Mosan Xerobromion

English name: Mosan Xerobromion

Description (English)

Xerophile grasslands of the northwestern Hercynian periphery, on mostly Devonian or Carboniferous limestones, in the Mosan district of Belgium and the French Meuse, with outposts in the Ardenne-Eifel of Luxembourg and Rhineland; the stations are for the most part very limited in extent and widely isolated.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E1.2721
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E1.2)

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
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 34.3321 Mosan Xerobromion source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.2721 Mosan Xerobromion same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.2721 Mosan Xerobromion same
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