Mediterraneo-montane Stipa steppes

English name: Mediterraneo-montane Stipa steppes

Description (English)

Steppes dominated by Stipa pennata, with Festuca auquieri, Koeleria vallesiana, Brachypodium pinnatum, Ononis striata, occupying vast expanses of the Causses, and locally represented on crests and plateaux of Haute Provence, the southwestern Alps and the Corbières.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E1.511

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Brachypodium pinnatum
Flowering Plants Koeleria vallesiana
Flowering Plants Ononis striata
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Brachypodium pinnatum Flowering Plants
Koeleria vallesiana Flowering Plants
Ononis striata Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 34.711 Mediterraneo-montane Stipa steppes source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.511 Mediterraneo-montane Stipa steppes same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.511 Mediterraneo-montane Stipa steppes same
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