Pannonic acidophile sand fescue steppes
Description (English)
Open grasslands of acidic sands of the Hungarian Little Alföld and the Slovakian Marchfeld, of the Mezõföld periphery, of the northern Danube-Tisza interfluve, of the Drava basin of Croatia and of the Nyirseg complex of northeastern Hungary and the Carei area of northwestern Romania, formed by an admixture of elements of sub-Atlantic Corynephorus swards and of continental, Pannonic, Festuca vaginata grasslands, dominated by Corynephorus canescens, Festuca vaginata, and with Minuartia viscosa, Anchusa officinalis ssp. pustulata, Filago germanica, Filago minima, Cynoglossum hungaricum, Thymus serpyllum, Veronica verna, Jasione montana, Helichrysum arenarium, Crepis capillaris, Equisetum ramosissimum, Euphorbia seguierana, Onosma arenaria, Gypsophila paniculata, Silene conica, Koeleria glauca, Scabiosa argentea (Scabiosa ucranica). They constitute a preferential habitat for the rare and threatened Pulsatilla hungarica, Pulsatilla patens and Herniaria hirsuta.
Source: EUNIS habitat classification
Quick facts
EUNIS habitat type | code E1.2F22 |
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Bern Convention | Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E1.2) |
Vegetation types
Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)
Not availableSpecies mentioned in habitat description
Species scientific name | English common name | Species group |
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Equisetum ramosissimum | Ferns | |
Corynephorus canescens | Flowering Plants | |
Cynoglossum hungaricum | Flowering Plants | |
Euphorbia seguierana | Flowering Plants | |
Festuca vaginata | Flowering Plants | |
Filago minima | Flowering Plants | |
Gypsophila paniculata | Flowering Plants | |
Helichrysum arenarium | Flowering Plants | |
Herniaria hirsuta | Flowering Plants | |
Jasione montana | Flowering Plants | |
Koeleria glauca | Flowering Plants | |
Minuartia viscosa | Flowering Plants | |
Onosma arenaria | Flowering Plants | |
Pulsatilla patens | Flowering Plants | |
Scabiosa argentea | Flowering Plants | |
Silene conica | Flowering Plants | |
Thymus serpyllum | Flowering Plants | |
Veronica verna | Flowering Plants |
Other classifications
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 | 34.A122 | Pannonic acidophile sand fescue steppes | source |
History
Classification | Code | Habitat type name | Relationship type |
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EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 | E1.2F22 | Pannonic acidophile sand fescue steppes | same |
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 | E1.2F22 | Pannonic acidophile sand fescue steppes | same |