Pannonic Festuca pseudodalmatica rock grasslands

Description (English)

Open xero-thermophile grasslands of the northern Hungarian Central Range, the Slovakian Metallic Mountains and Kovacover Hills, installed on shallow soils of silicate rocks and sharing features of both rock swards and steppe grasslands, dominated by Festuca pseudodalmatica, Potentilla arenaria, Seseli osseum, Thymus glabrescens, Koeleria cristata, Asplenium trichomanes, Achillea nobilis ssp. neilreichii, Dianthus carthusianorum and harbouring many species of high conservation value, including Minuartia frutescens, Saxifraga paniculata, Alyssum saxatile.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code R1B5322

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Alyssum saxatile
Flowering Plants Minuartia frutescens
Flowering Plants Saxifraga paniculata
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Alyssum saxatile Flowering Plants
Minuartia frutescens Flowering Plants
Saxifraga paniculata Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) E1.29322 Pannonic Festuca pseudodalmatica rock grasslands same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.29322 Pannonic Festuca pseudodalmatica rock grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.29322 Pannonic Festuca pseudodalmatica rock grasslands same
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