Molinia caerulea meadows and related communities
Description (English)
Humid grasslands of soils poor in nutrients, unfertilised and with a fluctuating water level, of Western Europe, south to northwestern Iberia, of Northern Europe, of Central Europe, locally of western Eastern Europe, dominated by Molinia caerulea, with Succisa pratensis, Deschampsia cespitosa, Potentilla erecta, Allium angulosum, Allium suaveolens, Stachys officinalis (Betonica officinalis), Cirsium dissectum, Cirsium tuberosum, Dianthus superbus, Trollius europaeus, Galium boreale, Gentiana asclepiadea, Gentiana pneumonanthe, Gladiolus palustris, Silaum silaus, Selinum carvifolia, Inula salicina, Iris sibirica, Laserpitium prutenicum, Lathyrus pannonicus, Tetragonolobus maritimus, Serratula tinctoria, Carex tomentosa, Carex panicea, Carex pallescens, Parnassia palustris, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Dactylorhiza maculata, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca rubra.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R371 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E3.51 | Molinia caerulea meadows and related communities | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E3.51 | Molinia caerulea meadows and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E3.51 | Molinia caerulea meadows and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 | E3.51 | Molinia caerulea meadows and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 | E3.51 | Molinia caerulea meadows and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 | E3.51 | Molinia caerulea meadows and related communities | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 | E2.51 | Purple moorgrass meadows and related communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 | 37.31 | Purple moorgrass meadows and related communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 | 37.31 | Purple moorgrass meadows and related communities | same | |
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 | 37.31 | same | ||
| Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 | 37.31 | same | ||
| CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 | 37.31 | same |
