Andropogonid grass steppes
Description (English)
Meso- and thermo-Mediterranean steppes of North Africa, Spain, southern France, Italy and the central Mediterranean islands, Greece, the Balkans and western Asia, constituted by cespitose andropogonid grasses such as Hyparrhenia hirta, Andropogon distachyos, Heteropogon contortus, Dichanthium insculptum, Dichanthium ischaemum (Andropogon ischaemum, Bothriochloa ischaemum) or Chrysopogon gryllus.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code R1E64 |
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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 |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E1.434 | Andropogonid grass steppes | same |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.434 | Andropogonid grass steppes | same | |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.434 | Andropogonid grass steppes | same |