Calcicline purple moorgrass meadows

Description (English)

Species-rich humid grasslands of oligotrophic calcareous or calcicline soils of middle Europe, southern Fennoscandia and northwestern Iberia, with Silaum silaus, Sanguisorba officinalis, Selinum carvifolia, Stachys officinalis (Betonica officinalis), Cirsium tuberosum, Carex tomentosa, Tetragonolobus maritimus, Galium boreale, Serratula tinctoria, Inula salicina, Dianthus superbus and abundant Colchicum autumnale.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code R3711

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Colchicum autumnale
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Colchicum autumnale Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) E3.511 Calcicline purple moorgrass meadows same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E3.511 Calcicline purple moorgrass meadows same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E3.511 Calcicline purple moorgrass meadows same
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