Oro-Moesian Festuca airoides grasslands

Description (English)

Grasslands of acid substrates of high mountains of the central Balkan peninsula, including the Balkan Range, the Rhodope Mountains, the Moeso-Macedonian mountains and the Pelagonides, dominated by Festuca airoides (Festuca supina), with Nardus stricta, Sesleria comosa, Poa media (Poa ursina), Juncus trifidus, Luzula spicata, Potentilla ternata, Potentilla aurea ssp. chrysocraspeda, Cerastium banaticum, Dianthus microlepis, Campanula alpina, Jasione laevis ssp. orbiculata, Hieracium alpicola.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code R43843

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Nardus stricta
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Nardus stricta Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) E4.3943 Oro-Moesian Festuca airoides grasslands same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E4.3943 Oro-Moesian Festuca airoides grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E4.3943 Oro-Moesian Festuca airoides grasslands same
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