Viper's grass-catsear grasslands

English name: Viper's grass-catsear grasslands

Description (English)

Deep soil, acidocline sub-Mediterranean xeric grasslands of the Adriatic façade of the Balkan peninsula, limited to moutain slopes of Istria, up to the beech level, transitional to medio-European Bromion erecti grasslands, with Bromus erectus, Brachypodium pinnatum, Festuca valesiaca, Thalictrum aquilegifolium, Lilium bulbiferum, Gentianella germanica, Primula veris, Scorzonera villosa, Hypochoeris maculata.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E1.5534
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E1.55)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Brachypodium pinnatum
Flowering Plants Festuca valesiaca
Flowering Plants Gentianella germanica
Flowering Plants Lilium bulbiferum
Flowering Plants Primula veris
Flowering Plants Scorzonera villosa
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Brachypodium pinnatum Flowering Plants
Festuca valesiaca Flowering Plants
Gentianella germanica Flowering Plants
Lilium bulbiferum Flowering Plants
Primula veris Flowering Plants
Scorzonera villosa Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 34.7534 Viper's grass-catsear grasslands source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.5534 Viper's grass-catsear grasslands same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.5534 Viper's grass-catsear grasslands same
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