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[Festuca pallens] grassland

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English name Pale fescue grassland Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   E1.29 Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Subcontinental xeric, thermophile grasslands of middle European collinar rock ledges, mostly dominated by the strong tufts of the glaucous [Festuca pallens], [Festuca sadlerana] and [Festuca pannonica] and of the green [Sesleria albicans], and with [Dianthus gratianopolitanus], [Carex humilis], [Melica ciliata], [Aster alpinus], [Artemisia campestris ssp. lednicensis], [Hieracium] spp., [Biscutella laevigata ssp. varia], [Teucrium botrys], [Teucrium montanum], [Helianthemum canum], [Iris aphylla], [Allium strictum], [Allium senescens ssp. montanum], locally distributed from French Jura and Rhine valley to sub-Pannonic foothils and Carpathians in Romania. The communities of the [Festucion pallescentis] often occupy isolated stations and include rare or relictual species which impart to many of them a distinctive biogeographical and physiognomic individuality. In particular, rare and highly disjunct western outposts occur in the Meuse basin of the Belgian and French Ardennes, harbouring, among others, very isolated populations of [Draba aizoides var. montana], [Artemisia alba ssp. saxatilis] and [Hieracium vogesiacum].

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ILE SAS [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification Code Title Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.29 [Festuca pallens] grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.29 [Festuca pallens] grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 E1.29 [Festuca pallens] grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 E1.29 [Festuca pallens] grassland same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 E1.29 [Festuca pallens] grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 E1.115 Pale fescue grasslands same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 34.35 Pale fescue grasslands source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 34.35 Pale fescue grasslands same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 34.35 Pale fescue grasslands same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 34.35   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 34.35   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 34.35   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 34.35   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.1. Natural grassland n/a
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 4.2.2 Pelouse sèche médio-européenne overlap
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 T3.2 PĚCHAVOVÉ TRÁVNÍKY (Sesleria grasslands) narrower
Biotopes of the Czech Republic 2001 T3.1 SKALNÍ VEGETACE S KOSTŘAVOU SIVOU (FESTUCA PALLENS) (Rock-outcrop vegetation with Festuca pallens) narrower
  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
  E1.2 Perennial calcareous grassland and basic steppes    Parent
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