Dalmatian siliceous grassland

Description (English)

Uncommon acidophile annual-rich grasslands of Dalmatia occupying small, insularised surfaces on colluvions and red earths of the Dalmatian karst and on southern Dalmatian sands; characteristic are Tuberaria guttata, Filago vulgaris, Silene gallica, Linaria pelisseriana, Plantago bellardii, Galium parisiense, Hypochoeris radicata, Cynanchum contiguum, Crepis sancta, Trifolium cherleri, Trifolium lappaceum, Trifolium subterraneum, Trifolium stellatum, Trifolium glomeratum, Trifolium nigrescens, Trifolium angustifolium, Lathyrus sphaericus, Ornithopus compressus, Lupinus micranthus, Lupinus lacromensis, Luzula campestris and the grasses Aira elegans, Vulpia ligustica, Vulpia bromoides, Vulpia myuros, Briza maxima, Anthoxanthum ovatum, Gastridium ventricosum, Gaudinia fragilis, Phleum echinatum, Psilurus aristatus; the orchids Ophrys apifera, Ophrys oestrifera, Spiranthes spiralis are recorded.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification