Irano-Anatolian sand steppes
Description (English)
Formations dominated by medium or tall perennial tuft-forming grasses or suffrutescents, with lacunar ground cover, together with their associated therophyte communities developed on moving or fixed sands of the Anatolian Plateau, of Transcaucasia, of the Iranian Plateau and of northern Mesopotamia, in the Irano-Anatolian zone of transition between the continental Eurasian steppes and the Mediterranean and southern Palaearctic desert zones. These formations are associated with inland dune systems, see also unit R1R5.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code R1BC |
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Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
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Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E1.2H | Irano-Anatolian sand steppes | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.2H | Irano-Anatolian sand steppes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.2H | Irano-Anatolian sand steppes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E1.2H | Irano-Anatolian sand steppes | same |