Medio-European submontane hay meadows
Description (English)
Mesophile grasslands of middle European Hercynian hills, of the middle elevations of the greater Hercynian ranges, the Jura, the pre-Alps, the Dinarides, the Pelagonides, the Carpathians, the Pyrenees, the mountains of the northwestern Iberian peninsula, intermediate between the lowland meadows of unit R222 and the montane meadows of unit E2.3 (of EUNIS 2012 smaller than R23). Vegetation of alliance Arrhenatherion elatioris, and association Arrhenatheretum elatioris. Arrhenatherum elatius is the dominant species, while Pastinaca sativa, Trifolium dubium, Knautia arvensis and Crepis biennis often occur.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R231 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Arrhenatherum elatius
Flowering Plants
Knautia arvensis
Flowering Plants
Trifolium dubium
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Arrhenatherum elatius | Flowering Plants | |
| Knautia arvensis | Flowering Plants | |
| Trifolium dubium | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E2.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E2.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E2.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E2.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E2.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E2.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E3.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 38.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 38.23 | Medio-European submontane hay meadows | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 38.23 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 38.23 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 38.23 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1989 | 38.23 | same |
