Pannonic sand puszta

English name: Pannonic sand puszta

Description (English)

Fescue pastures of sandy alluvial soils of the Pannonic basin, distributed in the Austrian Seewinkel, the Hungarian plains, the Banat, the Crisana and Transylvania, forming a mosaic with saline pusztas (unit E6.211) and water-edge vegetation to constitute the puszta landscape, formed by Festuca pseudovina, Potentilla arenaria, Cynodon dactylon, Carex stenophylla and, in some stands, Festuca valesiaca, with Fragaria viridis, Cerastium semidecandrum, Euphorbia seguierana, Eryngium campestre, Thymus glabrescens, Poa bulbosa.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E1.2F5
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

Flowering Plants Carex stenophylla
Flowering Plants Cerastium semidecandrum
Flowering Plants Cynodon dactylon
Flowering Plants Eryngium campestre
Flowering Plants Euphorbia seguierana
Flowering Plants Festuca pseudovina
Flowering Plants Festuca valesiaca
Flowering Plants Fragaria viridis
Flowering Plants Poa bulbosa
Flowering Plants Potentilla arenaria
Flowering Plants Thymus glabrescens
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Carex stenophylla Flowering Plants
Cerastium semidecandrum Flowering Plants
Cynodon dactylon Flowering Plants
Eryngium campestre Flowering Plants
Euphorbia seguierana Flowering Plants
Festuca pseudovina Flowering Plants
Festuca valesiaca Flowering Plants
Fragaria viridis Flowering Plants
Poa bulbosa Flowering Plants
Potentilla arenaria Flowering Plants
Thymus glabrescens Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 34.A15 Pannonic sand puszta source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E1.2F5 Pannonic sand puszta same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E1.2F5 Pannonic sand puszta same
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