Helleno-Balkanic stripped grasslands
Description (English)
Open, scraped, stepped and garland grasslands of the alpine and subalpine levels of the calcareous mountains of the southern Balkan peninsula, under Mediterranean climate influence, including the southern Pelagonides (Vermion), the Pindus, the Thessalian and the Peloponnese mountains, dominated by Sesleria korabensis, Sesleria coerulans, Festuca graeca, Carex kitaibeliana, Stipa pulcherrima with Viola heterophylla ssp. graeca, Minuartia verna, Paronychia rechingeri, Silene ciliata, Dianthus minutiflorus, Draba athoa, Iberis sempervirens, Anthyllis vulneraria ssp. pulchella, Acinos alpinus, Edraianthus graminifolius, Centaurea pindicola, Galium anisophyllon, Morina persica, Bornmuellera baldaccii, Bornmuellera tymphaea, Poa pirinica, Poa thessala, Festuca olympica, and a few woody species, in particular Daphne oleoides and Juniperus nana.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
| EUNIS habitat type | code R4533 |
|---|
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Conifers
Juniperus nana
Flowering Plants
Bornmuellera baldaccii
Flowering Plants
Bornmuellera tymphaea
Flowering Plants
Centaurea pindicola
Flowering Plants
Daphne oleoides
Flowering Plants
Festuca olympica
Flowering Plants
Morina persica
Flowering Plants
Poa thessala
Flowering Plants
Sesleria coerulans
Flowering Plants
Sesleria korabensis
Flowering Plants
Stipa pulcherrima
| Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
|---|---|---|
| Juniperus nana | Conifers | |
| Bornmuellera baldaccii | Flowering Plants | |
| Bornmuellera tymphaea | Flowering Plants | |
| Centaurea pindicola | Flowering Plants | |
| Daphne oleoides | Flowering Plants | |
| Festuca olympica | Flowering Plants | |
| Morina persica | Flowering Plants | |
| Poa thessala | Flowering Plants | |
| Sesleria coerulans | Flowering Plants | |
| Sesleria korabensis | Flowering Plants | |
| Stipa pulcherrima | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 2007 (revised descriptions 2012) | E4.437 | Helleno-Balkanic stripped grasslands | same |
History
| Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E4.437 | Helleno-Balkanic stripped grasslands | same | |
| EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E4.437 | Helleno-Balkanic stripped grasslands | same |
