Pannonic closed sand steppes

Description (English)

Relatively closed, primary or secondary, fescue or feathergrass swards of basophilous, humus- and nutrient-rich, sandy or mixed sand-loessy soils of the Pannonic basin of Hungary, eastern Austria, southern Slovakia and Transylvania, of relatively rare and sporadic occurrence, dominated by Festuca rupicola, Stipa joannis, Stipa pulcherrima, Carex humilis, Stipa capillata, Koeleria macrantha, Dichanthium ischaemum, or, in some facies, Chrysopogon gryllus, with Carex liparocarpos, Festuca vaginata, Festuca wagneri s.l., Agropyron cristatum ssp. pectinatum, Achillea ochroleuca, Astragalus aster, Astragalus onobrychis, Astragalus exscapus, Astragalus austriacus, Oxytropis pilosa, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla arenaria, Linum austriacum, Salvia nemorosa, Alyssum tortuosum, Alyssum montanum ssp. gmelinii, Silene parviflora, Silene viscosa, Dianthus giganteiformis ssp. pontederae, Asperula cynanchica, Galium glaucum, Galium verum, Pulsatilla grandis, Pulsatilla nigricans, Lotus corniculatus, Onosma arenaria ssp. pseudoarenaria, Euphorbia cyparissias, Euphorbia nicaeensis ssp. glareosa (Euphorbia glareosa, Euphorbia pannonica), Artemisia alba, Artemisia campestris, Artemisia laciniata, Artemisia pancicii, Thymus glabrescens, Daphne cneorum, Cytisus ratisbonensis, Muscari botryoides, Muscari comosum, Iris variegata, Iris humilis ssp. arenaria, Colchicum arenarium, Ophrys sphegodes, Anacamptis pyramidalis, Botrychium lunaria.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification