Calaminarian grassland
Description (English)
Open formations colonizing heavy metal soils, either natural or resulting from past mining operations, in rapid regression and limited to a few stations in eastern Belgium, western Rhineland, Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and to one station in the southern Netherlands, with outposts in northern France, comprised of a highly specialised flora with the endemics Viola calaminaria, Viola guestphalica, Thlaspi caerulescens (Thlaspi alpestre ssp. calaminare) and Festuca aquisgranensis (Festuca ophioliticola ssp. calaminaria), with Minuartia verna var. hercynica, Silene vulgaris ssp. humilis and Armeria halleri, limited to this formation and the next, and with the steppic, central European Festuca valesiaca.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code E1.B2 |
|---|---|
| Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E1.B) |
| Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
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 | Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae | 6130 | Narrower | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Festuca valesiaca
Flowering Plants
Minuartia verna var. hercynica
Flowering Plants
Thlaspi caerulescens
Flowering Plants
Viola calaminaria
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Festuca valesiaca | Flowering Plants | |
| Minuartia verna var. hercynica | Flowering Plants | |
| Thlaspi caerulescens | Flowering Plants | |
| Viola calaminaria | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 34.22 | Calaminarian grasslands | source |
| CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.1. | Natural grassland | n/a |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.B2 | Calaminarian grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.B2 | Calaminarian grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E1.B2 | Calaminarian grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E1.B2 | Calaminarian grassland | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E1.B2 | Calaminarian grasslands | same |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E1.42 | Calaminarian grasslands | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 34.22 | Calaminarian grasslands | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 34.22 | Calaminarian grasslands | same |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 34.22 | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 34.22 | same | |
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 34.22 | same |
