Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities

Description (English)

Graminoid formations with Bromus fasciculatus, Bromus madritensis, Bromus intermedius, Bromus alopecuros, Bromus rubens, Bromus hordeaceus, Bromus tectorum, Aegilops neglecta, Aegilops geniculata, Aegilops triuncialis, Aegilops ventricosa, Taeniatherum caput-medusae, Avena sterilis, Avena barbata, Lagurus ovatus, Lolium rigidum, Vulpia ciliata, Vulpia bromoides, Vulpia geniculata, Lamarckia aurea, Trisetum paniceum, Cynosurus echinatus, Stipa capensis, and with Scandix australis, Astragalus scorpioides, Trifolium cherleri, Trifolium hirtum, Trifolium striatum, Trifolium campestre, Trifolium arvense, Trifolium glomeratum, Vicia lutea, Medicago rigidula, Medicago sativa, Medicago littoralis, Melilotus sulcata, Coronilla scorpioides, Filago minima, Paronychia argentea, particularly widespread in Iberia, southern Italy, the mediterranean Balkans and Greece where they may cover vast expanses of post-cultural or extensive pasture lands, also locally represented in southern France and coastal northern Italy.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code V321

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) E1.61 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type Comment
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.61 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.61 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200202 E1.61 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199910 E1.61 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199811 E1.61 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 199712 E1.141 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 199905 34.81 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1997 34.81 Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1996 34.81   same
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 1993 34.81   same
CORINE Biotopes Classification 1991 34.81   same
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