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Helleno-Balkanic short grass and therophyte communities

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English name Helleno-Balkanic short grass and therophyte communities Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   E1.332 Level   5
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Open, short, grasslands of thermo- and meso-mediterranean areas of Greece and its islands and of the Balkan peninsula, with numerous annual grasses such as [Bromus fasciculatus], [Bromus madritensis], [Bromus intermedius], [Bromus alopecuros], [Bromus rubens], [Brachypodium distachyon], [Aegilops neglecta], [Aegilops geniculata], [Aegilops triuncialis], [Avena sterilis], [Avena barbata], [Lagurus ovatus], [Cynosurus echinatus], [Stipa capensis], but sometimes with a strong representation of short or medium-sized perennial grasses such as [Hyparrhenia hirta], [Andropogon distachyos], [Cynodon dactylon], [Dactylis hispanica]. They are very rich in annual flowering plants, among which of genera [Euphorbia], [Silene], [Nigella], [Adonis], [Papaver], [Fumaria], [Biscutella], [Rapistrum], [Althaea], [Malva], [Linum], [Geranium], [Astragalus], [Ononis], [Trigonella], [Medicago], [Melilotus], [Trifolium], [Lotus], [Coronilla], [Scorpiurus], [Hedysarum], [Onobrychis], [Bupleurum], [Daucus], [Anagallis], [Orobanche], [Plantago], [Centaurium], [Galium], [Evax], [Filago], [Pallenis], [Anthemis], [Chrysanthemum], [Tragopogon], suffrutescent labiates of genera [Teucrium], [Thymus], [Ballota], [Phlomis], [Micromeria], [Salvia] and others, and geophytes such as [Urginea maritima], [Asphodelus microcarpus], [Lloydia graeca], [Allium] spp., [Ornithogalum] spp., [Muscari] spp., [Romulea] spp., [Orchis] spp., [Ophrys] spp., [Anacamptis pyramidalis]. They constitute a wide array of distinctive communities, many of them very local and restricted to small surfaces. Many of the more extensive pastures, in particular those dominated by annual grasses, are subnitrophilous or nitrophilous and may be better classified under unit 34.8.

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 E1.332 Helleno-Balkanic short grass and therophyte communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.332 Helleno-Balkanic short grass and therophyte communities same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 34.532 Helleno-Balkanic short grass and therophyte communities source
  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
  E1.3 Mediterranean xeric grassland    Ancestor
  E1.33 East Mediterranean xeric grassland    Parent
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