Apennine stripped grasslands

Description (English)

Open, xerophile, stripped, stepped, scraped and garland grasslands of alpine and subalpine slopes and summits of the central and southern Apennines, dominated by Sesleria tenuifolia (Sesleria juncifolia), Sesleria nitida, Sesleria italica, Festuca dimorpha, Carex kitaibeliana (Cesleria laevis).

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code R4532

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Not available

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) E4.436 Apennine stripped grasslands same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E4.436 Apennine stripped grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E4.436 Apennine stripped grasslands same
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