Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grassland
Description (English)
Xerophile, open formations dominated by perennial, tuft-forming grasses, often rich in chamaephytes, colonizing superficial calcareous soils, often on steep slopes, clifftops or hilltops, in the sub-Atlantic domain of the Quercion pubescentii-petraeae and its northern irradiations and in the sub-Mediterranean mountains of the northern Italian peninsula, with Bromus erectus, Sesleria albicans, Koeleria vallesiana, Melica ciliata, Stipa pennata, Stipa bavarica, Stipa capillata, Stipa pulcherrima, Phleum phleoides, Brachypodium pinnatum, Carex humilis, Fumana procumbens, Globularia punctata, Ononis pusilla, Helianthemum apenninum, Helianthemum canum, Helianthemum nummularium, Linum tenuifolium, Teucrium chamaedrys, Allium sphaerocephalon, Arabis hirsuta, Anthericum liliago, Aster linosyris, Pulsatilla vulgaris, Biscutella laevigata, Orobanche teucrii, Artemisia alba, Sedum album, Sedum acre, Acinos arvensis, Hippocrepis comosa, Sanguisorba minor, Potentilla neumanniana, Scabiosa columbaria, Astragalus monspessulanus, Teucrium pyrenaicum, Ononis spinosa, Ononis natrix.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R1A4 |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E1.27 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grassland | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.27 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grassland | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.27 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grassland | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E1.27 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grassland | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E1.27 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grassland | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E1.27 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grasslands | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E1.113 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grasslands | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 34.33 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grasslands | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 34.33 | Sub-Atlantic very dry calcareous grasslands | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 34.33 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 34.33 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 34.33 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 34.33 | same |
