Rumici acetosellae-Scleranthion perennis de Foucault 1999; Rumici acetosellae-Scleranthion perennis de Foucault 2001	Schaminee et al, 2012
Sileno conicae-Cerastion semidecandri Korneck 1974	Steppic sandy grasslands on stablised inland sand dunes of Central Europe	Androsaco septentrionali-Cerastion semidecandri Glowacki 1988	Schaminee et al, 2012
Armerion junceae Br.-Bl. ex Br.-Bl. et al. 1952	Meso-xerophytic closed tussock grasslands on dolomite sands of southern France	Armerion girardii Br.-Bl. 1931 corr. Julve 1993; Armerion girardii Loisel 1971; Armerion juncei Br.-Bl. 1931 (orig. form)	Schaminee et al, 2012
Scabioso-Trifolion dalmatici Horvatic et N. Randelovic in N. Randelovic 1977	Silicicolous therophyte swards of submediterranean-continental Serbia	Scabioso-Trifolion dalmatici Horvatic et N. Randelovic 1973; Scabioso-Trifolion dalmatici N. Randelovic et Horvatic 1974; Scabioso-Trifolion dalmatici Horvatic et N. Randelovic in N. Randelovic 1975	Schaminee et al, 2012
Armerio-Potentillion Micevski 1978	Dry steppic grasslands on deep soils over siliceous bedrocks in montane belt of Macedonia		Schaminee et al, 2012
Sedo-Cerastion arvensis Sissingh et Tideman 1960	Closed meso-xerophytic swards on acidic to neutral sandy soils in lowlands of atlantic to subatlantic regions of Europe	Carici arenariae-Festucion filiformis de Foucault 1994; Hieracio-Festucion tenuifoliae Doing 1963; Sedo-Koelerion gracilis Doing 1963; Pilosello-Festucion tenuifoliae Doing 1974 (orig. form); Polygalo vulgaris-Koelerion macranthae Weeda et al. in Schaminée et al. 1996; Carici arenariae-Festucion filiformis de Foucault 1993	Schaminee et al, 2012
Sedion pyrenaici Tx. in Rivas-Mart. et al. 2011	Pioneer vegetation on acidic shallow soils on rocky outcrops on siliceous rocks of Pyrenees and western Iberia	Sedion pyrenaici Tx. 1954; Sedion pyrenaici Tx. ex Rivas-Mart. et al. 1984; Sedion pyrenaici Tx. in Tx. et Oberd. 1958	Schaminee et al, 2012
Diantho pinifolii-Jasionion heldreichii Bergmeier et al. 2009	Pioneer herb-rich vegetation on acidic shallow soils on rocky outcrops and stabilised ultramafic rubble of northern Hellas		Schaminee et al, 2012
Corynephorion canescentis Klika 1931	Silicicolous tussock perennial open grasslands of atlantic and subatlantic regions of northwestern and Central Europe	Caricion arenariae Doing 1974; Corynephorion Br.-Bl. et de Leeuw 1926; Dicrano-Cladinion Doing 1963; Filagini-Corynephorion Passarge 1960; Miboro minimae-Corynephorion canescentis Loiseau et Felzines 2007; Polytricho-Cornicularion Doing 1974; Spergulo-Corynephorion (Klika 1931) Passarge 1960; Sedo micranthi-Corynephorion canescentis Loiseau et Felzines 2007	Schaminee et al, 2012
Koelerion glaucae Volk 1931	Steppic grasslands on stabilised inland sand dunes on fluvioglacial deposits of Central and Eastern Europe	Helichrysion arenarii Tx. 1951	Schaminee et al, 2012
Armerion elongatae Pötsch 1962	Closed meso-xerophytic swards on slightly acidic to slightly alkaline sandy soils in lowlands of subcontinental Europe	Plantagini-Festucion trachyphyllae Passarge 1964 nom. corr. propos.; Armerion elongatae Krausch 1959; Armerion elongatae Krausch 1962; Plantagini lanceolatae-Festucion brevipilae Passarge 1964 corr. Kratzert et Dengler 1999; Plantagini lanceolatae-Festucion ovinae Passarge 1964; Vicio lathyroidis-Potentillion argenteae Brzeg in Brzeg et Wojterska 1996	Schaminee et al, 2012

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	64.7	Continental inland dunes	overlap
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	35.2	Medio-European open siliceous grasslands	narrower
CORINE Land Cover	3.3.1.	Beaches, dunes, and sand plains	n/a
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.1.	Natural grassland	n/a
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	B11	Acid grassland: unimproved	overlap
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993	B12	Acid grassland: semi-improved	not defined
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK)	8	Acid grassland	wider
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK)	14	Lowland dry acid grassland	overlap
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998	4.1.3	Végétation des dalles siliceuses de basse altitude	narrower
Biotopes of Slovakia 1996	4342000	Biotopy plytkých skeletnatých pôd na silikátovom podloží	n/a

For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification	Code	Habitat type name	Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	E1.9	Non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral open grassland, including inland dune grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	E1.9	Non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral open grassland, including inland dune grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	E1.9	Non-Mediterranean dry acid and neutral open grassland, including inland dune grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	E1.9	Dry, open perennial and annual siliceous grassland, including inland dune grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	E1.9	Dry, open perennial and annual siliceous grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	E1.22	Dry, open perennial and annual siliceous grassland	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	35.2	Medio-European open siliceous grasslands	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	35.2	Medio-European open siliceous grasslands	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	35.2		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	35.2		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	35.2		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989	35.2		same

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