Oro-Moesian acidophilous grassland
Description (English)
Dense, closed, usually unsculptured, chionophilous grasslands of acid substrates at the 1800-2500 metre level of high mountains of the central Balkan peninsula, including the Balkan Range, the Rhodopides, in particular, Vitosha, Rila, Pirin, the Slavianka-Orvilos, the central Rhodope Mountains (Cernatica-Prespa complex) and the Falakron, the central Moeso-Macedonian mountains (Ozogovska Planina), the southern Dinarides, dominated by Festuca paniculata, Bellardiochloa violacea, Festuca airoides (Festuca supina), Agrostis rupestris or the Balkan endemics Festuca valida and Sesleria comosa, often associated with Nardus stricta, which may be abundant or co-dominant; rare species harboured in these communities include Aquilegia aurea, Lilium jankae, Gentiana lutea, Gentiana punctata, Viola rhodopeia. Outside of protected areas these grasslands are usually submitted to pasture regimes. Formations overwhelmingly dominated by Nardus stricta have been included in unit E4.318.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code E4.39 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E4.3) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Legal text | Annex | Name in legal text | Code in legal text |
Habitat type relationship |
More information |
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 | Annex I: natural habitat types of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands | 62D0 | Wider | http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Agrostis rupestris | Flowering Plants | |
Aquilegia aurea | Flowering Plants | |
Bellardiochloa violacea | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca airoides | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca paniculata | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca supina | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca valida | Flowering Plants | |
Gentiana lutea | Flowering Plants | |
Gentiana punctata | Flowering Plants | |
Lilium jankae | Flowering Plants | |
Nardus stricta | Flowering Plants | |
Sesleria comosa | Flowering Plants | |
Viola rhodopeia | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 36.39 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands | source |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.1. | Natural grassland | n/a |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E4.39 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grassland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E4.39 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grassland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E4.39 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grassland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E4.39 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grassland | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E4.29 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E4.29 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 36.39 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 36.39 | Oro-Moesian acidophilous grasslands | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 36.39 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 36.39 | same |