Pannonic sand steppes

English name: Pannonic sand steppes

Description (English)

Formations dominated by medium or tall perennial tuft-forming grasses or suffrutescents, with lacunar ground cover, together with their associated therophyte communities developed on moving or fixed sands within the range of the Pannonic steppes (unit E1.2C), thus in the Pannonic basin and the areas of preponderant influence of its communities. Most of these formations are associated with inland dune systems and relate to unit E1.99 and its subdivisions.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E1.2F
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E1.2)
Relation to Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive)

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