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Central and southern Apennine dry grassland

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English name	Central and southern Apennine dry grassland

English name

Central and southern Apennine dry grassland

EUNIS habitat type code	E1.54	Level	4
Edition	EUNIS Habitat Classification 2012 - a revision of the habitat classification descriptions.

Description ( English )

Open grasslands of calcareous substrates of the middle and southern Apennines, southern vicariant of the [Xerobromion], with [Bromus erectus], [Sideritis syriaca] and many Apennine endemics or subendemics such as [Crepis lacera], [Centaurea rupestris ssp. ceratophylla], [Phleum ambiguum], [Carex macrolepis]. Many distinctive communities exist in this unit, some still covering vast expanses of land of exceptional biological significance such as Campo Imperatore in the Gran Sasso range; a few examples are cited below, others may be added.

Source

Devillers, P., Devillers-Terschuren, J. and Vander Linden, C. [edited ETC/BD] (2001)

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Relationships with other classifications

Classification	Code	Title	Relation type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410	E1.54	Central and southern Apennine dry grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308	E1.54	Central and southern Apennine dry grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202	E1.54	Central and southern Apennine dry grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910	E1.54	Central and southern Apennine dry grassland	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811	E1.54	Central and southern Apennine dry grasslands	same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712	E1.164	Central and southern Apennine dry grasslands	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112	34.74	Central and southern Apennine dry grasslands	source
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905	34.74	Central and southern Apennine dry grasslands	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997	34.74	Central and southern Apennine dry grasslands	same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996	34.74		same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993	34.74		same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991	34.74		same
CORINE Land Cover	3.2.1.	Natural grassland	n/a
	E	Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens	Ancestor
	E1	Dry grasslands	Ancestor
	E1.5	Mediterranean-montane grassland	Parent

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