Heavy-metal dry grassland of the Balkans
Description (English)
Grassland confined to dry, nutrient-poor soils rich in heavy metals derived from ultramafic bedrock in the mountains of the Balkans, Euboea and Cyprus with an open cover of grasses and forbs, including many endemics.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R17 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableIndicator species
Diagnostic species
Constant species
Dominant species
Flowering Plants
Euphorbia glabriflora
Flowering Plants
Stachys scardica
Flowering Plants
Plantago holosteum
Flowering Plants
Minuartia verna
Flowering Plants
Poa badensis
Flowering Plants
Fumana bonapartei
Flowering Plants
Astragalus onobrychis
Flowering Plants
Artemisia alba
Flowering Plants
Linum tauricum
Flowering Plants
Bromopsis riparia
Flowering Plants
Festuca panciciana
Flowering Plants
Silene bupleuroides
Flowering Plants
Euphorbia barrelieri
Flowering Plants
Verbascum glabratum
Diagnostic species occur concentrated in the habitat in question, but are absent or rare in other habitats. They are good positive indicators of the habitat, but they do not need to occur in every location of the habitat.
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Euphorbia glabriflora | Flowering Plants | |
| Stachys scardica | Flowering Plants | |
| Plantago holosteum | Flowering Plants | |
| Minuartia verna | Flowering Plants | |
| Poa badensis | Flowering Plants | |
| Fumana bonapartei | Flowering Plants | |
| Astragalus onobrychis | Flowering Plants | |
| Artemisia alba | Flowering Plants | |
| Linum tauricum | Flowering Plants | |
| Bromopsis riparia | Flowering Plants | |
| Festuca panciciana | Flowering Plants | |
| Silene bupleuroides | Flowering Plants | |
| Euphorbia barrelieri | Flowering Plants | |
| Verbascum glabratum | Flowering Plants |
Flowering Plants
Minuartia verna
Flowering Plants
Sanguisorba minor
Flowering Plants
Plantago holosteum
Flowering Plants
Euphorbia glabriflora
Flowering Plants
Stachys recta
Flowering Plants
Dorycnium pentaphyllum
Flowering Plants
Astragalus onobrychis
Flowering Plants
Stachys scardica
Flowering Plants
Teucrium montanum
Flowering Plants
Bromopsis riparia
Flowering Plants
Sedum album
Flowering Plants
Leontodon crispus
Flowering Plants
Erysimum diffusum
Flowering Plants
Artemisia alba
Flowering Plants
Thymus longicaulis
Flowering Plants
Poa badensis
Flowering Plants
Galium lucidum
Flowering Plants
Alyssum montanum
Constant species occur frequently in the habitat, but they may include generalist species that are also frequent in other habitats.
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Minuartia verna | Flowering Plants | |
| Sanguisorba minor | Flowering Plants | |
| Plantago holosteum | Flowering Plants | |
| Euphorbia glabriflora | Flowering Plants | |
| Stachys recta | Flowering Plants | |
| Dorycnium pentaphyllum | Flowering Plants | |
| Astragalus onobrychis | Flowering Plants | |
| Stachys scardica | Flowering Plants | |
| Teucrium montanum | Flowering Plants | |
| Bromopsis riparia | Flowering Plants | |
| Sedum album | Flowering Plants | |
| Leontodon crispus | Flowering Plants | |
| Erysimum diffusum | Flowering Plants | |
| Artemisia alba | Flowering Plants | |
| Thymus longicaulis | Flowering Plants | |
| Poa badensis | Flowering Plants | |
| Galium lucidum | Flowering Plants | |
| Alyssum montanum | Flowering Plants |
Flowering Plants
Euphorbia glabriflora
Flowering Plants
Minuartia verna
Flowering Plants
Convolvulus boissieri
Dominant species are those that often reach high cover in the habitat, thus determining the habitat physiognomy.
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Euphorbia glabriflora | Flowering Plants | |
| Minuartia verna | Flowering Plants | |
| Convolvulus boissieri | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E1.1 | Inland sand and rock with open vegetation | narrower |
| European Red List of Habitats | E1.1h | Heavy-metal dry grassland of the Balkans | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.1 | Inland sand and rock with open vegetation | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.1 | Open thermophile pioneer vegetation of sandy or detritic ground | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E1.1 | Open thermophile pioneer vegetation of sandy or detritic ground | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E1.1 | Open thermophile pioneer vegetation of sandy or detritic ground | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E1.1 | Open thermophile grasslands of sandy or detritic ground | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E1.3 | Open thermophile grasslands of sandy or detritic ground | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 34.1 | Middle European pioneer swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 34.1 | Middle European pioneer swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 34.1 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 34.1 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 34.1 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 34.1 | same |
