Moeso-Thracian mesophile foothill meadows

English name: Moeso-Thracian mesophile foothill meadows

Description (English)

Mesophile hay meadows of the valleys and lower slopes of mountain ranges fringing the northern Thracian plain and its peripheral basins installed on soils moistened by underground or surface water supplied by slope runoff, dominated by the same grass species as in the floodplain meadows of E2.2521, accompanied by Arrhenatherum elatius and Agrostis capillaris.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E2.2522
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E2.2)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Agrostis capillaris
Flowering Plants Arrhenatherum elatius
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Agrostis capillaris Flowering Plants
Arrhenatherum elatius Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 38.2522 Moeso-Thracian mesophile foothill meadows source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E2.2522 Moeso-Thracian mesophile foothill meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E2.2522 Moeso-Thracian mesophile foothill meadows same
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