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[Brachypodium phoenicoides] swards

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English name Phoenician torgrass swards Open code browser    Diagram icon

EUNIS habitat type code   E1.2A Level   4
Edition   EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Closed, dry perennial grasslands of eutrophic soils within the meso- and thermo-Mediterranean zones of the western Mediterranean basin, often on post-cultural land, formed by relatively tall grasses and usually dominated by [Brachypodium phoenicoides], with, among many others, [Phleum bertolonii] ([Phleum nodosum], [Phleum pratense]), [Elymus repens], [Carex divisa], [Carthamus lanatus], [Diplotaxis viminea], [Echinops ritro], [Euphorbia serrata], [Echium vulgare], [Echium pustulatum], [Erodium acaule], [Galactites tomentosa], [Lepidium graminifolium], [Medicago orbicularis], [Salvia verbenaca], [Foeniculum vulgare], [Pallenis spinosa], [Psoralea bituminosa], [Seseli tortuosum], [Tragopogon australis], [Scabiosa atropurpurea], [Verbascum sinuatum], [Picris hieracioides], [Calamintha nepeta], [Centaurea aspera], [Vicia hybrida], [Phlomis herba-venti] and many orchids.

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 E1.2A [Brachypodium phoenicoides] swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.2A [Brachypodium phoenicoides] swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 E1.2A [Brachypodium phoenicoides] swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 E1.2A [Brachypodium phoenicoides] swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 E1.2A [Brachypodium phoenicoides] swards same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 E1.116 Phoenician torgrass swards same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 34.36 Phoenician torgrass swards source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 34.36 Phoenician torgrass swards same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 34.36 Phoenician torgrass swards same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 34.36   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 34.36   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 34.36   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 34.36   same
CORINE Land Cover 3.2.1. Natural grassland n/a
  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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