Ryegrass pastures

Description (English)

Relatively species-poor grasslands of Euro-Siberian Western and Central Europe, Atlantic Iberia and the Cordillera Central, the Apennines and the supra-Mediterranean zone of the Balkan peninsula and Greece dominated by Lolium perenne, often with Cynosurus cristatus.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code R2111

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Cynosurus cristatus
Flowering Plants Lolium perenne
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Cynosurus cristatus Flowering Plants
Lolium perenne Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) E2.111 Ryegrass pastures same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E2.111 Ryegrass pastures same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E2.111 Ryegrass pastures same
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