Low and medium altitude hay meadows
Description (English)
Mesotrophic hay meadows of low altitudes of Europe, fertilised and well-drained, with Arrhenatherum elatius, Trisetum flavescens, Anthriscus sylvestris, Heracleum sphondylium, Daucus carota, Crepis biennis, Knautia arvensis, Leucanthemum vulgare, Pimpinella major, Trifolium dubium, Geranium pratense; they are most characteristic of the nemoral and boreonemoral zones of Europe, but extend to the Cordillera Central, the Apennines and the supra-Mediterranean zone of the Balkan peninsula and Greece.
Source:
EUNIS habitat classification
Interpretation Manual of the habitats targeted by Resolution No. 4
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code E2.2 |
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Bern Convention | Resolution 4 habitat type (used for designation of Emerald sites) |
Relation to | Annex I habitat types (EU Habitats Directive) |
Legal status
Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements
Relation to other habitat types mentioned in legal instruments
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Name | Definition | Alternatives | Reftext |
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Calthion palustris Tx. 1937 | Wet herb-rich meadows and pastures on mineral soils of temperate Europe | Bromion racemosi Tx. In Tx. et Preising 1951; Caltho-Deschampsion caespitosae Passarge 1976; Lychno-Bromion racemosi Doing 1963; Achilleo ptarmicae-Cirsion palustris Julve et Gillet 1994; Bromion racemosi Tx. In Tx. et Preising ex de Foucault 2009; Achilleo ptarmicae-Cirsion palustris Julve et Gillet in Julve 1993; Achilleo ptarmicae-Cirsion palustris Julve et Gillet ex de Foucault 2011 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Glycyrrhizion glabrae Golub et Mirkin in Golub 1995 | Subhalophilous alluvial meadows in semidesert zone of lower Volga River region | Limonio gmelinii-Artemision lerchianae Ageleulov et Golub in Golub 1995 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Ranunculo neapolitani-Arrhenatherion elatioris Allegrezza et Biondi 2011 | Mesic mown meadows on mineral-rich soils of sub-mediterranean regions of Apenninian Peninsula | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Glycyrrhizion echinatae Golub et Saveleva in Golub 1995 | Subhalophilous alluvial meadows of steppe zone of lower Don River region | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Deschampsion cespitosae Horvatic 1930 | Floodplain alluvial unfertilised meadows of sub-continental regions of Europe | Veronico longifoliae-Lysimachion vulgaris (Passarge 1977) Bal.-Tul. 1981; Agrostion albae Soó 1941; Alopecurion pratensis Passarge 1964; Cnidion dubii Bal.-Tul. 1966 nom. mut. propos.; Cnidion venosi Bal.-Tul. 1965; Cnidion venosi Bal.-Tul. 1966; Deschampsio-Alopecurion Mirkin et Naumova 1986 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Conioselinion tatarici Golub et al. 2003 | Wet meadows of subarctic supralittoral of White Sea seaboards | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Glycyrrhizion korshinskyi Lysenko 2010 | Subhalophilous alluvial meadows in steppe zone of Volga and Ural River region | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Arrhenatherion elatioris Luquet 1926 | Mesic mown meadows on mineral-rich soils or planare to submontane belts of temperate Europe | Agrostio-Festucion rubrae Passarge 1969; Anthrisco-Heracleion Passarge 1975; Arrhenatherion Br.-Bl. 1931; Arrhenatherion elatioris Koch 1926; Arrhenatherion elatioris Tx. 1931; Dauco-Arrhenatherion Passarge 1969; Festucion pratensis Sipailova et al. 1985; Hyperico-Vicion angustifoliae Passarge 1975; Triseto-Arrhenatherion Passarge 1969 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Rumicion thyrsiflori Micevski ex Carni et Mucina 2013 | Mesic mown meadows on mineral-rich soils of sub-mediterranean regions of Central Balkans | Rumicion thyrsiflori Micevski 1994 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Molinion caeruleae Koch 1926 | Wet grass-rich unfertilised meadows at low-altitudes of temperate Europe | Juncion acutiflori Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1947; Molinio-Juncion acutiflori Duvigneaud 1949; Junco subuliflori-Molinion Westhoff in Westhoff et Den Held 1969; Polygono bistortae-Juncion acutiflori de Foucault et Géhu 1980; Juncion acutiflori Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et Tüxen 1952 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Brachypodio-Centaureion nemoralis Br.-Bl. 1967 | Mesic mown meadows on mineral-rich soils of thermo-atlantic and sub-mediterranean belts of Western Europe | Schaminee et al, 2012 | |
Cynosurion cristati Tx. 1947 | Pastures on well-drained mineral-rich soils at lower altitudes of temperate Europe | Ranunculo sardoi-Plantaginion intermediae Julve 1993; Achilleo-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Alchemillo-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Alchemillo-Trifolion repentis Passarge 1976; Bromo mollis-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Cardamino pratensis-Cynosurioon Passarge 1969; Eu-Ranunculo repentis-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Eu-Thymo pulegeioidis-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Lolio perennis-Plantaginion majoris Sissingh 1969; Lolio-Cynosurion Jurko 1974; Lolion perennis Felföldy 1942 nom. ambig. propos.; Lolion perennis Resmerita et Pop 1972; Ranunculo repentis-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Rumici crispi-Cynosurion cristati de Foucault 1989; Sanguisorbo minoris-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Thymo pulegioidis-Cynosurion Passarge 1969; Trifolio repentis-Lolion perennis Dietl 1983; Phleo-Leontodontion (Br.-Bl. et Berset 1957) Dietl 1972; Alchemillo xanthochlorae-Cynosurion (Passarge 1969) de Foucault 1989 | Schaminee et al, 2012 |
Species mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Anthriscus sylvestris | Flowering Plants | |
Arrhenatherum elatius | Flowering Plants | |
Crepis biennis | Flowering Plants | |
Daucus carota | Flowering Plants | |
Geranium pratense | Flowering Plants | |
Heracleum sphondylium | Flowering Plants | |
Knautia arvensis | Flowering Plants | |
Leucanthemum vulgare | Flowering Plants | |
Pimpinella major | Flowering Plants | |
Trifolium dubium | Flowering Plants | |
Trisetum flavescens | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 38.2 | Lowland and collinar hay meadows | same |
CORINE Land Cover | 3.2.1. | Natural grassland | n/a |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | B22 | Neutral grassland: semi-improved | not defined |
Phase 1 habitat classification (UK) 1993 | B21 | Neutral grassland: unimproved | overlap |
Biodiversity Broad Habitat Classification (UK) | 6 | Neutral grassland | wider |
Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats (UK) | 10 | Lowland meadows | overlap |
Milieux Naturels de Suisse 1998 | 4.5.1 | Prairie de fauche de basse altitude | wider |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E2.2 | Low and medium altitude hay meadows | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E2.2 | Low and medium altitude hay meadows | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E2.2 | Low and medium altitude hay meadows | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E2.2 | Coarse permanent grassland and tall herbs, usually mown but little grazed | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E2.2 | Coarse permanent grassland and tall herbs, usually mown but little grazed | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E3.2 | Coarse permanent grassland, usually mown but little grazed | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 38.2 | Lowland and collinar hay meadows | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 38.2 | Lowland and collinar hay meadows | same |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 38.2 | same | |
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 38.2 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 38.2 | same | |
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 38.2 | same |