Pelago-Rhodopide calciphile stripped grasslands

English name: Pelago-Rhodopide calciphile stripped grasslands

Description (English)

Open calcicolous grasslands of the Pelagonides and the Rhodope Mountains, submitted to more extreme temperature variations than the more northwestern formations of unit E4.4381, dominated by Sesleria tenuifolia, Sesleria tenerrima, Sesleria korabensis or Sesleria bielzii, accompanied by Carex kitaibeliana.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E4.4382
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E4.4)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Sesleria bielzii
Flowering Plants Sesleria korabensis
Flowering Plants Sesleria tenerrima
Flowering Plants Sesleria tenuifolia
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Sesleria bielzii Flowering Plants
Sesleria korabensis Flowering Plants
Sesleria tenerrima Flowering Plants
Sesleria tenuifolia Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 36.4382 Pelago-Rhodopide calciphile stripped grasslands source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E4.4382 Pelago-Rhodopide calciphile stripped grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E4.4382 Pelago-Rhodopide calciphile stripped grasslands same
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