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Helleno-Balkanic [Satureja montana] steppes

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English name	Helleno-Balkanic savory steppes

English name

Helleno-Balkanic savory steppes

EUNIS habitat type code	E1.21	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Perennial, steppe-like low open grasslands on shallow stony soils of the sub-Mediterranean and sub-Pannonic [Quercion frainetto] and [Fagion moesiacum] zones of the Balkan peninsula, from Greece to Serbia and western Bulgaria. Typical species (among others): [Festuca valesiaca], [Festuca rupicola], [Koeleria gracilis], [Stipa] spp., [Bromus erectus], [Poa bulbosa], [Melica ciliata], [Carex humilis], [Carex caryophyllea], [Satureja montana], [Galium purpureum], [Teucrium montanum], [Vincetoxicum hirundinaria], [Artemisia alba], [Galium album], [Euphorbia cyparissias], [Teucrium chamaedrys].

Source

ILE SAS (2007)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	E1.21	Helleno-Balkanic [Satureja montana] steppes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	E1.21	Helleno-Balkanic [Satureja montana] steppes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	E1.21	Helleno-Balkanic [Satureja montana] steppes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	E1.21	Helleno-Balkanic [Satureja montana] steppes	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	E1.21	Helleno-Balkanic [Satureja montana] steppes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	34.311	Helleno-Balkanic savory steppes	source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	34.311	Helleno-Balkanic savory steppes	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	34.311	Helleno-Balkanic savory steppes	same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.1.	Natural grassland	n/a
	E	Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens	Ancestor
	E1	Dry grasslands	Ancestor
	E1.2	Perennial calcareous grassland and basic steppes	Parent

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