Continental humid meadows
Description (English)
Meadows of moderately to very nutrient-rich, alluvial or fertilised, non-saline, wet or damp soils in the steppe and wooded steppe zones of Eurasia and their areas of influence. They are widespread in southeastern Central Europe, in Eastern Europe and southern Siberia, extending west to the Pannonic plain and to areas of Pannonic or Pontic influence in southern Moravia, sub-Carpathian hills and the Balkans. Depending on the degree of wetness and substrate type dominants in wet sites are Molinia caerulea or Carex gracilis; physiognomy of hygromesophile meadows is formed especially by Deschampsia cespitosa, Juncus inflexus and Mentha longifolia; in mesophile and moderately moist conditions on alluvial sediments Agropyron repens or Festuca pratensis dominate.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R355 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Flowering Plants
Deschampsia cespitosa
Flowering Plants
Juncus inflexus
Flowering Plants
Mentha longifolia
Flowering Plants
Molinia caerulea
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Flowering Plants | |
| Juncus inflexus | Flowering Plants | |
| Mentha longifolia | Flowering Plants | |
| Molinia caerulea | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E3.46 | Continental humid meadows | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E3.46 | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E3.46 | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E3.46 | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E3.46 | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E3.47 | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E2.4A | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 37.26 | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 37.26 | Continental humid meadows | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 37.26 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 37.26 | same |
