Brachypodium phoenicoides swards
Description (English)
Closed, dry perennial grasslands of eutrophic soils within the meso- and thermo-Mediterranean zones of the western Mediterranean basin, often on post-cultural land, formed by relatively tall grasses and usually dominated by Brachypodium phoenicoides, with, among many others, Phleum bertolonii (Phleum nodosum, Phleum pratense), Elymus repens, Carex divisa, Carthamus lanatus, Diplotaxis viminea, Echinops ritro, Euphorbia serrata, Echium vulgare, Echium pustulatum, Erodium acaule, Galactites tomentosa, Lepidium graminifolium, Medicago orbicularis, Salvia verbenaca, Foeniculum vulgare, Pallenis spinosa, Psoralea bituminosa, Seseli tortuosum, Tragopogon australis, Scabiosa atropurpurea, Verbascum sinuatum, Picris hieracioides, Calamintha nepeta, Centaurea aspera, Vicia hybrida, Phlomis herba-venti and many orchids.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R1A5 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Brachypodium phoenicoides
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Brachypodium phoenicoides | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E1.2A | Brachypodium phoenicoides swards | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.2A | Brachypodium phoenicoides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.2A | Brachypodium phoenicoides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E1.2A | Brachypodium phoenicoides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E1.2A | Brachypodium phoenicoides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E1.2A | Brachypodium phoenicoides swards | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E1.116 | Phoenician torgrass swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 34.36 | Phoenician torgrass swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 34.36 | Phoenician torgrass swards | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 34.36 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 34.36 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 34.36 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 34.36 | same |
