Saline forest-edge meadow-steppe

English name: Saline forest-edge meadow-steppe

Description (English)

Medium tall meadow communities of the Pannonic basin characteristic, in particular, of clearings and edges of oak forests on saline soils covered by water in early spring, species-rich and with an admixture of species of mesophile grasslands, dry grasslands and salt steppes, in particular, Peucedanum officinale, Peucedanum alsaticum, Scutellaria galericulata, Vicia narbonensis var. serratifolia, Aster sedifolius (Aster punctatus), Aster linosyris, Artemisia pontica, Dianthus pontederae, Rumex pseudonatronatus, Iris spuria, Orchis morio, Festuca pseudovina, Alopecurus pratensis, Agrostis stolonifera.

Source: EUNIS habitat classification

Quick facts

EUNIS habitat type code E6.2115
Bern Convention Included in a Resolution 4 habitat type at a higher level (E6.2)

Vegetation types

Relation to vegetation types (syntaxa)

Not available

Species mentioned in habitat description

Flowering Plants Agrostis stolonifera
Flowering Plants Alopecurus pratensis
Flowering Plants Artemisia pontica
Flowering Plants Aster linosyris
Flowering Plants Aster punctatus
Flowering Plants Aster sedifolius
Flowering Plants Dianthus pontederae
Flowering Plants Festuca pseudovina
Flowering Plants Iris spuria
Flowering Plants Orchis morio
Flowering Plants Peucedanum alsaticum
Flowering Plants Peucedanum officinale
Flowering Plants Rumex pseudonatronatus
Flowering Plants Scutellaria galericulata
Species scientific name English common name Species group
Agrostis stolonifera Flowering Plants
Alopecurus pratensis Flowering Plants
Artemisia pontica Flowering Plants
Aster linosyris Flowering Plants
Aster punctatus Flowering Plants
Aster sedifolius Flowering Plants
Dianthus pontederae Flowering Plants
Festuca pseudovina Flowering Plants
Iris spuria Flowering Plants
Orchis morio Flowering Plants
Peucedanum alsaticum Flowering Plants
Peucedanum officinale Flowering Plants
Rumex pseudonatronatus Flowering Plants
Scutellaria galericulata Flowering Plants

Other classifications

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
Palaearctic Habitat Classification 200112 15.A115 Saline forest-edge meadow-steppe source
For relation to plant communities (syntaxa), see Vegetation types

History

Classification Code Habitat type name Relationship type
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200410 E6.2115 Saline forest-edge meadow-steppe same
EUNIS Habitat Classification 200308 E6.2115 Saline forest-edge meadow-steppe same
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